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know what I am going to say. I am not 
going to talk about bright fruit; I am 
going to talk about his splendid work on 
the rust mite this last year, and in appre¬ 
ciation of his work, I suggest that we give 
him a hearty cheer. 
. (Mr. Mothers is given a rising vote of 
thanks.) 
Mr. Yothers: I have always tried to 
co-operate with you, and I much appre¬ 
ciate the expression of gratitude. 
I have recently co-operated rather inti¬ 
mately with several packing companies. 
We feel very friendly towards the 
various companies, and shippers in the 
state, as well as individuals. I appre¬ 
ciate your sentiments. 
Mr. Hume: In this respect, I might 
call your attention to the very excellent 
paper that was presented by Mr. Yothers 
last year. I believe we are waking up on 
this subject a little bit. But we need to 
wake up more than we have done. Our 
fruit will bear a good deal more style. 
Mr. Hart: In one of the papers just 
read, there are two varieties of fungus 
mentioned. There is one I find is more 
universal than either of the two named. 
It is in every grove, it is on nearly every 
orange produced in the state, and that is 
the fly-speck fungus. It does not dis¬ 
color to the same extent as sooty mold, 
but it does discolor so that it makes the 
fruit very unattractive in appearance, if 
it is not washed. I would have that men¬ 
tioned as one of the most important; even 
where there is no sooty mold and no 
scale, you get the best appearance by 
washing it off. 
Mr. Skinner : In pruning young trees 
my idea is to take out the dead wood and 
practically nothing else, unless the limbs 
are lying on the ground. If they are ly¬ 
ing on the ground, they are likely to be¬ 
come infested with scale, but I would 
want the ground shaded as much as pos¬ 
sible for young trees. The tree will take 
care of itself if you keep out the dead 
wood and let it shade the ground as much 
as possible. These trees that stick away 
up in the air; I have no use for them. 
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