The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-08

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disease, he thought, was laid the year be-
fore its development. In 1874 he had a
young orchard, and on one occasion there
came on very heavy north wind and rain,
which was followed by snow, and finally
with sleet. The next morning the ice was
an inch thick upon all the trees.
When the spring came he went out to
trim up the orchard, and on nearly
all the trees he found q yellow ring. The
cause of this he did not know, but on every
tree where this disease, or ring, appeared, +,
the graft was entirely destroyed or dead.
The inevitable conclusion was that the in
tense cold had produced this, but what the
disease was he did not know. When the
spring came on the young trees, yet wet
with the winter storms, were subjected to
the heat of tho sun. This it was, he
thought, which had done the work. But
the disease was attributable he believed
equally to cold as heat. He had been an
apple and pear grower for more than forty
years, and each year his conclusions in re-
lation to pearblight had been strengthened,
that it originated either from intence cold OF
heat. ~ b-s l .... ~
Mr.. Weir next gave his experience of the
disease to which the trees were subjected :
the attacks of the worm and the formation
and spread of the ''fungi."
Mr.. Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y, thought
the trouble was in the seeding. He had
noticed the blight in the wood about three
weeks ago. But what he wanted to get at
was why this blight seemed to spread as il
did.
Mr.. Meehan, Of Pennsylvania, had for
tmony d"s ;I;,l ' so,;o s,om " thot 0 th' ts
d;seoso % raoll,, =. acc,'red Of tba root f;rst anS
thot ~ a. ,n,y; ~ th troos
was owing 10 this. The exnerience which
he had had. and his personal observation
had led him to this conclusion.
4 Mr.. Lemosy. of Norfolk county. Va,
followed Mr.. Meehan. whose views he en-
dorsed fully. He had been a pear-groweI
for TWENTY-FIVE wears. He had appealed &c
every work upon horticulture which he
could secure. From European works. he
had received some interesting information.
In one of those works be had seen three
kinds of blight dscussed-the insect blight
atmospheric blight, from heat or cold, bui
the most injurious blight was the fungi
His experience had also proven that the
hl;pht ,ras in tho hao;nn;n1 from tbe root
Rn3 ho hod found 90 ren,ody thaf vorlf
sava tho M [ traa whom [ ottocL nd by emo; % miles,
taton I'M tbe f,nr; cleared awav from tht
root and rnnlante3 in another soil and th,
U1s ' thIs ] i;soaso ~ ha hal;oved I 70 ha ths M
stao,,at;o,, to-, 81 rro;s.t,,ro
3t Io.a(, the - n,eat;no then adjourned nnt;
o;clocl, tl,;S ,norn;na go -
2 = .o'0'N ''''s mn
Ihird Das--hornins session
The Society met at Exchange Hotel at
A. NJ, and after some preliminary busi
ness, proceeded to the discussion.
STRAWBERRIES.
JV;lson,s Albonp. Ouinn saws that af
ter years of toll there are hundreds Of acre
of Wilson'S. 8 :, ss'.e gF
Chalkley Gillinpbam saws that he started
the strawberry hI,siness in New Jersey
35 wears aQoDis now in favor of Wilson fo
general cnltnre.
Mr.. Ianpdon. of Alabama. had wild,
experience in supplying the Mobile market
The Wilson is his fayorite. 1t bears from
the middle Of April to the 4th of july.
L. A. Hardee. of Florida. offered the fol
lowing
p..aS..s 1,not t,,s S,o;atv roo,r,s tho w ,,so
as fe'r the prince of Of all strawberries for market
Mr.. Berkmans, of Georgia, says it is tn
only shipping berry he can rely upon there
| The trade has grown up during four year
past.
Mr.. Flagg, of Illinois, says that the Wi
son has done more to extend the area 0
strawberry culture than all other berrie
| together.
Judge Lylye, of Georga-Does finely bu
needs mulching in his State.
| Mr.. Masters, of Nebraska, endorse
Wilson, but does not approve of passin
the resolution. @
General Page, of Norfolk, says it is on
of the finest strawberrys.
Norfolk shipped 2 2,000,0o0 baskets-twe
| thirds Wilson, the other third Barne
Mammoth.
are soou,, D., o..,,s 9th par,,r,.ns
! oeraa po,,.roans "ee e 1 Coora;a n racnmme, ]
cta,rant am,s' fnr VOW y, oarlv I also Aiaham.
ysomao W;.a. aud aU NnInosIaa' sly "''o
a,,n',a,gb s,,,la a,.t1 p,.o1;6e .Io,adon of All
homo 's'ov,~ eoVs tbev % ore cood also 9aI;torni,
o"iiia, ssya NY ir,u T go ,,ras;Jont a Will
e., = ;ti,s y ;,oroo ee ses i; saror n Nassacb"sntt
ny noy,onotas M fron, Nabrosl1a also cav thew n,
nonJ ms,ds'7 'i0 w ~ '''''>'' ''''0 ''' -
Sch Charles Downev saws this nev variety
annara me JI~ II :, a,1roroJ S for, for tho Soutb
Sejy Bses;de0i sues WipI95e,WMr WSp95eM ~ Berkman's i
caoro;a cows + i fine herrv
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of H. naost nro,,,;e;no yo,;at;es Int noe,
cod W Ny onitnrd ,it, ''N' NV
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