The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-03-09
Gypsy Moth Will Eat
Many Greenbacks.
FRUIT GROWERS.
They Want the Pest Elk
terminated.

The first days session of the Mas
sachusetts Fruit Growers Association
was begun yesterday morning at 1895
o'clock in Horticultural Hall. This is
the fifth annual meeting and President
George Cruickshanks Of Fitohburg o.
cupied the chair. Nearly 70 members
were in attendance at the morning ses-
sion, and the number was swelled to
100 before the close of the afternoon
session. At the morning session, the
report of the secretary, Prof. S. T.
Maynard, which is in print, was called
to the attention of the members pres
emf.
The report Of Treasurer Ethan
Brooks of West Springfield was also
read and accepted and upon the mo-
ton of the presiding officer a commit
tee of five was appointed to bring in
the names of the officers to be elected
for the ensuing year.
After the completion of tine business
before the meeting, Prof. c. II. Fer
maid, entomologist at the ITassachu-
setts Agricultural College, spoke on
insects, injurious to orchard fruits
The address was carefully prepared
and the speaker handled the subject
Al A0bIdC0LAlA5 way
At the afternoon session the nomina-
ting committee, Messrs. j. l.. Harring
ton of Lunenburg, Augustus Pratt of
Middleboro, Benjamin z. Ware of
Marlboro, f. A. Hersey of Westboro
and G. S. Pratt of Reading presented
the list Of officers they had decided
upon. The list was accepted and the
following named gentlemen were unan-
imously elected:
DpaSiIap+
Fitchburg; vice president, Herbert
Mead, Lunenburg; secretary, Samuel r.
Maynard, Amherst; treasurer, Ethan
Brooks, West Springfield; auditor, Cal
vim l.. Hartshorn, Worcester; directors,
Essex, =. A. Emerson, Haverhill Ben
jamin P, Ware, Marblehead; Suffolk,
William r. Sessions, Boston; Norfolk,
Abel F. Stevens, Wellesley, Morris
Morse. Midway; Plymouth. Augustus
Pratt, Middleboro Walter Hall, Marsh
field; MiddleseX, NJ. p. Palmer, GrCton.
w. D. Hines, Townsend, c. S. Pratt,
Reading, Samuel Hartwell. Lincoln;
Hampshire, John w. Clark, North
Hadley, DR.. Hoxir, Northampton. L..
w. Goodell. Belchertown; Berkshire, A.
G.. Sharp, Richmond, X. H. Race,
North Egremont; Hampden, l.. w.
Rice, Wilbraham; Franklin, r. 5.
Young, Orange; M. II. Vincent, Con
way, WORCESTER ~. d. I1duWeH w oT-
cester, j l.. Ellsworth, Worcester,
James Draper, Worcester, E. A Her.
sey, Westboro, j. G.. Avery, Spencer
Chairman Palmer of the committee
on the resolutions regarding the gypsy
moth, submitted report which in sub
stance was that the society urge the
legislature to appropriate 100000, the
full amount asked for by the gypsy
moth commission for the eXtermp alton
of the troublesome pest.
The estimates made by the commit
tee of the cost of discriminating would
be about 100000 a year for six years
and then 100000 per year for five years,
after which it would cost nearly $25,-
900 year for five years more.
After the resolution had been presen-
ted, S. H. Record moved that the ques-
ton be discussed. President Warren c..
Jewett of the Worcester Agricultural
Society, moved that the resolution be
sent at once to Senator o. Z. Patch
of Concord who is the chairman of The
committee on agriculture in the legis-
lature.
Mr.. Jewetts motion was adopted IN
animously and as the legislative COM
mittee is in session at the present time,
the secretary was instructed to send
the resolutions by mail at once.
Charles e. Parker of Holden sug-
gested that the association put itself
on record as being in favor of law
relative to the San Jose scale. j. w.
Manning, a nurseryman OF Reading.
spoke at considerable length of the
need of such law in Massachusetts,
and asked that an effort be made by
the fruit growers to have one passed
for their self-protection.
w. D. Kinds of Townsend spoke of
the loss Of crates and baskets which he
u L, - .s..VVr l. sw.sr
which the growers had to contend with
He asked that the growers come to-
gether and see II they could compel the
commission dealers and the merchants
to return their property as soon as the
fruit was sold
James Draper also spoke upon the
question of loss to the growers, and said
that he did not get his original baskets
or crates back again, and it injured his
business to be obliged to use rickety
boxes and broken baskets.
The balance of the afternoon was CIV
en- up to the discussion of the question
list, which included Baldwin apples, the
peach and Japanese and domestic plum
buds. and the extent of injury by dry
rot and extreme cold to peach and plum
buds.
1t seemed to be the general opinion
that nearly all the young buds had been
killed by the severe changes.
r. J. Sanderson of Fitchburg, who is
largely Interested in growing plums,
said he considered the native plum the
best to set out He knew. he said. three
or four plum "cranks." who all agreed
that the natives were far superior to
any foreign variety.
Among the other gentlemen who dis
cussed the question were Monroe Morse
of Midway, President Crulckshanks,
Ethelbert Bliss of Wilbraham, Prof
Samuel r. Maynard of Amherst Agri-
cultural college, w. d. Kinds of Town
send. J. G. Avery of Spencer, and F. w.
Manning of Reading,
The meeting adjourned at 4.30 o'clock
until 80 o'clock this morning. Eth
ebert Bliss of Wilbrsham will speak
on peach growing in Massachusetts,
and the balance of the day will be spent
discussing the question list.