FRUIT REPORTS. 
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Kerosene emulsion, the arsenites, Bordeaux mixture, and an ammoniacal 
solution of copper are the remedies commonly employed with success for the 
insects and diseases named, except fire blight of the pear. 
9. We do not know of any fruit grower of the State who irrigates. 
10. I cannot give you anything like an accurate estimate of the area in this- 
State devoted to fruit culture. The largest orchards are of apples and peaches.. 
The value of these crops, however,, in Tennessee is not very large. Many 
young orchards are being planted every year, and we believe the time is not 
far distant when our annual yield of first class fruit will be many times larger 
than at present. 
I am unable to give you satisfactory figures concerning the price which must 
be received in order to make fruit culture profitable in Tennessee. One mem- 
ber of the fruit committee in this State reports that apples must bring $2.00’ 
per barrel, f. o. b. to be profitable. 
11. Fruits are not evaporated to any considerable extent in Tennessee. We 
believe that this industry is confined entirely to fruits for home consumption. 
12. Apples were little damaged by the freeze of last winter. Most of the 
buds of the early grapes in Middle Tennessee were killed. Buds of the Le- 
Conte and Kieffer pears were killed in Tennessee, while buds of all other 
varieties of pears were not injured to any serious extent in East Tennessee. 
Buds of Angouleme and Anjou in middle and West Tennessee were partially 
killed, while very little damage was done to the buds of other varieties. Pear 
trees were very little damaged by the freeze in any section of the State. 
Practically all the buds of peaches were destroyed last winter and in a good, 
many instances the trees were killed to the ground. Trees of Mountain Rose, 
Crawford Early, and other tender varieties of peaches suffered severely 
throughout the State. The hardiest varieties are the Chinese Cling and its 
seedlings. Trees of Elberta, Tliurber and several other varieties were not 
damaged. 
I have never known grapes to be injured in this climate by winter freezing.. 
TEXAS. 
BY PROF. R. H. PRICE, COLLEGE STATION, CHAIRMAN. 
1. Fruit Sections— Northern, eastern and southern portions of the State. 
2. Soil — The best soil is a sandy loam, well drained. Perhaps the best 
fruit soil is in the northeastern portion of the State. Peaches especially of 
superior flavor and color are grown there. The higher elevations seem the 
best, but nearly all of Texas is of rather low elevation. Average price of 
good fruit land is from $10.00 to $15.00 per acre. Bearing orchards are very 
valuable. 
3. Varieties: Apples— Astrachan*, Cooper Early*, Early Harvest*, Jona- 
than*, Winesap*. Crab Apples— Transcendent**, Yates*.. Apricots— Moor- 
park*, Early Golden*, Royal*. Pears — Garber, Kieffer, LeConte. Plums — 
Abundance*, Chabot*, Burbank*, Munson**, Red June*, Transparent**, Way- 
land**. Peaches— Alexander*, Family Favorite**, Elberta**. Grapes— 
Catawba**, Champion*, Delaware**, Herbemont**, Niagara**. Figs— 
Adriatic*, Black California*, Celestial**. Japan Persimmons : — -Hachiya***. 
Yemon**. Blackberries — Early Harvest*, Wilson, Jr*. 
4. Orchards are cultivated as a rule. Cow peas are sometimes grown in 
young orchards. 
