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NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROWERS. 
The secretary reported tliar there have 
heen 1,600 different names on the list since 
the Association was organized, and it is to 
be hoped the earlier members who have 
failed to keep in the organization will return 
to it at an early date. A motiou to amend 
the constitution was then brought before 
the meeting. This amendment does away 
with the associate membership, gives all 
members equal advantages in the association, 
and makes the annual fee 82. The amend¬ 
ment was unanimously carried. A report 
on the experimental dwarf orchards seemed 
to indicate that though apples of Paradise 
and 1 toucin stock bore more freely at an 
earlier age than standards, they needed 
more care and bore no better fruit. 
In giving the report of the Committee on 
Entomology Prof. Sllngerland said that in 
comparisons of sod-mulch and tillage or¬ 
chards one Important factor had not gener¬ 
ally been considered. That factor was the 
influence of these systems on insect life. 
The sod-mulch system is more favorable for 
the multiplication of insects than well-cul¬ 
tivated orchards, furnishing much better 
facilities for hibernation. He said the 
healthy vigorous tree was the best for profit, 
and less affected by Insects, and though 
some claimed that the scale increased more 
rapidly on vigorous trees it would be folly 
to try to light the scale by letting tne trees 
run down in vigor. The death of the tree 
only will stop them. lie tln-n gave some 
figures showing the vast amount of money 
that is being spent annually against in¬ 
sect pests. The Department at Washington 
has received an appropriation of $340,000 to 
light insects. The interest in insects that 
prey upon other insects is increasing, and 
the Department of Agriculture at Washing¬ 
ton has men looking all over the world for 
these beneficial Insects. Cases of parasites 
that prey upon the Gypsy and Brown-tall 
moths are arriving from Hungary iu every 
mail. Perhaps some readers do not know 
that the San Josd scale is unite effectually 
held jn check by insect enemies in many 
places where this pest has been long es¬ 
tablished. This turning insect against in¬ 
sect is certainly economic entomology in its 
broadest sense. It will not do, however, for 
the fruit grower to sit down and wait for 
these parasites to do his work for him, but 
XHEj ( 
RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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THE START. Fig. 32. 
lie must fight his insect enemies as if those 
little helpers did not exist, and in years to 
come these little friends may lift part of 
the burden for him or his children. 
Prof. Parrott then gave the results of 
some dipping experiments on nursery stock. 
Trees dipped in lime-sulphur were not freed 
from scale and eight per cent of the peach 
trees dipped were killed, l.ime-sulphur is 
not. as efficient as a dip as It is a spray, and 
Prof. Parrott thought this due to the fact 
that not as heavy a crust was formed on 
the dipped trees. Sealecide and oil emul¬ 
sion were both tried for dipping, and though 
more effective than lime-sulphur did not 
kill all the scales. These dips, . however, 
did not injure the trees. Other trees were 
fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas with 
no -injury to the tree, and a complete de¬ 
struction of the scale. As yet the hydro¬ 
cyanic acid gas seems to lie the only "safe 
thing for nursery stock. He reported more 
general success In fighting the scale 
throughout the State this year, and gave the 
following figures on cost of spraying with 
different spraying material : Trees 30 to 40 
years old took 17 gallons lime-sulphur, cost¬ 
ing 32 cents; 10 gallons oil emulsion cost¬ 
ing 32 cents; Tl'/j gallons of miscible oil 
costing 50 cents. Lime-sulphur cost 1 l-G 
to 1 3-5 cents per gallon, oil emulsion 2 to 
2*4 cents per gallon; iniseible oil applied 
at the strength of 1 to 10. 4 '4 to 5Vi cents 
cents per gallon. Homemade miscible oils 
have been made and used with encouraging 
results the past year though some care is 
required in their compounding, and all re¬ 
sults were not satisfactory. No doubt a lit¬ 
tle more experience will simplify the pre¬ 
paration of these homemade miscible oils 
as it has the preparation of lime-sulphur. 
Prof. Stewart then reported the progress 
in the 10 -year potato spraying experiments. 
Though blight was not prevalent last season 
the net profit per acre from spraying five 
limes with Bordeaux in the farmers’ ex¬ 
periments was $17.65. These sprayings 
greatly checked the work of the flea-beetle, 
and no doubt the gains this season resulted 
considerably from this. The gain on the 
Station Grounds and at Riverhead were 
larger than the above figures. Red spot 
on apples, scab and fruit spot were prevalent 
to some extent last season. Sycamore blight 
was very general and pronounced all over 
the country, though many think that much, 
of the injury was due to late Spring frost, 
but Prof. Stewart thought most of these 
supposed frost injuries were the blight. A 
serious outbreak of Chestnut canker oc¬ 
curred and threatens serious Injury to the 
chestnut groves in some localities. 
In the afternoon after the election of the 
officers, Senator Henry M. Dunlap, of Savoy, 
PI., gave an address on ‘‘The Effect on Pro¬ 
duction of Apples by Cross Polleuizatlon.” 
lie began by saying a fruit grower must be 
a good deal of a scientist, a botanist, ento¬ 
mologist, bacteriologist, a good business man 
and most of all an Industrious man. lie 
went on to tell of blossoms and the func¬ 
tions of tb?ir different parts, the imnerfec- 
lF11TT11 i - m, *:1111, diitit. i: i 
tion of some of these parts in certain 
plants and in different varieties of the same 
plant, and the accepted laws regarding in¬ 
creased vigor from cross-breeding. He said 
that cross-pollination in fruits was not to 
be understood as merely a poilenization be¬ 
tween blossoms on the same tree, or on dif¬ 
ferent trees, but the pollen must come from 
some other variety. In cross-pollination 
each, variety must be considered as a single 
tree. lie gave many examples of the influ¬ 
ence of cross-pollination, but thinks the 
good results following are not nearly so 
noticeable when good weather prevails dur¬ 
ing the blooming period. The fruit will, 
however, stand more adverse weather after¬ 
ward, and will hang better to the tree all 
through the season. In one large orchard 
lie referred to the center was composed of a 
large block of Ben Davis set alone. On 
one side of this block was a block of Akin 
and on the other side of the central block 
of Ben Davis another block of Akin part 
way and a block of another variety the rest 
of the way. The first rows of Akin and 
Ben Davis where these varieties joined bore 
good crops, the second rows a fair crop, the 
third rows a small crop and the four rows 
very few. Beyond the fourth rows no apples 
at all. Tlie same conditions prevailed on 
the other side of the orchard, with the ex¬ 
ception that where the three varieties met 
the crop was the heaviest in the orchard; 
all the varieties seeming to be benefited by 
the intermingling of pollen. Other orchards 
of one variety bore no fruit, but where vari- 
ties were mixed there invariably were 
apples. After noticing this condition he 
was on the lookout for similar eases, and lie 
found all the apples in the Middle West 
were in mixed plantings. When asked if 
there was any difference in size of apples 
formed by cross-pollination and those 
formed by "self-pollination, he said lie could 
not tell, as there was no self-pollinated fruit 
for comparison. _ G. R. s. 
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