The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-03-05
HORTICULTURAL.
Meeting of Lyon County Society.

Meeting of Lyon County Society.
Society met at presidents Office Feb.
%, 1875.
President Milliken In the chair. Sec
rotary being absent, A. G. white
was appointed secretary pro tenn.
The subject for consideration of the
society was, ''To what extent were the
orchards Of Lyon county injured by
sun scald last summer, and what are
the remedies 10 preserve the trees and
keep them from the ravages of the
bOrers that Away follow damaged
trees 90
A. C. White made the following
report as to damages: Find all bear
ing orchards more or less injured by
sun scald. Those that are protected
on southwest from the hot winds are
least injured; find, also, that fewer
trees with low heads are injured than
those that are tail, with long bodies
exposed. My own trees that have
come into bearing are about one-third
damaged, more or less; about one in
SIX OF that number are past recovery.
Mr.. H. II. Gray reports that the
two south rows of his fine bearing
apple orchard are badly scalded. The
kinds are Gennetts and Winter Pear
main. The balance are less injured.
The four north rows, he said, shaved
all ruff bark off last spring were not
one scalded.
Ar. James II. Phenis reports four
old trees In ninety damaged. His
young trees, nearly every one, are kill
ed. None of his pear trees are injured
out of two hundred. His Strawberries
are all summer and winter killed.
Mr.. Charles Priest, of Eagle creek,
reports that one in five of his bearing
apple trees are damaged.
Mr.. John Slack reports his apple
trees badly damaged.
Mr.. Holderman reports his orchard
damaged; did not know to what ex-
tent.
Mr.. d. l.. Ward reports his young
trees the worst damaged.
A. G. White proposed the follow.
ing remedy: Remove all loose barb
as soon as possible, and coat oyer with
grating wax all wood that is exposed
The wax is made as follows: Take
2 lbs rosin, 3 lb of tallow, heat anG
stir together, and apply with an ole
paint brush while hot; to keep hot
set vessel containing wax over a ket.
tie about half filled with live Goals.
Mr.. d. L. Ward thought it would
help to heal the wounds by cutting
limbs and splitting open, laying in the
wounds, being careful to have the
barks connected at top and bottom
then apply wax and wrap q rag ol
cloth to hold it in place. Says he ha;
saved apple trees when girdled al
around and wound dried, done before
the bark wilted.
All agreed that all trees injured, anG
the dead bark not removed, would gel
full of bOrers the coming summer, and
further damage the trees aud entirely
destroy many that might he saved by
the use of timely remedies. 1t was al
so agreed that washing the apple trees
with soft soap early in May and once
or twice after during the season, would
keep the borers out of the trees, where
all damaged bark was removed.
Adjourned to meet at the presidents
office in the court house on Saturday
March 18th, 1875, at IL o'clock p. m
Question for next meeting: "What
are the best kinds of annual flowers tt
plant in this locality, so as to have s
profuse number in bloom from the
earliest until frosts.''
The ladies will please report.
a. G. WHITE, Clerk por tem.