Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-06
YELL0WS In THE PEACHES
PENINsUIA g ROWRRs DISCUSS tn E
DISEdsE.
Discussing the Cultivation OF Other
FRUITS nnd of yegetabies-Abie
Addresses by Practicnl Mon
Growers i'm Annual session at
ChestertOwn, nL1a

X of future cold weather upon the peach
crop, was the main point Of interest yes
terday we!k to the fruit growers who are
here attending the convention Of the
Peninsula horticultural Society. The
X causo aBBigpnd by some for the yellows is
the excessively cold winter OF 1879,
which hurt the trees, rendering them
weak and sickly ever since. Since then,
1t is said, trees have been grown from
the seed of the siokly trees or bGdded
from them, thus producing diseased
trees. As to this being the true cause of
the yellows, though accepted generally,
many growers have doubts. 1t is be-
lieved by nearly Ell TINT the cro1 is safe
enough for the present, Gs heretofore
stated in the Sun, and none oere to look
on the dark side OF the cloud when q
glimpse OF its silver lining can be seen.
M Mr.. John A. Groves, who is consideEed
the peach king Of the Peninsula, and vino
has 800 acres Of orchards Ia Kent county
and on Paoa's Island, in tho lower part of
Queen Anne's, with S5, ,0C0 poaoh trees in
bearing, il very hopeful as to the out
Z look. He says he has no cause at present
for fear. The fruit.growers are fright
ened, he says, for loss OF this years
crop means q big blow to them. Corn
wheat IL ia oven worse. Peaches are the
only thing that they have to look to. ~.
we have two freezes wosk," h says,
"with temperature Of 30o lower, the
trees will be prevented f=om blossoming
before the first OF April, and then we will
be as Hafo as we usually are. While they
ara in full bloom, however,, q temperature
of 24o will kill them. There has been
Bome talk about trees blooming now. THIS
trees spoken OF are Of a southern vaEjs.y.
They are isolated ss n general thing, and
rarely hear anyway"
DIR. Black thought that the Law against
yellowB in peaches in force in q section of
Kent county, Nd, and in paris ot Della
ware, should be made general in every
state where peaches are grown. la 10 Of
4 tue opinion that the disease is OF bacterial
origin. and advocates the tearing out and
z burning OF every tree that is the lsast
diseased. That In the only way the dis
ease can be thoroughly stamped out.
bMr. j. q. Brown thought q great deRl
OF harm was done TO the PsMinsula by
oil wing reports to be spfead about that
pench-growiug il decruusing. Eis trees
are bettor thsn they waEo eight years ngo,
and his yorng trees arJ entirely free
from yellows. Thousands OF tlers have
gone out because Of the excessive wet
weather; but, he continued, are we to say
TO the world that the chief crop OF Tho
Peninsula has been ruined by Too mueh
waier2 Why not dig bitches and drain
our land and be properly protected
sgsinst such contingencies in the future ?
Such repcrto hurt us. They are unjust,
md We will prove to the world that they
we untrne-if the weather fer the future
don't ruin the orop-by shipping from
80 to 60 car loads of peaches per day
from our section.
Norris BARNARD said he believes the
disease ia contagious, and that tho nur-
eerymen are not to blame for it. It can
be stamped out snd should be. Il was
bis experience that trees coming from
sections where the yellows had never
existed took the disease Rs readily as trees
grown in this region.
t. The discussion closed with resolution
offered by Dr.. Black, aud unanimously
adopted by the convention. l. states
that while they acknowledge the exist-
enae of yellGws Ia como parts of the Dsl-
awsre and Chesapeake peninsula, tho bus
iness of peach growing is by no means
destroyed, and it the process of destruc-
ticn be applied to all diseased trees they
have faith that there will be continued
profit in the cultivation of peaches on the
Peninsula.
The report of DIR. John j. Black chair
man Of the committee on pears, atated
that the season OF 1889, go disastrous to
Peninsula crops generally, made no ex-
oeption to the pear. The peer, especially
= the Duchess, did not SO. full supply OF
fruit buds, and the driving, washing rain.
storms AZ blossoming time interfered
viii h. FAf hiza fosD
and the succeeding crop was muuh hurt.
The number OF pear t1ees planted during
the season was large, stimulated chiefly
by a general tendency to failure OF the
peach in many looslities. In COMMITTEES
warns growors not to plant more trees
than can ba properly taken care Of, and
not to go blindly on aud overstock the
general market, or to plant trees toe
closely and thus produce zypotC
diseases.
s.1 'sLet u.s." the report says, stake warn.
Ing from tha peach busineDe, whore rech-
less planting haB in time OF plenty over.
stocked thu general markets and brought
about unproatsblo peouniary returns
We recommend more care in packing
fruit and making il as attractive In sp
pearanoe as possible. The more labOl
put on peers IN packing and preparing
them for market the more profit theEe il
in Them, especially in smnil packages
The average man don't know anything
about the favor of pears. He buys by
their attractiveness TO the eye. Dealers
know this and prefer 60 handle frGit put
mp in paper in small packages for the
fancy trade"
Professor w. 8. Bishop of the Mary
Band Agricultural College read an ex
kARstive paper on tomatoes, their stadJ
ana Improvement. He gave description
of the experiments mads 81 the expert
u ment STATEN with this vegetable, enG
recommended the raising OF those yarie
ties that are evenly hhapsd and have The
largest amount of cell formation or flesh
with the Bmalleat amount of seed.
sA DR.. John j. Black of New CGstlj
county, Del, advised tho farmers to le
Beednen and their catalogues alone ant
depend upon the state experiment Htationt
for their information about new verietie!
of fruit, vegetables and other farm prod
uots. This vas tbs only way, he Thought
to avoid imposition Ey dishonest saeimen
DR.. Arthur r. Healt, director of tn,
Delaware experiment station, made at
address advocating the state control ant
inspection OF fertilizers, comparative
tests Of the methods Of different racss o
milch COWS, and comparative trial 20
sugar beet seed from diff .Eent growers
He also urged the nooiety to develop
registration OF plants on the plan OF thu
herd books, which bAye accomplished p,
much for dealers and fauciess of thor
oughbred horses and cattle. DR.. Neale'
L.