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<them from the hickories. While we have varieties of hicko¬ 
ries we are liable to have sawyers. 
G. H. Wright —I have been growing persimmons for 
seven or eight years, and have had no difficulty in growing 
them. There are lots of mocking birds usually around them. 
These birds seem to be fond of Idle fruit. Recently I found 
on two trees ot mine a scale new to me. I brought some 
twigs and passed them over to Prof. Weber and asked him 
to see what the}^ were and tell me. They multiply rapidly 
and I do not know but what it is possible that the scale might 
in the future cut quite a figure in the industry. 
Mr. Rooks— In the last two years the twig borer has been 
very numerous in the willow oaks around my place. I can 
gather them by the wagon load around there. I have several 
ornamental trees they are trimming for me and they have 
nearly destroyed the beauty of these trees. I always gather 
the wood I cut off and burn it. 
Prof. Weber— In regard to the scale mentioned, it is one 
of the soft shell scales, and I do not think it is going to be a 
serious thing, and it is quite easy to destroy them with any of 
the scale insecticides. 
Peaches and Plums. 
Paper prepared and read by Col. S. S. Harvey, of Molino, Escambia 
County, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Peaches and 
Plums. 
Before reading his paper, Mr. Harvey said : 
Two gentlemen were appointed with me on this committee 
whom I have not seen, and with whom I have had no cor¬ 
respondence. I have never met these gentlemen. What I 
have to say, therefore, as to cultivation and varieties applies 
to my own section of the State—West Florida. 
As one of your committee, I will confine my portion of the 
report on peaches and plums to the section in which my 
orchard is located, that is Western Florida. I had hoped to 
be able to make a trip over the State, investigating *he peach 
and plum culture, so that I could make a report that would 
be of value to those cultivating, or intending to cultivate 
