February 12 
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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICUL¬ 
TURAL SOCIETY. 
The 43d annual meeting of this large 
and useful society was held at Rochester, 
on January 2(5 and 27. The attendance 
was larger than ever before, fully GOO 
being present, and the sessions were 
closely occupied with exercises of the 
most interesting character throughout 
the entire two days. It was the opinion 
of many that three days should here¬ 
after be devoted to the meeting ; as there 
was only time to discuss very briefly the 
papers and lectures, and the questions 
published on the programme were barely 
touched at the very close of the last 
session, when nearly all had gone home. 
These questions comprise about the most 
important topics that concern the mem¬ 
bers, and should not be rushed through 
or omitted, as must be the case in so 
short a meeting. 
The Kllwangcr prize, of $100, for the 
best-kept country place, was awarded to 
Mr. McCullom, of Lockport, after the 
closest scrutiny by the committee. They 
reported that every part of the farm was 
in the most complete order. The house and 
ornamental grounds were arranged and 
kept in the most tasteful way, and the 
orchards were equally neat, and well 
loaded with fruit of superior quality. 
Such a prize is well worthy a contest by 
others, for it cannot but be of value to 
the whole community as well as to the 
competitors. 
Mr. Albert Wood, of Carlton, exhibited 
some remarkably large specimens of Rox- 
bury Russet which were scarcely half 
covered with russet, and were entirely 
free from insect marks, lie said that 
they were a sample of 1,000 barrels which 
lie had grown. He had given the trees 
thorough tillage, and sprayed them re¬ 
peatedly. The fact that such apples are 
grown in these degenerate days, when 
many orchards are given over to g'rass, 
insects and fungous diseases, is proof 
that others can do likewise, and produce 
as good fruit now as that of our grand¬ 
fathers, who lived before these pests be¬ 
came numerous. 
Prof. W. B. Alwood, of Virginia, read 
an exhaustive paper on the subject, Two 
Years’ Work With San Jos6 Scale. As 
official inspector for the State of Vir¬ 
ginia, he had been obliged to do all with¬ 
in his power to combat this insect, among 
other pests. It had fully four years un¬ 
interrupted spread before he began. The 
larger part of the originally affected 
trees were traced to two New Jersey 
nurseries, although some had come from 
Georgia. Local nurseries, as well as or¬ 
chards, have become affected, and Caro¬ 
lina poplars, basswood and White elm 
trees have proved a breeding ground for 
this dreaded insect. M r. Alwood said that 
he had “ found, that the enforcement of 
a small amount of legislation can easily 
create a large amount of trouble.” Some 
persons seemed very much opposed to 
the necessary destruction of their trees 
to prevent the further spread of the 
pest, not realizing that the affected trees 
would surely die, and spread the cause 
to others on their own farms. Treatment 
with washes had proved useless in nearly 
all cases. Pure kerosene sprayed on when 
the trees were in bloom had not injured 
them, as was feared, but had, apparently, 
killed all the insects in some cases. Burn¬ 
ing seemed to be the only sure remedy 
for orchard trees. Nursery trees when 
dug may be effectually rid of the scale 
by treatment in a closed building with 
hydrocyanic acid gas. It should be used 
on all stock that gives the least cause for 
suspicion. The speaker feared that fruit 
growers may never become able to detect 
its presence until too late to save their 
orchards. One case was stated, where 
250 pear buds by mail had caused 800 big 
pear trees to be infested. He stated as a 
conclusion, that the San Jos6 scale in 
Virginia has, in the last two years, been 
made somewhat less, and “ immeasur¬ 
ably restricted ”. 
Prof. M. V. Slingerland, of New York, 
also read a paper on the same fertile 
topic, in which he took a much less 
gloomy view of the pest. He believes 
that it can be kept under as easily as 
Plum curculio and other harmful in¬ 
sects ; but he laid stress upon the point 
that the San .Jos6 scale “ lives under a 
tent,” and spray remedies must get 
through or under the scale that protects 
the living, tender insect beneath. He 
thinks legislation of little value, but he 
would depend mainly upon the inde¬ 
pendent spirit of self-preservation among 
the fruit growers and nurserymen. He 
thought that there is now none of this 
scale in New York west of Long Island 
and the Hudson River Valley, except 
what little is on the grounds of Cornell 
University, “ and that we want to keep 
for seed.” If this be true, it is well for 
the great nursery interests of western 
New York. But it is a false belief that 
the cold climate of the North will not 
allow its spread, for a gentleman from 
Canada said that Canadians have it, and 
that it had safely endured a temperature 
there of 35 degrees below zero. 
A resolution was offered by Mr. S. D. 
Willard urging the passage of a law by 
the Legislature now in session, looking 
to the check and destruction of the San 
Jos6 scale and other similar evils upon 
trees, plants, etc. This was immediately 
carried without a dissenting vote. 
A resolution was passed asking for a 
law that should prevent spraying of trees 
when in bloom, because of the destruc¬ 
tion of honey bees by so doing. It was 
urged by many that large apiaries had 
been almost destroyed by this foolish 
and evil practice, and in the face of the 
fact that the bee is a great help to the 
fruit grower by aiding in pollination. 
Mr. Geo. T. Dowell talked instructively 
about The Relation of our Public Schools 
to Horticulture. He thought that our 
common school teachers should be pre 
pared and required to teach the children 
about the common things on the farm 
He told of having offered to send a few 
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