March 1 
146 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
EASTERN NEW YORK HORT. SOCIETY 
MEETS. 
Part II. 
A question as to the merits and the value 
of the Worden Seckel pear brought out 
the expert opinion that it Is not destined 
to become a commercial variety, but for 
family use, if the highest quality that can 
be produced is wanted, it is to be recom¬ 
mended. A few trees would be a good 
thing for home planting, but it is too vari¬ 
able for market purposes. 
In his talk on bush fruits, Prof. F. W. 
Card spoke of the need of putting the 
plant in the soil best suited to it. Soils 
resistant to drought and with a certain im¬ 
munity from trost are desirable. Get the 
stock from young plantations rather than 
old, and use only strong plants, as it 
will be almost impossible properly to fill 
in spaces left by weak plants. Increase 
the percentage of humus in the soil; soil 
with plenty of humus will admit water 
and hold it in store for the plants. It 
also admits air, helps hold nitrogen and 
helps counteract extremes of temperature. 
Study varieties in pruning. Some from 
their habit of growth can be cut back 
more severely than others. In trials of 
interpollination, It was found that varie¬ 
ties like Cuthbert, which are not sup¬ 
posed to need any assistance of this sort, 
were improved by being planted with 
other varieties. In the discussion of cover 
crops for orchards, Mr. Powell said that 
he had sown Crimson clover in one or¬ 
chard for nine years, but the apples ap¬ 
pear to be getting lighter in color and 
the keeping qualities are impaired. He 
plows the clover under as early as the 
soil can be worked in Spring. Mr. Hale 
stated that he used cow peas and Crim¬ 
son clover freely in his orchards, and did 
not believe that there was any danger of 
the fruit being injured in color or keep¬ 
ing quality, if the trees are properly 
pruned. He believed green manuring and 
culture to be the foundations of success¬ 
ful agriculture in America to-day. When 
asked whether he had found lime of value, 
he said that applications of it in his 
Georgia peach orchards gave decidedly 
good results. 
Prof. G. H. Powell spoke on cold stor¬ 
age, outlining some of the experiments in 
the preservation of fruit now being con¬ 
ducted by the United States Department 
of Agriculture. 
Prof. W. G. Johnson reported experi¬ 
ments in the use of the lime, sulphur and 
salt spray, for clearing trees of San Josfi 
scale, to be much more successful than 
anticipated from the humid conditions of 
the East. It has long been considered a 
most effective remedy in California, where 
it is very persistent in the dry climate, 
acting both as a fungicide and Insecticide. 
He considers it better than crude petro¬ 
leum or mechanical emulsions of same, as 
it does not Injure the trees. It is more 
difficult to prepare and apply, and heavy 
rains soon after application will wash it 
off before chemical reaction is complete. 
Prof. S. A. Beach, of Geneva, spoke on 
the use of Doucin stocks for commercial 
apple orchards. These make low, round 
semi-dwarf trees, easily managed when 
much spraying is needed. The yield would 
be less per acre, but the trees pruned, 
sprayed and the fruit gathered at less 
cost. Doucin makes a more perfect union 
than Paradise, and the trees are longer- 
lived. When planted eight feet apart each 
way, near Rochester, the yield has been 
two barrels to a tree. 
Prof. Slingerland spoke on Insect con¬ 
trol. He stated that It is practically im¬ 
possible to exterminate any insect pest, 
and emphasized the need of legislation 
and thorough work on the part of nursery 
men and Individual growers. It often hap¬ 
pens that San Jos6 scale is found in lim¬ 
ited areas on small trees that might be 
fumigated. Few farmers have the facili¬ 
ties for doing this work, and he thought 
that It would be within the province of 
the State to help out occasional cases of 
this sort. Mr. Willard referred to the bill 
for the inspection of nursery stock, which 
recently passed the Legislature. He be¬ 
lieved it would be a great help in check 
ing the importation of scale from other 
States. Many shipments of nursery stock 
brought into central New York from other 
States during the past year contained 
scale, although all were accompanied by 
an inspection certificate. Mr. Powell rec¬ 
ommended every man to fumigate his own 
stock whenever practicable. He does this 
whether it was fumigated at the nursery 
or not. Dr. Jordan gave an address on 
the adulteration of foods. In some cases 
a. harmless but cheaper ingredient is sub¬ 
stituted, the result being that the buyer 
is cheated out of part of his money value. 
Tn other instances preservative compounds 
are used, thus introducing into the system 
substances which do not belong there. He 
had found formalin in oysters, boracic 
acid in codfish, etc. Buyers are to some 
extent responsible for this wholesale 
adulteration, as there is a craze for get¬ 
ting something cheaper than pure foods 
can be sold. There are adequate laws 
and fair provision for carrying out the 
regulations in regard to adulteration of 
fertilizers and stock foods; but no com¬ 
prehensive legislation concerning human 
foods lie thought it was time that we 
began to take as good care of our families 
as of our cattle. In his remarks on the 
apple trade, Charles Forster said that 
the Greening is becoming a better com¬ 
mercial apple. He was selling Greenings 
at higher prices than Baldwins. But for 
European trade red fruit is preferred. For 
Fall, King is the best seller in England, and 
Baldwin is the standard for Winter, al¬ 
though Spy would bring more if It would 
stand shipment as well. Nearly all of the 
apples are sold at auction there, and two 
barrels out of every 20 are inspected. One 
is entirely emptied, so that the contents 
may be seen, and the other is unheaded 
to show the packing. A European market 
has been found for some of the surplus 
Kieffer pears, and it is expected that a 
considerable quantity will be shipped next 
season. 
Preserving Fruit; Pruning Peaches. 
J. A. O., Mt. Vernon, III.— 1. How can I pre¬ 
serve fruit for exhibition purposes so that 
it will retain its natural form, size, color, 
etc.? 2. How shall I prune a peach orchard 
planted in 1898 on good soil? It has made 
a good growth, and is inclined to be too 
tall. As there will be no fruit on it next 
year (the buds are all killed), would it not 
be a good plan to shorten in the tops rather 
severely, in order to make a more stocky 
tree? The trees are planted 20x20 feet, and 
bore a good crop last year. They are 
nearly all Elberta. 
Ans. —1. There are a number of ways 
to preserve fruit for exhibition pur¬ 
poses, but none known to the public 
that are thoroughly satisfactory. There 
are different formulas for fruits of dif¬ 
ferent colors and other characteristics 
which make the art a very difficult 
one. Most of them need treatment in 
various solutions before they are put 
into the one in which they are Anally 
kept. Sulphurated water will serve for 
those of light color, but It will injure 
those having red or blue colors. One 
pound of common salt and four ounces 
of glycerine in four gallons of water 
will keep most of the latter, but not al¬ 
ways perfectly. The preparation for the 
final solutions seems only to be well 
understood by those who prepare the 
California fruits for exhibition, and 
they will not give away the secret 2. 
The plan of shortening the peach trees 
as suggested is the proper one to follow. 
I would advise very severe heading 
back, too; because there is a chance 
now to do so without losing a crop, and 
the trees will bear the better for it next 
year. This should be followed by head¬ 
ing back new wood each year hereafter 
to prevent the trees from forming large 
tops. h. e. v. D. 
NEW GRAPE 
—Wonderful McPIKE. Also 
all varieties, new and old. 
SILAS WILSON, Atlantic, la. 
SPRAYING FRUIT TREKS. 
The question of spraying fruit trees to prevent 
the depredations of insect pests and fungous dis¬ 
eases is no longer an experiment but a necessity. 
Our readers will do well to write Wm. Stahl, 
Quincy, Ill , and get his catalogue describing 
21 styles of Spraying Outfits and full treatise 
on spraying the different fruit and vegetable 
crops, which contains much valuable informa¬ 
tion, and may be had for the asking. 
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