The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-05-28
Mr.. Taber Corrects Some Errors.

Mr.. Taber Corrects Some Errors.
cultural Society.
Having myself been at one time Secre-
tary of our Florida II horticultural Society,
] recognize the difficulty OF always get
ting the VERBATIM of all remarks made
by members. But in your report of the
late meeting at DeLand. as published in
the AGRICuLTURIsT of May 18th, there
are some statements attributed to me
that convey such q radically opposite
meaning from my remarks as actually
made, that in Justice to myself wish you
to correct them.
For instance, your report makes me
say, cit seems to me that we must come
back to seedlings for our peaches, and
then we might as well quit growing
peaches" while what actually did say
was, cit seems to me that If we must
come back to seedlings for our peaches,
we might as we'll quit growing them, be-
cause the peaches that come from the
seeds will be every thing and any thing"
The statement that you have attributed
to me would place me on record as en-
tirely the planting ofPEACHEs
OF ANY KIND, while the only idea that
my remarks (made in answer to ANOTHER
member who HAD advocated seedlings)
could imply was, that the indiscriminate
planting of INFESTED SEEDLINGS should
not be relied on as a basis for profitable
orchards,-it was simply a case OF seed
lings VERSUS budded trees in which |
advocated the LATTER.
| have for the past six years been an
nually adding quite extensively to my
peach orchards, as well as originating,
testing and introducing new varieties. |
set out over five acres additional of bud
ded peach trees the past winter, and it is
certainly rather an anomalous position
to be placed in to be accredited with say
ing that only seedlings are worthy OF
planting and that even THEY are worth
less.
Again in my remarks on rOOt-knOt,
your report makes me say, con my larg-
est peach trees the rOOt-knOt is not near
~ as bad as it was two years ago.
(Which is cOrrect), but as this statement
is followed in your report by the unqual-
flied remark (attributed to meg that, 81
/ had to dig up some of my trees this win
ter" it would leave one to infer that dug
them up on account of the rOOt-knOt
while the fact is, | was very careful to
state the REASON for their removal, to
name the variety removed (the Peento)
and to saw that roOt-knot had nothing
to do with it, but that the sole reason
was too cold weather in this extreme
northern section of the State for the prof
liable cultivation OF the variety in ques-
| ton.
There are one or two other mistakes in
yourrepOrt of my remarks which, however
are not so material. The only additional
one that will call attention to is where
you make me say, 81 never touched a
tree for borcrs yet;" this was not war
ranted by what [ said, and is not in ac-
cordance with the facts; what did say
was, that, II do not touch the trees for
borers," or pay any attention to them,
as my experience together with many 9TH
er peach growers has been that it does
not pay to do so, owing to the damage
done by the borer being SO slight.
[ trust you will have the necessary cor
rections made in the records of the Flori-
da Horticultural Society and also pub
lish this article in the AGRICULTURIsT in
the friendly spirit in which it is written.
G. L. TABER.