1871 



THE POMOLOGIST AND GARDENER. 



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and Mr. P. T. Quinn," above referred to, know as 

 much about farming as Horace docs, but we tliink 

 there can be no doubt but they are equally well 

 posted with him on Pomology, and by the time we 

 get a few more notices similar to the above, from 

 other State Pairs in the East, we will begin to think 

 even H. O. may be a little out of his reckoning, 

 when he says that we of Iowa are not the first fruit 

 growers of the Union. — Daily Iowa State Bcyistcr. 



St. Iionis Fair. 



Wo attended the Fair of the Agricultural and Me- 

 chanical Association at St. Louis, which commenced 

 the 2d day of October and continued until the 7th. 

 This institution we have before referred to as being 

 beyond any description in the arrangement of its 

 grounds, the amount on exhibition, and the number 

 of persons attending it. It might more appropri- 

 ately be called a National Fair, from its character 

 and attendance. It is one of the institutions which 

 has good officers, is well conducted and has the con- 

 fidence of the public, and consequently is always 

 well attended as it should be. It was estimated 

 that there were on the grounds Thursday, the 5th, 

 over one hundred thousand persons, and sixty 

 thousand were seated in the magnificent amphithe- 

 atre. It is not our purpose to give a description of 

 the numerous valuable articles exhibited, but sim- 

 ply give a few notes on some of the horticultural 

 products. 



Illinois, Missouri and Kansas exhibited fruit which 

 for size and beauty were most magnificent. The 

 Kan.sas collection was under the charge of Dr. J. 

 Stayman and Wm. Tanner, delegates of the Kan- 

 sas Immigration Society, who had 120 varieties of 

 apples, which for size and beauty attracted univer- 

 sal attention ; three specimens of which weighed 76 

 ounces. Mr. J. Cadagan, of Leavenworth, exhib- 

 ited two 



A diploma was awarded to Kansas for the best 

 exhibition of apples, with the following remarks 

 from the committee: 



"After the Committee on Fruits had completed 

 their examination on Monday and made their 

 awards of premiums there was placed on exhibition 

 by Dr. J. Stayman and Wm. Tanner, Esq., commit- 

 tee on behalf of the Kansas Immigration Society, 

 120 varieties of apples, which for beauty and size 

 we have never seen equalled." 



Bush & Son made a fine display of grapes, con- 

 sisting of 30 varieties. Among those the Herman, 

 Cynthinana and Croton were fine. The Park of 

 Fruits was an interesting exhibition, having a plat 

 of its ground and its surroundings under the man- 

 agement of C. H. Hazen. The plat shows about 

 two hundred acres of ground, including the hotel 

 which is to be built. In the floral department there 



was a fine collection of rare plants, which with the 

 boquets there displayed filled the air with perfume. 

 Blair Brothers, of tlic Lee.s' Summit Nurseries, 

 Jackson County, Mo., made a very fine exhibition 

 of fruit and ornamental trees, from their extensive 

 nursery grounds. Before returning home wc paid 

 their nurseries a visit, and found their grounds cm- 

 bracing about 160 acres in the different kinds of stock 

 all in excellent order and of the very best quality. 



Associate Editou. 



Those Caukcr IVorms.— AVIiat of tliein ? 



Ed. POMOLOOIST AND Gardenee : — In Aug. No. 

 of the Pomologixt, 1870, I gave you an account of a 

 worm on my orchard trees, and asked if it was the 

 Canker Worm, and if it would visit me next year. 

 Yon answered " yes, you have the Canker Worm, 

 sure, and you may look with certainty for its re-ap- 

 pearance next season, unless you adopt some meth- 

 od to head it off." 



According to instructions I took strips of tarred 

 paper six to eight inches wide, wrapped around the 

 trunks of trees, fastened with small tacks, and cov- 

 ered with printers' ink. (Barnum the great hum- 

 bug says he owes his great success to printer' ink, 

 and why not nurserymen ?) I commenced this op- 

 eration about the 25th of March. I looked over 

 the trees having the paper on every few days, and 

 as the ink became dry I would daub over again. I 

 kept this up until fore part of June, and never saw 

 but one as I thought that looked like the bug I 

 wanted to "kotch," and she was safe in the ink. The 

 23d of May was first seen the small miller or moth 

 that I suppose to be the male. There was not one 

 thousandth part as many as last year, nor did they 

 stay near as long. My trees have entirely escaped, 

 and I examined them every few days and have not 

 seen fifty Canker Worms during the season, while 

 last year there seemed to be tens of thousands on 

 each tree. 



What is the cause of their disappearance ? It 

 was not the heading off, as I did not band all of my 

 trees. I left some trees around in the orchard to 

 prove the heading off, and they escaped as well as 

 any. Did they hatch out and climb up last fall and 

 get " kilt" by the cold, or are they laying over like 

 fourteen year locusts ? It cost me about $30 la.st 

 spring to " head them off," and I do not want to 

 repeat unless it is positively necessary. 



Chakles Waters. 



Springville, Vernon County, Wis. 



Remakks. — Why the Canker worm did not fulfil 

 our prophecy is a puzzle to us. We have in no 

 case ever before known it to fail of putting in a 

 second appearance at least. It is not uncommon 

 for it to mysteriously disappear from a locality after 

 a stay of four or five years. 



