■Uhe RURAL NEW-YORKER 
979 
Summer Meeting of the N. J. Horticultural 
Society 
Part II 
Prof. M. A. lilake, the State Ilorticul- 
tiirist, told of tlie rapid growth of the 
fi’.’it industry since onr meeting here 10 
years ago. Now there are more trees in 
th'‘ GlasslK>ro section than in all the 
r: i nty at that time, and the same holds 
t.re of the Vineland section. Educated 
I ;(n are the peat need in fruit gianving 
t > keep up with the necessary operations 
i?(niired to secure fine fruit. Spra.ving 
I .list be done on the minute with the right 
.' prays and in the right manner. Possibly 
: ever was it more difficult to carry out 
f:"chard operations than now, with so 
! .any of our trained workers taken from 
l.;e farms, whose places cannot be filled 
1 y men without e.xperience. Never was 
; 00(1 solid advice more needful, and hot 
; ir more out of place. Definite rules are 
needed for definite problems, as we must 
1 now what fertilizers to use to hold up 
til" crop, and the right combination of 
fertilizers and cultivation to hold blight 
in cheek. The lack of nitrogen is espe- 
ci: lly noticeable in our peach orchards, 
as i'^ is the element so essential in South 
vfer.'.'y for bi'st results. The past Winter 
iia; proven very hard on many fruit trees, 
aomo Baldwin trees entirely killed and 
pcr.c’ll trees began to show injury as .soon 
as growth began and are still going out. 
'I'oo dry a soil seems to have been as fatal 
as too wet when followi'd by such extreme 
<'oId weather, the trees standing in the 
lo'ssandy soils having suffered myst. 
tr.I. ^Vertz, of Quincy, I’a., called our 
at eat ion to the need of assistance in coii- 
t'o'.iing and preventing the blight which 
D doing so much injury to our orchards 
1 -'fore it is too late and he felt that sonie- 
tliing must be done. All the orchards we 
I'assed in the morning's run .showed us 
l:ovv tinudy his advice is. 
Dr. Ileadlee. State Entomologist, gave 
la.Uiahle pointers about treatments for 
(oatr. lling cnrculio and codling moth, the 
] 1 ,\s( it season showing a change is neces- 
from the old rule of spraying 10 days 
aft'r blossoms fall. Tin* perfect results 
: uii'd at the Allaire and (’lenionton or¬ 
chards show that this period should be 
f \e rather than tim. as the fruit and 
haves mak(> such rapid growth at this 
(Ir.'.e that they outgrow the proterdion of 
the sprays. The repellent action is lielp- 
hl as well as the iioison and all jiarts 
add l)e kept covered. lit' said w(' h.nve 
■ ly too much late injury oil our Win¬ 
ter aiiples find recomnieiuled .Inly 20- 
.‘. 17 . 2 for control by spray or dust of 
t’ .se late broods, as the moths are now 
1 (> lly ready to come out from their hid- 
i" ; places under the liark. For pear 
jisyllii it was recommended to clean all 
the locise bark from the trunks and limbs 
as soon fis jiossible fifter the leaves fall 
find use for the dormant siiray a mi.scible 
< il. If it cannot be done in the Fall then 
as late as possible in the Spring when the 
iiuds .'how white. If they still show iu 
the R'-.mmer a thorough spraying with 
Snmni. r strength, 1-40 lime-sulphur, will 
help i'l giving vigor to form the fruit buds 
for th.' next season. The U. S. Dejiart- 
ment < f Agriculture with that of our 
State is working hard to hold the Japan- 
(se beetles in check on the fiirms where 
nov,- h.-'own to be, ,$15,000 having been 
apnroja-iated for this piu-pose by the two 
(■'er.irt! ents. I’hant lice have been un- 
I’srally destructive all over the f>t;ite and 
ni'-c tine siiljilifite seems to be the ma- 
tcr'al I'ceded to keep them down. To pre- 
\('at ("rious injury to tomatoes they 
sla iild be .sjfraye'd with it in connection 
v Oh f; ap at the rate of one to 500 and 
2’/. I u.iids to .50 gallons put on with 
206 [funds i>ressure with three nozzles 
tfi r.i sure to hit all parts of the plants. 
Thi;'.. c? cour.se, must be done while they 
., !■(> s ' ‘M. 
If. .Follingwood began his iiddre.ss 
by briu dng to our attention the changes 
we ha\ e seen in the past 10 years when 
the dr ams of the past have become the 
comu-f.’.i truths of today, using as his ex¬ 
amine the gasfdine ('ngine and its man.v 
deveV-anents. On how tlu'se wonderful 
thing."! are used and controlled will (b*- 
p(*nd T'..' welfjire of the common people. 
iVe i are now in our declining years 
canno*' expect things ever to be as they 
were b^fori' tliis terribh( woidd war began 
its u: ’ caval of fill our accustomed condi- 
tifUiS. For examide, take marketing con¬ 
ditions as they w('re when the speaker 
m:id ' ! is home in North .Tersey. when 
with ( e horse and all day the markets 
of iK'i'.sons could be reached; now 
with e ■ uck. in two hours the markets of 
, ') were available. But to con¬ 
tinue 'lis advance different means of 
com; r ,'cation must be provided by tun¬ 
nels c r bridges at .Tersey Fity and Cam¬ 
den ; > that the serious delays between 
there ' •.vo great cities just over the rivers 
may h' avoidi'd. The small repn'senta- 
tion 1./ 'armers in our State and National 
leg! ;;:es was then alluded to and the 
gr( w;:.. [iresent were asked if they felt 
satls'Ic.,! to leave our interests almost en¬ 
tirely t:> men not vitally interested in 
farnrlu f. In New .Tcrsf'y with 14 agri- 
cultu;-. ! counties, only five men could be 
count .1 on as farmers. Farmers should 
wake U-) and look out for their interests, 
as ot' :• lines of industry are doing, 
(kuniu ; down to our aims at this time, 
our la^v.. abroad were referred to and we 
wer(‘ told how well they were showing 
their efficiency, even if at liome we had 
given t';era little credit for their ability. 
Tlu'y '.^doing their bit to make the 
world : ’ ’e for democracyi and the ques¬ 
tion a ■ s, are w'e who are here at home 
doing Y.'I at we should to make it sane? 
If we do not do our part in getting rid of 
the rumshop and other tike evils, when 
they come biick they will not be satisfied 
with old conditions. ■ While we may not 
have reached the bottom of our troubles 
yet, the future holds great opportunities 
for food production, as the world will be 
bare of supplies, and farmers were ad¬ 
vised to be up and doing, ready for what 
comes to us. 
The exercises were appropriately closed 
by [latriotic songs, one composed by the 
singer, Kev. William Grumm, pastor of 
the I\Iethodist Church in Glassboro, the 
audience joining in the “iitar lipangled 
Ibinuer” at the end. ir. 
Country-wide Produce Conditions 
Potatoes turned downward about the 
first of the mouth, although receipts were 
declining and the carlot movement was 
less than the corresponding time last 
year. Growers in shipping sections are 
getting about $3.50 per barrel. Ea.st 
year in August they were getting $3. 
sometimes less, and two years ago still 
less. One reason for the recent decline 
is the incerasing supply of nearby early 
stock in the North. A great deal of it 
does not figure in carlot statements, but it 
helps fill the market. Another may 
possibly be the ])rosi>ect of another large 
potato crop. Official production running 
fairly close to last year’s tremendous 
totiil, is enough to chill the market en¬ 
thusiasm. But the plan to increa.se use of 
potatoes instead of flour, and the export 
of machine-dried potatoes may do much 
to take care of the crop without letting 
the jirice break too far. T.ow prices an¬ 
other year would pretty nearly ruin a 
good many growers. Costs are so that 
the risk in raising a large acreage of any¬ 
thing is much greater than it used to be. 
Tlie new Northern onion crop is becom¬ 
ing a matter of intere.st once more. The 
Connecticut Valley section is turning 
them out at the rate of 400 to GOO bushels 
])er acre. Prices so far look jiretty w('ll. 
.Tersi'y yellow onions .have been selling 
around ,$2 per buslu*! in New York. 
Those Nortlu'rn tonmto growers who 
W('re worrying about the size and earliness 
of the crop, have been doing (piite well, 
after all. The Southern ami Southwest¬ 
ern crojis were also early and ac'commo- 
datingly got out of the way iu time fur 
the heav.v shiinnents from New .Jersey 
and Maryland. Pidces have rangi'd at 
$2 to $3 per bushel in large Northern 
cities. New .Ti'rsey Ims been shipping 
about two-thirds of the entire movement. 
The Southwest has been siqiplying most 
of the cantaloupes Lately and at good 
prices, ranging $3 to $<> per crate. INIost 
of the fancy stock went to New York 
and brought top price's. Watermelons 
came mostly from the Southwest, the 
Carolinas leading, but the shipping .season 
is passing its height and prices, are mov¬ 
ing up again, passing $400 per carload 
iu some markets. 
Early Northern pi'aches luive been 
bringing $1 to $1.25 per cnite in large 
cities. This price is lower than Southern 
peaches which .sold $3 to $4 for carriers 
holding twice as much as Northern crate 
or hamper. But the Northern peaches SO 
far are of the small, early varieties. 
Cabbage from Ohio and Iowa is bring¬ 
ing ,$50 to ,$7,5 [x'r ton in the Western 
and Southwestern cities comitared with 
$20 last year in August. California fruit, 
1,000 to 2,000 c:irs i)er week, is quite a 
prominent market feature. G. B. F. 
New York Fairs—1918 
Aug. 20-23—St. Lawrence Co., Gou- 
verneur. 
Aug. 20-2.3,—Orange Co., Middletown. 
Aug. 20-23—Warren Co.. Warrensburg. 
Aug. 30-23—Wyoming Co., Warsaw. 
Aug. 24-27.—Tompkins Co., Trumans- 
hurg. 
Ang. 27-30—AVashington Co., Fort 
Edward. 
Aug. 27-.30—Chenango Co., Norwich. 
Aug. 27-30—Steuben Co., Ilornell. 
Aug. 28-.31—Monroe Co., Brockport. 
Sept. 2-G—Cattaraugus Co., Tattle 
Valley. 
Sei)t. 2-7—IVIonroe Co., Bochester. 
Sept. '.3-G—Washington Co., Cambridge. 
Sejit. ,3-0—E.ssex Co., AVestport. 
Sept. .3-G—Broome Co., AVhitney l*oint. 
S('pt. 0-1,3—-Clinton Co., Pbittsburg. 
Sept. 0-14—New York State Fair. 
Syrjicuse. 
Sept. 10-1,3—Ri'iissebicr Co., Na.ssau. 
Sept. 10-1.3—Alleghany Co.. Cuba. 
Sei)t. 11-14—Orleans Co.. Albion. 
Sept. lG-10—Y’ates Co.. Penn Yan. 
Sept. 17-21—Gene.see Co., Batavia. 
Sept. 17-20—Oneidsi Co., Boonville. 
Sept. 17-20—Suffolk Co.. Riverhead. 
Sept. 10-21—Ontario Oo., Canandai¬ 
gua. 
Sei)t. 23-27—Schoharie Co., Cobleskill. 
Sept. 23-25—Otsego Co., Richfield 
Springs. 
Sept. 2-1-2G—Seneca Co., AViiterloo. 
Sept. 24-27—Erie Co.. Hamburg. 
Sept. 25-27—Oneida Co., Affirnon. 
Sept 2G-28—AVayne Co., Palmyra. 
Sept. 30-Oct. 8—Oneida Co.. Rome. 
Oct. 1-4—Chemung Co., Elmira. 
Oct. 1-4—Rensselaer Co.. Troy. 
Oct. 2-4—AAYiyne Co., Lyons. 
“Have you found a place in the country 
to spend your vacation this Summer?” 
“No,” replied Mr. Glipprng. “I have 
made inquiries, but I don’t believe there 
is a farm In America where there will be 
enough loafing done this Summer to en¬ 
able a person of my disposition to loll all 
day in a hammock and e.scape criticism.” 
—Birmingham Age-IIerald. 
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