REPORT 



OF THE 



COMMITTEE ON FRUITS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1894. 



By E. W. WOOD, Chairman. 



The fruit exhibits during the year 1894 have been larger in all 

 classes and the prizes more nearly all awarded than in any 

 previous j'ear within the experience of the present Committee. 

 The small fruits suffered less than usual during the winter, and, 

 with the exception of some localities, and in light soil where they 

 were more or less injured by drought, produced more than an 

 average crop. The tree fruits have been unusually abundant and 

 of excellent quality; this is especially true of the apple. The 

 crop has been unusually large, the fruit of full average size, and 

 remarkably smooth and free from imperfections. 



Of pears there has been a full average crop, and there has been 

 little or no complaint of blight, or of insects injuring the trees. 



Peaches have been shown in larger quantities than in previous 

 years, and a larger proportion have been seedling varieties ; while 

 there has not been any marked improvement in size or quality, the 

 seedling trees would seem to be more reliable for a crop. There 

 have been about the usual quantity of plums exhibited ; the only 

 serious obstacle to growing this fruit in this vicinity is the black 

 knot, and the most successful remedy thus far discovered seems to 

 be, carefully watching the trees, and painting over the warts, as 

 they appear, with kerosene mixed with whiting or plaster, to the 

 consistency of thick paint. 



