Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-02-21

nuu, ns hent Nus NOT lobt anu IL not going
to lose. Wyoming station, being midway
between Dover and Woodside, distance
OF si1 miles-lsst year shipped 700 car
loads or 450 600 baskets OF peaches and
paid l&l05 600 in freights. The reports
that have gone out, he held, had injured
the Kent growers With the young trees
that have been set out he maintained that
In less than i've years the shipments
from Wyoming would amountto to ], ,00O, 900
baskets.
As to the contagious character Of the
disease, Mr.. Brown was for from being
convinced. In fact he doubted that il
was contagious aud claimed to have used
remedies that effected azure. His theory
was to restore the soil to the condition
that prevailed before the disease sp.
peared. To-day in his $40 acres he can
not see that the disease has spread from
one tree to another and In his opinion
the trees in Kent county are In 100 per
cent better condition to-day than they
were year ago. II VS. pass through this
winter without the Thermometer going
lower than 1t has been, said Mr.. Brown,
the yeliows will not be heard Of next year.
THE ROOT ApHrs THEORY.
Dr. Nathan Pratt of Milford doubted
that the eradication of affected orchards
would obviats the trouble. It is known
that the yellows ara the result of per-
verted nutrition, but why Ia the nutrition
perverted? Is there no disease at the
roots, checking the flow Of the sap? DR..
Pratt was strongly inclined to the opinion
that the trouble resulted from the root
aphis, and was not satisfied with the
eradicRting remedy unless there was more
positive evidence that the removal Of the
trees will remove the trouble.
ENDORSING THE sAoKETr BILL.
To bring the question plainly before
the meeting, Hon. Edward L. Martin
moved as the sense Of the meeting that
the Sackett bill msets with the approba-
tion Of the growers assembled, living
within the borders included in the bill,
and that the adoption OF the bill by the
Legislature be recommended. 10 sup.
port Of his motion Colonel Martin made
an effective address, citing the fact that
the disease has already ravaged the
orchards Of New CASTLE county, and urg-
ing that 1t is time something wss done by
Legislative authority. He strongly en-.
dorsed the general object Of the saokett
bill. 49,.
In the generally favorable discussion
that followed, Mr.. Hayes stated that the
yellows hrst appeared in his orchard 20
years ago. A single tree vas first affected
and then the adjacent trees In a circle
around it.
"What communicated it to tho first
tree" Inquired Mr.. Pratt.
Mr.. Hayes admitted that he did not
know, and DR.. Pratt maintained that the
same cause that communicated the dis.
ease to the first tree communicated 1t also
to the others.
Professor Smith stated that he did not
consider the root apbis the cause Of the
yellows, as the former largely prevailed
in Sussex and Caroline counties, where
the yellows had not yet appeared.
DIR. Joseph W. Sr,hl, Of Baltimore, had
read bis patented formula Of q remedy
for the yellows, In which the curative in
. grodient was designated as "blank.
: When the growers desired to know wha
"blank" was, Mr.. Saul plainly informed
! them that he would sell the right for th'
I using his remedy in the State Of Della
4 ware, and when they knew what it WI!
: all would be satisfied with 1t.
. As sn..amendment to Ool. Martins mo
tion, Manloye Hayes moved that th'
! Legislature lie requested to amend the
7 bill by extending the limits OF it's pro
visions ss far north as Duck creek.
l Jsoob G. Brown and Alexander ]
1 Oummins vigorously opposed this mo
l tion. The latter oontended that thu
! owners OF yeilows infected orchard
! should not be compelled to tear up tn,
| trees, but should be allowed to sell tht
D fruit to whomsoever would buy for wha
! il would bring.
Q Dol. Martin held that this was goot
8 argument for extending the provisions o
!. the bill all over the State, az IL was onl.
9 a plea for the right to market fruit tina
. has been condemned by the board o
a health of every city along the Atlanti
t coast.
THE BILL ENDORSED.
I While Mr.. Hayes amendment was no
Objectionable to many advocates OF tn
bill, they were Gfraii that its adoption
9 would engeuder serious opposition Il
Q the bill itself When the vote was takel
: tho smendmsnt was deoisively lost. afte
j, which Colonel Martins motion endorsing
!. the Ssckett bill md recommending II
8 passage was unanimously adopted. Th
o meeting then adjourned.
!. The fate OF the measure is still unc u
Y tain. There ia strong sentiment in 1t
{ favor, but many growers object to an
forced removal OF their trees and declar
their intention of resisting this provisio
!, even IL the bill becomes Law. Th
: nesting, however, served the purpose
4 concentrating tho sentiment Of man
: peach growers in favor Of some kind
. remedial legislation, and 1t is likely this
8 measure OF some kind will be enaote
a before the session is over.