the RURAL NEW-YORKER 
86 
1909. 
NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROWERS. 
Annual Meeting at Medina. 
I’aiit II. 
The report of the committee on plant 
diseases by I’rof. Whetzol brought out the 
latest information on several subjects. Last 
season the fire blight was very serious, 
and in addition to its regular fields ap¬ 
peared very destructively in nursery stock, 
whole blocks of young trees being com¬ 
pletely destroyed. On this young stock, 
contrary to its usual action, apples suf¬ 
fered worse than pears. There was also 
an increase in apple orchards, though here 
it is not nearly so serious as in pears. 
However, all growers should look carefully 
for canker in their apple orchards, as it 
is here the disease winters over, and a 
thorough cleaning out of canker removes 
the infection for another year. This dis¬ 
ease is spread almost wholly by insects, 
luit as yet it is not known what insects are 
responsible for this work. Apple scab was 
prominent on account of a late infection 
of the disease, which is rare, and due to 
some peculiar weather conditions, it is 
thought. A late spraying is advised to 
guard against such an outbreak. Fruit 
spot was more prevalent than usual, but 
fruit is only injured in appearance by this 
check them. A similar outbreak occurred 
in Michigan-in 1907. With the exception 
of San Jose scale, no pest has aroused 
more attention for the past three years 
than the leaf blister-mite. The work of 
this pest resembles Bordeaux injury to those 
not perfectly familiar with it, and from the 
remarks of several growers it seems that 
many attacks of the blister mite have been 
laid up against. Bordeaux. I’rof. Parrott 
said this pest was easy to fight, and was 
not at all formidable. The treatment is 
to spray with lime-sulphur when buds are 
swelling. Every bud and twig must be 
covered thoroughly, and before the leaves 
appear. Considerable work has been done 
at Geneva in experimenting with the dif¬ 
ferent commercial lime-sulphur preparations 
and homemade concentrated Iime-sulpliur 
mixtures. The commercial mixtures con¬ 
tain more sulphur, are free from sediment 
and do not crystallize, but they should be 
used at a strength of .1 to 10. which is 
stronger than the manufacturers recom¬ 
mend, and should have 10 to 15 pounds of 
lime added to each 50 gallons, as a guide 
in spraying, as with these mixtures alone 
it is difficult to tell the sprayed from the 
unsprayed portions, and parts of the tree 
are apt to be missed. A homemade con¬ 
centrated lime-sulphur solution may be 
made by using half the usual amount of 
water in boiling. Experiments were also 
carried on with lime-sulphur as Summer 
sprays, with the conclusion that the com¬ 
mercial iime-sulpliur is not safe for this 
disease. Late spraying is effective in con- 
frolling it. Considerable work has been 
done in experimenting with lime-sulphur 
washes as a fungicide. For Summer use 
the self-boiled mixtures have proved bet¬ 
ter than the proprietary mixtures, as the 
latter seem to burn the foliage even when 
reduced below effectiveness. Foliage was 
burned with a mixture of one to 200 of 
water. Manufacturers will probably over¬ 
come this objection in time, but it is 
rather risky work to use these prepared 
lime-sulphur sprays on foliage at present 
state of knowledge. The self-boiled mix¬ 
ture was effective in controlling tlie brown 
rot in peaches, perfectly controlled scab, 
was good for leaf spot and controlled leaf 
spot on the cherry. It was not success¬ 
ful in controlling tlie brown rot in plums, 
but this is probably due to the nature of 
the fruit, probably not enough sticking to 
the smooth skin to prevent infection by 
tlie disease. Some leaf injury was reported 
from the use of the self-boiled mixture 
when not diluted at once, but if diluted 
as soon as boiling ceases and cold water 
is used in slaking, no damage resulted, it 
is made as follows: 13 pounds sulphur, 
10 pounds good stone lime. Slake with 
just enough cold water to make a thick 
paste and dilute to 50 gallons with cold 
water as soon as boiling ceases, or as soon 
as slaking is complete. Prof. Whetzel did 
not recommend growers who were success¬ 
ful with Bordeaux Mixture to throw it 
over for lime-sulphur, but they might try 
in a small way and compare results. 
The State Fair committee reported win¬ 
ning the first prize at Syracuse by a small 
margin, and with an increase in both num¬ 
ber of plates and varieties shown over a 
year ago. To win next season members 
must send liberally and select with care. 
r»r. Smith, of Washington, lias found 
crown gall to be a bacterial disease, and 
has been able to produce it on many plants 
by inoculation. lie has produced large 
galls in this way on geraniums. Prof.' 
M hetzel recommended treating as canker, 
cutting away diseased portions and keep¬ 
ing painted. Prof. Parrott reported for 
the committee on entomology that three 
insects had been prominent during 1908, 
case bearers, leaf blister-mite and Tus¬ 
sock moth. Case bearers were more in¬ 
jurious than usual. Mr. Auditor has been 
successful in combating them with arsenate 
of lead. The Tussock moth outbreak was 
the most serious since 1805. and in some 
places fruit was considerably damaged. 
Parasites of this insect were very abund¬ 
ant. and of the cocoons gathered at Geneva 
fiO per cent were parasitized and of those 
gathered at Lockport 80 per cent were vic¬ 
tims of this parasite. Arsenicals applied 
as soon as they make their appearance will 
work. Scott's formula, the one .already 
mentioned for brown rot in peaches, etc., 
was generally safe, but left an objection¬ 
able white sediment on cherries. This self- 
boiled mixture is not very effective against 
scale. g. R. s. 
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