Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-01-29
NO CURE FOR THE YELLOWS
The Peach Disease Discussed
at EaSton.
FRUIT GROWERS ELECTION
Paper on the Cultivation OF
Small Fruits.

Better System Advocated for Handling
the Peach Crop--A Number of Inter-
esting Papers--Next Meeting to be Held
in Dover.
EAsToN, MD, Jan. 21.-The attend
ance was larger to-day at the Peninsula
Horticultural Society's meeting and
much more interest was taken in the
proceedings. The president, DR.. John
j. Black of New Castle, Del, was
present and read his address, valuable
paper on the attention to detail in hor-
ticulture. Mr. Kerr's paper on nomen-
clature was well received. A. w. Slay-
maker made the report on small fruits.
1t was followed by a lengthy discussion
participated in by Messrs. Kerr, Griffith,
Harris, Case and others. 1t was agreed
that last years yield of berries was the
most profitable crop, if not, indeed, the
only profitable crop on the Peninsula.
Professor Galloway of the Washing
ton Pomological Society, spoke on the
parasites and fungi of plants and vines.
He illustrated his lecture by blackboard
work and specimens of parasites and
fungoids. The best remedy, he said, is
spraying the diseased plants or vines
with ammoniacal fluids. J. S. Harris
made the report on implements and fer
tilizers. 1t was discussed by DIR. A. T.
Neale of the Delaware experiment sta
ton, Professor Runk of the Maryland
station and others. It was agreed that
red clover is the best green fertilizer,
and better than commercial fertilizer,
the cow pea coming next. In the even.
ing Professor Runk lectured on home
adornment, with atereopticon illustra-
tions.
EAsToN, MD, Jan. 22.-The PENN
sula Horticultural Society adjourned
this evening to meet again on the second
Tuesday in January, 1899, at Dover.
Among those present to-day was Hon.
George w. Coyington of Worcester,
who is going into peach and small
fruit culture on large scale. The fol-
lowing officers were elected: President,
Colonel d. L. Martin Of Seaford; Secre-
tary, Wesley Webb, Dover; Treasurer,
A, L. Hudson, Clayton; First Vice
president, J. s. Harris, Kent county,
Md; County Vice-presidents, DR.. ]. J.
Black, New Castle; DIR. Henry Ridgeley,
Kent county, Del; Charles Wright, Sus-
sex county, Del; George Biddle, Cecil
county, Md; Norris Barnard, Kent
county, Md. John b. Brown, Queen
Anne's county, Nd; J. w. Kerr, Caro-
line; j. L. Banning, Talbot; Isaac H.
Wright, Dorchester; j. G. Phillips, Wi
comico; L. L. Waters, Somerset; Hon.
George w. Covington, Worcester; ETC.
McMath, Accomac county, Va; DIR.
Brockenborough, Northampton, county,
Va.
DR.. Erwin F. Smith of the depart
ment of agriculture, who has been
studying peach yellows on the Penin-
sula and elsewhere since 1866, made an
interesting address on that subject The
disease is fatal, is contagious and is in
creasing gradually, going southwark on
the Peninsula. 1t is worse in New
Castle, Del, and Cecil, Md, and has
made its appearance as far south as
Caroline county. Neither the cause of
the disease nor cure for it is known.
In his report ON nomenclature Mr.
Kerr of Caroline, said that any new
fruit or plant should have merit enough
to popularize it, and the question of
sufticiency should be determined by
competent committee prior TO any at
tempt at dissemination. "We are APP
nroaching reform here, when he who
by compounding and manufacturing
Gs.jectlyos to name his new variety will
be written down knaye or an igno-
ramus. One single word, whether the
name of the place where it originated or
the name of the person with whom it
originated or by whom it was discov-
cred, is sufficient for the name of
fruit, and is preferable to combination
of words whereby description is at
tempted"
A. w. Slaymaller, of the small fruits
committee, in his report said that so
much of the success of the strawberry
crop depends on the proper amount of
rain and sunshine at the critical period
that it is necessary to prepare beds SO as
to get along with q smaller allowance
should nature slack in her giving. There
may be enough moisture in the soil for
four plants to the square foot, when 3G
plants to the square foot would perish,
and the same with sunlight Last year
the varieties which fruited for the first
time were disappointing. California
seeding, new in Delaware, but not in
Talbot, as it originated on the Choptank,
was the most promising new berry. The
varieties reported promising among the
new sorts year ago were very profit
able last year Raspberrics, though a
short crop, were a very profitable one
to those who kept their beds in order
All varieties now grown are good ones
when properly cared for. Growing
among peach trees was adj
yised to keep off disease A patch of
one and half acres set out with black
berries and peach trees has borne an ex-
cellent crop every year since 1887 Early
hawes gave good crop and brought
good prices last year. Check row culti-
vation, both ways, with the horse, is
in berry culture. The future
will see growers fruiting their straw
berry beds but once, raspberry beds not
1ver four times and blackberries not
more than seven or eight years.
James Gilchrist, on small fruits for
lome use, advised testing novelties if
ime and circumstances permit, but for
main dependence set only those which
AVE been tried and have proved good.
The address of Hon. E. L. Martin Of
;eaford, on marketing fruits, was con-
idered very interesting and valuable.
lie advocates new departure in
andling the peach crop, involving new
Methods of distribution and system Of
inspection Of all marketed
ruits.
II. w. Hargadine made a report on
j. w. Carr on plum eu-
ire, Major Alvord on tomatoes. H. j.
'atterson of the Maryland experiment
Lation read a paper ON the aGulterati0n
foods. Professor L. L. Brunk iec-
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