May, 1917 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
137 
A Faithful Friend. 
Belated word comes to this of- 
fice of the death on January 25th, 
of George Jeffery, Sr. 
For fifty-one years, without a 
break, Mr. Jeffery exhibited 
fruits at the state fair, thus es- 
tablishing a record unequaled by 
any other exhibitor. 
No matter how poor the season 
for fruit, we could always depend 
on Mr. Jeffery; he was always on 
hand, cheerful and optimistic. 
He came for pure love of the 
game, for premiums, so far as 
their cash value was concerned, 
troubled him not at all. He 
loved fruits, and above all, loved 
to mingle with fruit growers. 
The pear was his favorite fruit, 
and a line from the obituary no- 
tice in his home paper gives us a 
hint why this was so; “born in 
County, Kent, England.” The 
pear is a native of there and es- 
pecially popular in Kent, the gar- 
den of rural England. 
He was one of us, no one else 
could claim him and his life and 
his work an inspiration. 
“Mr. George Jeffery, who for 
the past two years has made his 
home with his son Charles in this 
village, died late Thursday eve- 
ning from general debility. 
Deceased was born in County 
Kent, England, September 29, 
1827, and when a lad of twelve 
years came to America with his 
parents and settled at Lisbon, 
Wis. Thirty years later Mr. Jef- 
fery moved to Wauwatosa, Wis., 
where he owned and operated one 
of the finest and most profitable 
horticultural farms in the coun- 
try. 
Mr. Jeffery was instrumental 
in organizing the state Agricult- 
ural society under which auspices 
the state fair has been held for 
nearly fifty years. He exhibited 
his fruit at the first state fair held 
on the Cold Spring site in Mil- 
waukee, and at every state fair 
held since up to 1915 when illness 
compelled him to give up. Dur- 
ing his time he exhibited more 
more than 500 varieties of pears, 
apples, plums and grapes for 
which he took very many attrac- 
tive prizes. About two years 
ago he and his wife came to Dous- 
man to reside with their son 
Charles. 
Mr. Jeffery was an authority on 
fruit raising and his council on 
the various phases of the industry 
were considered valuable by the 
horticulturists of the state. 
His work was done and well 
done, and the stern Reaper found 
him as a “sheaf of grain ripe for 
the harvest.” 
Dousman paper. 
Make Use of the Spray Pumps. 
A number of spraying outfits 
have been purchased by the dif- 
ferent communities of Wisconsin 
this season in an attempt to rid 
the maple trees of the cottony 
scale. These pumps will no doubt 
pay for themselves in this one 
service alone, but that is no rea- 
son why they should not be kept 
working and be of still greater 
service to the community. 
In all of the communities 
where spraying outfits have been 
used there are as many or more 
apple trees than maple and these 
trees, especially where grouped in 
blocks of 10 to 20 or more, could 
be made to yield handsome re- 
turns if properly cared for. 
At present the apples coming 
from these trees are largely 
scabby or wormy, or both, and of 
a very low grade and will keep for 
only a short time. With a small 
amount of spraying, which need 
not cost over a few cents per 
bushel, the apples could be 
changed into clean, sound fruit. 
In order to do this it is abso- 
lutely necessary to apply two 
sprays in the spring of the year. 
One is called the “pink bud 
spray ” from the time it is put on 
— when the blossoms are just 
showing pink — and the other, the 
calyx spray, which is put on as 
soon as possible after the blossoms 
fall. 
These communities should ar- 
range to have their pumps in use 
during this period. The State 
Department of Agriculture or the 
State Horticultural Society will 
be glad to furnish detailed direc- 
tions for making up the proper 
sprays and furnish suggestions 
for equipping the outfit and ap- 
plying the spray. The State 
University will have a bulletin 
on the subject ready before time 
to spray. 
In this way the spraying out- 
fits can be of double benefit to the 
community and will materially in- 
crease the food supply as well as 
bring profit to the owners of the 
oi’chards. 
