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Eastern Meeting of the New York Hor¬ 
ticultural Society 
Part IV 
Clark Allis, Medina, N. Y.. read a 
short paper on “Overproduction or Ad¬ 
vertising." He said: "Shall wo of the 
East advertise or go out of business: 
Last year we produced crops which should 
have made us money, but have they? Two 
crops, and two only, grown in the East 
have made any money, and they are the 
cranberry crop and the grape crop. The 
cranberry growers are organized, and the 
crop is sold 'by one man. The growers 
get their price or no stile. The grape 
growers are organized, and unfermented 
grape juice has saved the grape industry. 
The box apple growers last Fall had an 
immense crop of Jonathans, and their 
association voted to spend $40,000 to ad¬ 
vertise Jonathans alone. This sold all 
the Jonathans. What did the East do 
with their big crop of apples? Put them 
in barrels costing $1.50 each, and now 
they don't know what to do with them. 
"Many associations and growers put 
less than 50 per cent in barrels and prac¬ 
tically gave both them and- the culls 
away. I know of no association or 
grower who was prepared to work any 
kind of fruit produced into any kind of 
food or drink, except the grape juice 
men. and they are making money. Janu¬ 
ary's Red Rook has a full front page 
editorial on “What Happens When* an 
Apple Hits You.” The story tells of a 
man who while eating on a dining car 
called for stewed figs. They were out of 
figs, but he had it vision of individual 
jars of canned apples. Fie is now selling 
them by the hundred thousand. The 
French tell us they put up apples in over 
”0 different ways, and apple seeds are 
the base for a very valuable • perfume. 
Apple butter, jams, compotes, etc., all 
help the apple business. Fruit juices 
have practically the same value as the 
fruit. T have it vision of cider as the 
national drink and tipple growers with an 
organization big enough so that they can 
pack No. 1 apples only, making all the 
rest into cider vinegar and by-products.” 
P>. .T. Case, of Sodus. said : “Advertise 
and then sustain the quality of vour prod¬ 
ucts to sustain the advertising. Have I lie 
goods to back if up. tirade your apples, 
and then sell them according to their 
grades. Tf it is a cider apple put it in 
the cider grade, and if an eating apple 
put it in its proper grade. There have 
never been enough apples to satisfy the 
demand of all the people of the Fnited 
States.’’ 
This was the best attended meeting 
ever held in the Hudson Valley, and 
316 memberships were received, in com¬ 
parison with 205 a year ago. 
Resolutions were adopted commending 
the policy of retrenchment of Governor 
Nathan L. Miller as outlined by him in 
his message to the Legislature and pledg¬ 
ing the support of the society in every 
way possible in securing the necessary 
legislation to carry out his program : and 
a resolution to change the dues of the 
society from $2 to $3. Because of the 
fact that traffic conditions and rates are 
changing constantly, and often to the dis¬ 
advantage of the growers of fruit and the 
food products of the State, a resolution 
was passed urging the Governor and the 
State legislature to establish a bureau 
or department to look after the farmers’ 
interests in this matter. Tf was further 
resolved in this connection that the presi¬ 
dent of the society appoint some one to 
investigate freight rates and to take ac¬ 
tion in ways best calculated to protect 
the interests of the growers. Other reso¬ 
lutions were: Declaring the disfavor of 
the society relative to the daylight sav¬ 
ing law and asking for the repeal of said 
law; asking the State legislature to ap¬ 
propriate it $5,000 fund for experiments 
in spraying, endorsing Dr. T T . I\ Hedrick 
for director of the State Experiment Sta¬ 
tion at Geneva. This was voted on by a 
rising vote and was carried unanimously. 
Tt is to the interest of every fruit grower 
in the State that Dr. Hedrick be ap¬ 
pointed to take the place of Dr. Jordan, 
for if he holds that position the horticul¬ 
tural interests of the State are sure to 
receive the attention due them. Dr. Hed¬ 
rick has been horticulturist of the station 
for many years, and is familiar with the 
work and policy of the station, and if 
made director the work of the station 
would go on uninterruptedly and smoothly 
and every branch of agriculture could 
safely feel its interests would have just 
consideration. Therefore it is to the in¬ 
terest of every farmer in the State to 
support Dr. Hedrick for- this position. 
0 . R. s. 
White Fly on Pelargonium 
Will you tell me how to rid my “Lady 
Washington” plant, of tiny white insects 
that look like millers, and will fiy if dis¬ 
turbed? MRS. j. E. 0. 
Oneonta. N. Y. 
The insect referred to is the greenhouse 
white fly, which i« sometimes brought in¬ 
side with house plants. It. is difficult to 
control, because of its active habits, but 
does a great deal of injury to the plant’s 
vitality by attacking the foliage. Per¬ 
sistent spraying with whale-oil soap, 1% 
oz. dissolved in a gallon of water, will- be 
beneficial. Fumigating with hydrocyanic 
acid gas is most effective, but is too dan¬ 
gerous to use in the dwelling house. 
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