102 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Was there any difference in that that you used with the arsenate of lead 

 spraying, and that that you used with the lime sulphur? 



A. That would only be in the third application, and I will say we 

 noticed no difference. 



Q. How late did you cultivate? 



A. Up until about the 8th of August, I think the last cultivation was 

 harrowing in some cow peas. 



Q. Was there crop enough to pay? 



A. Hardly. 



Q. Where is that orchard? 



A. About the central part of Otoe county, six miles south and west 

 of Unadilla. 



Mr. Yager: Referring for a second, if you will allow me, to what was 

 given in the talk by Mr. Hess, I am sure we are all very much pleased 

 with his paper, and with his talk, and I am sure that our society always 

 appreciates these talks and papers by outsiders, and therefore I move 

 that Mr. Hess be made an honorary member of this society. 



A Member: I move to amend the motion as just made and add "that 

 a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Hess for his paper. 



Mr. Yager: I accept the amendment. 



Seconded. Carried. 



Mr. Hess: I thank you, and wish to apologize as to the statement I 

 made that the Central West was behind in this experimental work. I 

 wish to say that I have some information lately in regard to the state of 

 Pennsylvania. The state of Pennsylvania has been rather backward in 

 taking hold of this scientific horticulture, and the result was they lost a 

 great many of their trees, and the apples they raised were hardly fit to 

 put upon the market, but the state expended some money and did just 

 such experimental work as the professor was doing in different parts of 

 the state with wonderful results. They are now producing apples which 

 they claim shall be and are superior to the apples that are grown in Col- 

 orado, Idaho, and Washington. But be that as it may, we have our own 

 responsibility here in our own country, and we are going to take care of 

 the Central West, and I am sure that the enthusiasm; which I see here 

 today will sustain me in the contention that we are beginning to wake 

 up to the real work that is before us. We have as good a chance here 

 to do the work that they do in the states so widely advertised as apple- 

 growing states. We have a good rainfall, and do not have to- irrigate. 

 We have a better climate, and a better soil. We are closer to good mar- 

 kets, and we have proven our worth as an apple-producing section, and 

 with such work as the professor is doing it will not be long until we can 

 make a showing with any of them. 



I wish to thank you for the honor you have conferred upon me, and 

 hope that if there is anything of value in my paper it may do the good it 

 is Intended for. 



Mr. Harrison: The next number on our program is Number Two, 

 "Quality of the Nebraska Apple," by Val Keyser of Lincoln. 



