1902 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
127 
WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICUL¬ 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
Part III. 
Moth Traps or Trap Lanterns.-A good 
portion of Prof. Slingerland’s report was 
devoted to the denunciation of the moth 
traps or trap lanterns, recently much ad¬ 
vertised with extravagant and preposterous 
claims, and which have no point of merit 
over older similar devices. Among the 
ihousands of insects which one may attract 
with a trap lantern during the season, will 
be found more friendly insects than injuri¬ 
ous ones. These traps do not catch the 
Codling moth, the curculio, nor most others 
of the most serious orchard pests. May 
beetles and some cutworm moths are 
among the victims of the trap; but as a 
rule the injurious insects caught in these 
• raps are mostly males, and the beneficiary 
insects caught mostly females. Friends 
and foes are caught alike. The evidence is 
mostly opposed to the use of trap lanterns, 
and Prof. Slingerland can see no reason to 
recommend them. 
Cold Storage. —A most timely suggestion 
came from George T. Powell, who, in 
his talk on “Relation of Cold Storage to 
OU r Home and Foreign Markets,” advises 
local fruit growers to put up cold storage 
plants of their own of a size corresponding 
with their needs. We have often had ap- 
ules sell at from 60 to 75 cents per barrel, 
and two or three months later to be resold 
lor $2 or $3, the profit, of course, all re¬ 
maining in the hands of the dealers. Small 
cold warehouses can be constructed cheap¬ 
ly enough, so that the grower lnmself may 
reap some of these profits. The construc¬ 
tion and management of cold storage 
houses is placed on a difficult and more 
scientific basis from that of our old-fash¬ 
ioned ice houses. Houses of enormous size 
are being constructed all over the East, 
and New York City is likely to become the 
great center of the cold storage industry 
For best results in holding apples in cold 
storage for better markets, the grower 
must begin in the orchard. He must grow 
sound, high-grade, high-colored fruit ot 
best keeping qualities. Ten years of prac¬ 
tical experience have shown Mr. Powell 
that growing Crimson clover for a cover 
crop in the orchard has had the effect ot 
reducing the keeping quality of his apples, 
and making them lighter colored. We must 
try to grow the best fruit, and it should 
be gathered when at the proper stage of 
development. If over-ripe, it will not keep 
even in cold storage. The apples should 
be gathered and at once taken to the cold- 
storage house. The greatest mistake made 
by growers is to put the apples in big piles 
in the orchard, to be left days or weeks 
before being put up for storage. Mr. Powell 
has his fruit emptied by the pickers into 
crates, and taken to the warehouse with¬ 
out delay. When taken out again, the 
apples should be placed in a slightly higher 
temperature, up to 40 degrees, foi two 
days, and the change to higher temperature 
made gradual, so that they will stand up 
well. For the most successful holding oi 
fruit, it is also necessary to preserve the 
foliage on the trees in perfect health. This 
involves thorough cultivation and spraying. 
A house large enough to store 10,00u barrels 
of apples may cost $15,000. One of the 
greatest difficulties is the scarcity of skill¬ 
ful men to manage the cold-storage prob¬ 
lems, and such men command good pay. 
For best success in marketing we need an 
increase in fruit refrigerator cars. The 
great railroad corporations must be made 
to furnish us the facilities for handling tne 
enormous outputs. Steamships are now be¬ 
ing fitted up with cold-storage departments 
for shipping fruits to foreign ports. There 
is no reason why we should not thiow 
some of our fruits into English and other 
foreign markets. In storing fruits besides 
apples we have yet much to learn. Pears, 
if held too long, will lose flavor. We can¬ 
not hold the New York Bartletts longci 
than six weeks without injuring their high 
flavor. This is true of all pears. In our at¬ 
tempts to hold peaches, plums and small 
fruits for market, we have been en¬ 
couraged by the assistance of the Depai t- 
ment of Agriculture, and pears and peaches 
have been successfully shipped to England. 
Mr. Powell himself has made some trial 
shipments of Bose and Anjou pears to Eng¬ 
land, direct from his orchard. Success can¬ 
not be expected if the fruits have to be re¬ 
packed in the city. Experiments are also 
being made with holding small fruits. 
Strawberries, cherries and currants can be 
held in cold storage for from 7 to 10 days. 
Prof. Beach tells of a small cold-storage 
house belonging to Mr. Barns, in Middle 
Hope. The building used to be an old 
barn. His refrigerator plant consists of 
large cylinders filled with ice and salt, and 
the temperature is regulated by the quan¬ 
tity of the salt. The three rooms hold from 
2,000 to 3,000 barrels, and the business has 
been carried on with a profit. 
Best Newer Strawberry, Raspberry 
and Currant.— The lists given by Mr. Kel¬ 
logg include the Kansas and Clyde straw¬ 
berries, the latter for strong soils; the Kan¬ 
sas and Gregg blackcaps, the Columbia, the 
Cuthbert and Early King red raspberries; 
the Lucretia dewberry, which does well 
with severe pruning, but must not be al¬ 
lowed to overbear, and the Wilder and Ver¬ 
sailles currants. 
Best Market Apple.— The question was 
asked, what are the best market apples 
aside from Spy, Greening, Baldwin and 
Wealthy, and the following list was fur¬ 
nished by the various members: Olden¬ 
burg, Alexander, Sutton Beauty, McIntosh, 
Spitzenberg, Twenty Ounce, Jonathan and 
Grimes Golden. 
Apples for Export.—L. Woolverton told 
about apple exports from Ontario, Canada. 
Two hundred boxes of apples were sent to 
the Glasgow Exhibition. The apples were 
wrapped, individually, first in waxed paper, 
then in manila paper, and forwarded to 
Montreal, where they were put in cold stor¬ 
age, then forwarded to Glasgow, where 
they arrived in fine condition and made a 
creditable show. One obstacle to export 
shipments is the fact that growers have 
planted the entire list of nurserymen, and 
not confined themselves to one qr two 
most suitable varieties. Mr. Woolverton 
suggests that the growers in one locality 
should grow just that variety of apples 
best adapted to the locality, grow this va¬ 
riety to perfection, and ship it in quantity 
sufficient to make an impression in the 
market. For common fruit the barrel is 
probably yet the best package; but for 
choice fruit he prefers smaller packages, 
and these should be of a uniform or stand¬ 
ard size. 
Plant Diseases.— Prof. Stewart's report 
treated on the same topics as that given 
to the New York State Fruit Growers' As¬ 
sociation two weeks before. The new point 
was his reference to sunscald of the 
gooseberry. At Geneva the majority of va¬ 
rieties were affected. On Columbus, Chau¬ 
tauqua and similar sorts the loss amounted 
to one-half of the crop. The scald at¬ 
tacked the berries all at once after a week 
of hot weather. The berries injured were 
those most exposed, or on upperside of 
branch. No fungus was found, and the 
causes are probably high temperature and 
direct sunlight. Possibly by planting in 
partial shade the trouble may be avoided. 
Fruits for Americans.— A good point 
was made by Prof. Roberts, who complains 
that the American grower forwards all his 
choice fruit to England and some ot the 
big cities, and gives to the 70,000,000 of noble 
American men and women the trash that is 
now found throughout the towns and cities 
of our country._ T- a. 
We 
Grow 
and 
Sell 
'Trees- 
i That has been our business tor 33 
t years. We have 150 acres of land 
devoted to the business exclusively. 
Everything for the orchard, home 
i garden and lawn. Strong, smooth. 
I hardy. healthy stock. We have all 
I standard and tested varieties, and 
much that is new. Write for spe¬ 
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I San Jose Scale 
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OATS 
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 
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