THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
January 18 
36 
THE NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROW¬ 
ERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Part I. 
If it was only a sudden and accidental 
impulse, an unforeseen contingency, which 
started the movement, less than a year 
ago, for the organization of a State Fruit 
Growers’ Association in Syracuse in Feb¬ 
ruary, 1901, the mere fact that 100 mem¬ 
bers were present when President Yeo¬ 
mans called the meeting to order at Syra¬ 
cuse on January 8, and that this number 
rapidly swelled, in the course of the day, 
to between 200 and 300, most of whom had 
to come a considerable distance, conclu¬ 
sively proves that the movement was 
timely—and the new association a neces¬ 
sity—for the best interests of the State 
fruit growers. 
President’s Address.— President Yeo¬ 
mans had good reason for his words of 
congratulation in his annual address. No 
doubt the crop reports have been of great 
help to the members. One large dealer is 
reported to have said that these crop re¬ 
ports had compelled him to pay an extra 
one dollar per barrel for his apples. Speak¬ 
ing of the wonderful success which the 
Association has met with during the first 
year of its existence, President Yeomans 
rightly calls it “a. record unparalleled in 
the history of any similar organization, 
and which demonstrates that it supplies 
needs not reached by others.” Not least 
among the achievements are the organiza¬ 
tion of many county associations auxiliary 
lo the State, promising to be of great ben¬ 
efit to the fruit interests of their localities; 
and the award of the first prize of $300 by 
the. New York State Fair Association for 
the largest and 'best exhibits of fruits 
grown in this State (a development of 
strength which undoubtedly came very un¬ 
expectedly to all competitors), and also the 
award of the gold medal at the Pan-Ameri¬ 
can Exposition. ’['he trial shipment of 
Bartlett pears to Europe made by the aid 
of the Department of Agriculture is looked 
upon as "an entering wedge to open up 
what is confidently anticipated will prove 
a desirable market for our choice and most 
tender fruits. But such fruits must be 
honestly packed in attractive packages. It 
is not the poorer classes of Europe who 
buy choice fruit at prices which compensate 
the American fruit growers. It is the 
wealthy and refined class who will not buy 
inferior fruit at any price, but will pay 
large prices for that which appeals to the 
eye and palate.” President Yeomans also 
paid his respects to the recently renewed 
efforts to commit the National Treasury 
to the support of the scheme of irrigating 
the semi-arid lands of the West, and urges 
earnest opposition to them. 
The Finances.— For the first year of its 
existence, the State Fruit Growers' Asso¬ 
ciation, with its nearly 700 members, had an 
income of over $1,000. To an outsider, ac¬ 
quainted with the ordinary conditions of 
horticultural societies organized more par¬ 
ticularly for educational purposes only, 
such a sum might appear fully large enough 
to cover all needs. But some of the work 
which the new organization has cut out 
for itself, and which is its main feature 
and its very mission and purpose, entails 
not only a good deal of work (which Sec¬ 
retary Dawley has heretofore undertaken 
without compensation), but also a great 
actual expense. To collect and furnish to 
each member the valuable monthly crop 
reports has required the expenditure of 
nearly 50 per cent of the $1 paid by each 
member as membership fee. It is plain 
that with additional necessary expenses, 
such as required for the publication of the 
yearly report, for the secretary's salary, 
etc., a $1 membership will not furnish the 
required revenues, even with a greatly in¬ 
creased membership. The annual fee will 
have to be raised to $2, and even at a much 
higher rate no member who had the crop 
reports during July. August and September 
of last year, would be willing, or could 
afford, to do his marketing without the 
assistance of these crop reports hereafter. 
For this year, however, the annual mem¬ 
bership fee must remain at $1 (with life 
membership at $10), and the only way to 
raise the required revenues will be by 
doubling (lie membership, which should lie 
easy, if every progressive fruit grower who 
reads THE H. N.-Y., and who is far-sighted 
enough to see all the vast benefits which 
(he expenditure of a paltry $1 secures there¬ 
by, will forward his application for ad¬ 
mission, with his $1, to the secretary of 
the great organization. Some relief was 
afforded by voluntary contributions (start¬ 
ed by J. H. Hale), to the aggregate amount 
of about $150. 
Statistics and Transportation.— In the 
report of the committee on fruit statistics 
and transportation, E. T. Mann, of Niagara 
County, presented the text of a measure to 
be introduced in the Legislature to secure 
uniformity in the grading of fruits, with an 
established, recognized and protected trade 
mark. The report also referred to the 
burning problem of the car shortage com- 
nlained about especially in the western part 
of the State during the past two or more 
fruit shipping seasons, without, however, 
suggesting a practical remedy except vig¬ 
orous kicking. 
Laying Out a New Orchard.— In reply 
to a question concerning the best way of 
laying out a new orchard, Albert Wood 
recommended the planting of standard 
market apples (Baldwins, Greenings, etc.), 
at regular distances, with quick growing 
trees of early bearing sorts (Wagener and 
others) as fillers, the latter to be cut out 
when the others need the room. All of us. 
who have ever planted orchards on this 
plan, know that it requires more courage 
to cut down the fillers at the right time 
than the average fruit grower possesses, 
and appreciate Mr. Taylor’s advice: “If you 
don’t have sand enough to cut the fillers 
out when you should, don’t plant them.” 
Messrs. Hale, Wilson and other growers 
emphasized the necessity of planting the 
trees in perfect line both ways, in order to 
make the proper cultivation as easy and 
convenient as possible. Correctness in (his 
planting saves work and saves trees. The 
proper laying out of a new orchard, on 
fairly level land, in large blocks, means 
surveyor’s work, and either setting a peg 
for each tree and the use of a planting 
board, or the setting of stakes all around 
the outside of the plot, then plowing a 
double furrow for each row, and the set¬ 
ting of the trees in line both ways. The 
details of the work, ns S. D. Willard cor¬ 
rectly remarks, are a matter of common 
sense. President Yeomans suggests the use 
of whitewashed stakes. t. greiner. 
N. J. State Horticultural Society Meets 
The twenty-seventh annual meeting of 
the New Jersey State Horticultural Society 
was held in Trenton January 8-9. The at¬ 
tendance was excellent, and a lively inter¬ 
est was manifested in many practical dis¬ 
cussions. The Society is gaining in 
strength, and financially is in a comfort¬ 
able condition, the treasurer reporting a 
substantial surplus. The reports of the 
various committees during the opening ses¬ 
sion brought out the general opinion that 
the local horticultural year just closed was 
marked by extraordinary contrasts both 
in yields and financial returns to the grow¬ 
ers. J. B. Rogers, chairman of the vege¬ 
table committee, well expressed this idea 
in the billowing summary: “Nature seldom 
repeats herself and the year 1901 stands 
unique and apart from its fellows in its in¬ 
dividuality; may we never see its like 
again!” Fruits and vegetables generally 
averaged only from 20 to 50 per cent of a 
fair crop, but prices ranged higher than for 
several years past. Many growers failed 
to meet expenses, but others sold crops 
that brought net prices three or four times 
the value of the land where grown. The 
Spring was cold and rainy, followed by a 
drought of short duration but of an inten¬ 
sity scarcely paralleled in June. The 
greater part of the following growing sea¬ 
son was excessively hot and rainy, but 
there was a normally pleasant Fall. There 
was a noticeably full crop of insect pests 
and fungi, however, and growers were 
warned to prepare for a vigorous combat 
with these enemies next season. 
Much dissatisfaction was expressed at the 
poor horticultural display made by the 
State at the Pan-American Exposition, 
which was explained by the small and late 
appropriation made by the Legislature, 
only $1,000 being available for the Horti¬ 
cultural Society. As this was entirely in¬ 
adequate the money was turned over to the 
Agricultural Board, yet the Society cap¬ 
tured several gold, silver and bronze medals 
for its small but excellent exhibit of fruits. 
In the afternoon session H. W. Collingwood 
made a strong plea for conservative trials 
of the Stringfcllow method of tree plant¬ 
ing, and exhibited successful results from 
little trees planted last Spring. He advised 
caution until the results are fully developed. 
w. v. F. 
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