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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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Report of A. B* Harringfton* 
Mr. President^ Ladies and Gentlemen: 
I confine myself to my own locality 
and citrus trees only. 
There has been nothing new to develop 
during the last year, therefore shall have 
to go to our subject in a way that many 
of us are already familiar with. 
We are beyond the worry of the com¬ 
mon scale, as this is easily kept under by 
use of fertilizer and an occasional spray¬ 
ing with Hammonds Thrip Juice. This 
is the best, cheapest, and most convenient 
to use of anything in my experience for 
scale. * 
It is usual to have a visit of the Red 
Spider during the Spring months. 
The Rust Mite is nearly ever present. 
For these insects I use the Sulphur 
spray. I have used the sulphur and Thrip 
Juice mixed and the combination seems to 
give equal results as when used separate- 
ly- 
The rust mite is the worst of all our 
troubles, causing more expense and time 
than all other insects and diseases com¬ 
bined. 
I do not believe it is possible to have 
ten percent bright fruit without spraying; 
but by being presistent, observing care¬ 
fully the conditions and following it up 
each year,we have about ninety percent 
bright fruit. As proof of this, trees, that 
have never been sprayed, (a few miles 
distant and all other conditions apparent¬ 
ly similar,) have scarcely any bright fruit, 
so little that no attempt is made to classi¬ 
fy or grade it and it is marketed from the 
trees without grading. These groves that 
are badly infested with Rust Mite seem to 
produce fruit one or two sizes smaller than 
do the groves thoroughly sprayed. • The 
White Fly, I am thankful to say, has not 
appeared here. 
As to disease, we have none. While we 
have some insects that cause us trouble, I 
do not think there is as yet a disease' of 
any description in our locality. 
Die back shows up occasionally but 
this is a condition rather than a disease, as 
I took upon it. There seemed to be some 
confusion on this subject of die back last 
year. My own experience is such that I 
am confident it is not so very easy to 
overcome. I have read where treatment 
showed an improvement in a few days and 
a cure in a few weeks or months. Trees 
can be helped in a year but I say three 
years is required for a cure if the case is 
anything bad. 
My views are to thoroughly under¬ 
stand your soil and fertilizer, as this is 
where the complete recovery is to start 
from. Much benefit is obtained by the 
use of Bordeaux. 
J have not tried the insertion of Blue 
Stone myself but have observed good re¬ 
sults where others have used this method 
of treatment. An orange tree will exist 
under the most adverse circumstances yet 
to grow and produce well, paying a profit 
each year to the owner, requires care, 
cultivation, and fertilizer. 
I use for applying spray, a good hand 
power pump, a double line of hose, requir¬ 
ing three men and a pair of mules to run 
