The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-12
THE HoRTlcuLTuRIsTs.
Some More Able Papers, Good Music
and the Meeting Adjourned.

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The afternoon of Wednesday was filed
in by paper of Mr.. Dawson, and dis
cussion, Col. Babcock and DIR. Blalock of
Walla Walla being absent.
The evening exercises opened with an
overture for violin and piano, very nicely
executed by Prof. Birgfeld and Mr..
Burchtorf.
DIR. E. G. Sanders then made vigor-
GUS speech for the necessity of stronger
horticultural laws. While the legisia-
ture has made extravagant appropria-
tions for other industies, it has done
nothing for horticulturists, the third
largest industry of the state. He argued
for as vigorous quarantine laws on in
fected trees as on infectious diseases.
The need of law is first to compel and
then to educate. He would recommend
that as voters they take the matter to
the ballot box and compel their wish es
to be recognized. In the discussion
that followed Mr.. Taylor asked if there
were not already enough suitable laws.
Mr.. Hendershot believed with Mr..
Sanders, stating further that the trouble
was the men cent to the legislature were
too subservient to party interests. Mr..
Clark was called for. He rather evaded
the question by saying the Pacific North
west was trying to regulate themselves
by their own action, and concluded with
statement that for the Goblin moth, he
had found Paris green failure, and had
better success with London purple.
A spirited gallop was then played on
the piano by Mrs. Collins, classical
selection of much musical merit.
A most excellent paper was then read
on ''Strawberry Culture" written by
Mr.. T. r. Coon and read by Mr.. Brown.
It was especially valuable to Wasco
county growers because the experiences
of the writer were adapted to our climate
and soil. The paper opened with the
sentence "God could have made better
fruit than the strawberry, but he didn't -
He found Clark's Early the best variety
to plant in Hood River, although it did
not do well in Eastern Oregon where it
originated. Too much or not enough
irrigation may be given. His custom
was to irrigate given row for six or
seven hours, which will be all that is re-
quired for week, the irrigation to be
followed by shallow cultivation. He
favored the use of transplanters. Much
valuable information was given as to the
picking and handling. The pickers
should grade the fruit as they pick, and
pick only one berry at a time. The
oftener the berry is handled the softer it
becomes. The reason Hood River
berries were fayorite in far-away mar
kets were the painstaking care taken in
minor details which rendered the berry
firm and fresh when reaching the mar
ket. Water sprinkled around the pack
ing house laid the dust and cooled the
atmosphere, two important reasons for
so doing, as the cooler the berry is kept
the better it will ship.
A piano duet followed by Misses
Schanno and Schmidt which drew forth
loud and continued applause. The
young ladies did not respond.
/ '.The Use of Dynamite in Clay Soil, y
was the subject of paper written by
Mr.. Elmer Stearns, of Salt Lake, Utah,
and read by Mr.. T. A. Hudson, of The
Dalles. Mr.. Hudson said he took occa.
zion to say that the merits of the paper
were great in localities suited to the in
formation, but that Wasco county soil
was of a different formation and did not
require the stirring OF the soil SO deeply.