Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-01-19
FRUIT GROWERS IN SESSION
Discussing the Effect of the
Peach YelloWs Laws.
NEW PEAR DISEASE DISCOVERED
Need of a Competing Rail-
road on the Peninsula.
Interesting Session of the Peninsula
horticultural society al Doycr-- Dis
GUESSING Past Experiences Tor Future
Benefit Election of Officers.

DOVER, Jan. l2,-At Yesterdays session
of the Peninsula Horticultural Society
come discussion took place with reference
TO the laws in Maryland and Delaware for
the stamping out of the "yelows.m MIR.
j. ]. Rosa of Milford, brought the matter
up by asking if Maryland had a law look
Ing 10 this end and Mr.. j w. Kerr of
Caroline county, Md, informed him that
there was. I'VE dread the yellows as we
do the cholera in our section" said Mr.
Kerr, ''and tine people do all they can to
stamp them out, We have all the law we
need, but we want adequate provision for
its being carried out. Mr.. Biddlc said the
yellows had practically killed the peach
industry in Cecil county. Mr.. Rosa said
New Castle county, and two hundreds in
Kent county were exempted from the
operation of the Delaware law. The first
effort under this law was made last season.
There are number of defects in the law
which ought to be remedied The compen-
sation of inspectors ought TO be greater and
they should be put unher bond for proper
performance of their duty. law without
penalty is no law. Another defect exists
in the clause relating to the work. This
should not wait for anything. AS matters
now stand the work can only be done on
petition of five growers in the neighbour
hood. Again the law ought to be made to
apply to the whole State and the shipment
Our only salvation, ii we wish To retain
the peach industry, is to destroy every
tree on the Peninsula which is affected
with the yellows. think the value of
properly has decreased from IS to 30 per
cent since the ye..ows made their appear
ance."
Colonel +. J.. Martin promptly Endorsed
this view, and SAID that the best proof of
this was the marked decline in property
values since the yellows became prevalent.
MIR. Kerr stated that Maryland laws pro-
vded against the shipment of fruit from
diseased trees, making such shipment q
misdemeanor. Colonel Martin thought
laws ought to be passed by Maryland, Del
aware and Virginia, which would provide
for destruction, root and branch, of every
tree affected with yellows no matter where
it might he located
The discussion resulted in the appoint =.
ment Of standing committee, consisting
of Mr.. Rosa for Delaware j. 5. Harris of
Kent county, Md, and a. j. McAiath of
Accomac county, Va, to secure and en-
courage the enforcement of laws in the
three states to stamp out peach ycllOws
ana black knot of cherry and plum trees
PRESIDENT RIDDLES ADDRESS.
President George Biddle, of Cecilton,
Cecil county, Md. in his address said, in
part:
Our want is a competing line and this
can be had by extending the, Baltimore &
Eastern Shore railroad rorthward to Sin,
gerly, on the Baltimore * Ohio. And
there is good reason to believe that but
little effort would be required to make
this reality as it would prove a valuable
feeder to the Baltimore Il Ohio.
PROFITS FROM PEARS.
Dr. j. J. Black of New Castle, Del, in
discussing pears, said
Among the newer varieties none have
approached the Older for general cultiva-
ton The keitter il productive, tender az
To frost from early blooming, not good or
saleatle tor eating purposes, very good fol
preserving and canning, and il the market
is not overstoCked likely to be perma-
ncntlv profitable if each grower confines
himself to reasonable number Of trees
The Idaho is on trial, with not much 81
far to recommend it and reports from
other quarters speak of it as blighting
The Anjou Is slow grower here, and the
fruit i'll flavor is not equal to that grown
further north, yet is worthy of a place in
all COLLECTIONS as among the grandest o
pears, The Laurence continues to be on,
OF our most satisfactory trees. The Bart
lett and Duchess hold their own as pre-
eminent. The Manning is the best earl,
summer pear for profit and in foliage
Thoblt resembles the Laurence. In,
Howell is good Peninsula pear and beau
tt.ul when preserved in glass. Rustieze
and Tyson are worthy OF trial here, and ),
is tho OFT. Louise Bonnie de Jersey doe
not do as well on this Peninsula Us report
make it do further north.
The committee sounds a warning not
against over-planting Of trees and thu
avoiding disappointment. To plant fey
ana care well for them is better thai
planting too many and neglccting them
AS to dwarfs and standards there will no
be much difference as to time Of coming il
II both are gwen the same culture. B,l
dTarls will come in much earlier il force
md kt,Vl,. ,,,lt
rule viii bring III the most money Tn
blight Is still scourge and was exceed
ingly destructive last year. 1t is To be hone
thar the present Legislature Of Denwar
viii give us II law for general and thoroug
inspection oil all fruit trees, including tn
peach, pear and plum. In such Il law resi-
the only salvation of the fruit indlistrit
Of this sectiun.'
NEW PEAR DISEASE.
Prof NJ. b. Waite of the United State
agricultural department, came down frof
Washington to tell about his recent il
vestigation of the "Funguous Diseases [
the Pear Professor Waite has made e.
tenslve experiments during the past yet
in Virginia and New York with pc,
diseases. His talk was informal, and b
was interrupted frequently by membe
who wished more detailed information 0
the subject on which he was talking. Pr
lessor Waite said that there was but OF
not be called funguous, and that was, /,
want OF better name, called pear ''yC
low" He had seen it in Georgia, in &c
York, in Virginia and on the Peninsula
What it is nobody knows. 1t has ii
same appearance rs peach vellows, ntfec
the trees in the same way and is clissli,
with peach yellows.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Officers for next year were elected
follows; DIR. Henry Ridgely of Dove
President; j. w. Kerr Of Denton, Nj,
Nice-presdent; Wesley Webb, Setretn
and Treasurer, Nice.preSidcnts for ii
counties: Delaware-Dr. j. j. Black. Ne
Castle; A. A. Slaymuker, Kent; Charl
Wright, Sussex. Maryland-X. i. Lush
Cecil; ]. S. Harris, Kent; Samuel r. Far
Queen Anne's; u. l.. Banning, Talbot; \
4. Kelley, Caroline; Richard GGllck Dc
chester; b, s. Morris, Wicomico CHAR
M, Peters, Worcester; Mrs. l.. L. Waite
Somerset A. j. McMath Accomac al
Captain Orris A, Browne, Northampton.
Dover was selected for the place OF me
ing next year,
A Benson Case Corolary.