Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-04
DEATH TO THE TREE
Grand River fruit Growers
Discuss Tellous.
WORK or The COMMISSIONERS
Ihey Are Dssuoyns Many Of ths Al
fset=d Trees Bur Meet Opposition
From th= Clznks.

TIE Fruit Growers mex yesterday
afternoon al then ~ n quarters III she
basement " Ine court n0ase. The
room Is commo1 .0lls And sell hgnted,
and + provided VITA = large safety
vault AnI q pretty fireplace. The su-
psEElsoFs 4AVs Dedicated Us use - the
ksat Growers. the Farmers club, ILe
Ola -ett.ers' and Kindred associations
aud soegeEes. Shelves sill Dc rtLod up
ABOUT tle roOm for tie exhibit 81 sucu
rare and curious articles as may pe
preserved ~ tue various sOclstses- IA
point 81 numbers Lls meeting ye-ter-
day clI nos compare iaSofaOiy Win
previous meetngs, bat the season 3.
ADVANCING and thousands OF bu-nels OF
Istcnes are Haugug npe and luscious
upon overloaded branches waiting 10
be pluckrd. Mauy farmers have 20 re-
Iualn ~ the orchards. Three women
fruit growers were at the meeting, tue
Misses SeaerIuerhorn. VINO succeeded
their father. the late Mr. Schermer-
horn, la the management OF lsrge
IaTm Wleu nr died not very long ago
Al MS home on West Bridge
street. They are both pretty, are styl-
Isn dTessers and nave proved That they
understand the successful culture or
fruit. They Will market several thou
sand bushels or peaches before the
season IS over.
lfr third woman was Mrs. c. ToOle,
"A Il faadge widow who - on the mar
krl A. regularly a. any man farmer
and who = equally as successful. She
j. pale and SHOWS that her success has
been achieved by bone-breaking work.
Circulars Have been sent
Though the meeting was set for ?
o'clock IL was $40 wnen President
Graham raped for order. Secretary
". X. MuniOn read the minutes OF the
last meeting, which were Apr wed.
L. L. Whitney, local clerk of the So
cIety. was present and stated that 600
circulars Dave been sent out u which
fifty or sixty answers had been re-
cciyed. They were MAJ ~ from COM
mission men who desiTt q To handle
Grand River Valley trut. There had
teen Inquiries from what were con-
sdered desirable points, Appleton.
Wis, central Ohio, etc. \ report was
also made on rate. and transportation
10 Milwaukee. No changes IN time
and no concession IN rates have been
made. Mr.. Whitney had asO seen III.
II. &. Asmus OF the Valley CITY trans
ping fruit 10 Chicago and Milwaukee
by way Of the river. Negotiations are
now IN progress.
Mr. Munson stated that the township
of Grand Rapids IS being thoroughly
canvassed by the "Ieiows' commits
sioners. In every case the farmers
were glad TO see them.
j. Richardson of jamestown, said
that the disease WAS causing trouble
down his way, one commissioner often
condemning "a many as 100 trees per
day. There was much agitation over
the matter. Some OF the people are
glad TO show tue commissioners through
the orchards and others violently re-
sent IL. IT one orchard OF 700 trees
I35 affected trees were found. Young
trees seemed 20 Do as subject to II as
old trees. In one orchard of 500 trees
three years old so effected trees were
found.
Few Gases In Grand Rapids.
J. A. Pearce of the town of Grand
Rapids reported That few cases had
been found IN his vicinity. Just over
the line. in Plainfield, forty diseased
trees were taken out. He was of the
opinion that the disease Is not very
contagious the first year, but after that
u spreads rapidly. Where tree is
taken out promptly toe surrounding
trees grow healthy and strong. and are
not affected. Ii the cases were
promptly stamped out no bad results
follow. Mr.. Pearce said that in one
case where an orchard had been al
lowed 10 20 down with the yellows,
over 5000 trees IN surrounding or
chards had TO be taken out.
In the township of Walker the pres-
dant stated that only few isolated
GAGS had been found. He would not
perutt diseased tree to rlpen fruit If
II carr ed ten bushels.
A. Boss of Forest Grove related his
experience. In an orchard OF 1000
trees few years ago twenty-five cases
appeared. The infected trees were
pronptlv removed. The following
-esr one case appeared and thst tree
VS.. taken ont. After that one year
rassed without auy symptoms OF the
trouhlc. but this year 40 trees have
f'come down" with the Yellows-
Nr. Whitney related his recent ex-
ferteucos iu viewing infected orchards.
Sumo had cut che diseased trees and
left them lying on the ground. In
another orchard a ''Ye lows tree had
heen cnt down and dragged 20 the
fence The path taken = now plainly
market. the trees on both sides being
badly sfected-
Nne4xIrg Of the progress Of the dis
,rss a. Fenvflis. NJ. Pearce sad II was
f,stered hv a cranky old farmer who
scattered tIc commissioners out oi nis
srrhard witn snot gun Then a taSlr