The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-06-15
June Horticultural Meeting

future profit
President Smeltzer brought to the
meeting a sample of the effects of the
Leaf Roller which has effected "A large
part of an orchard north of lola be-
longing to Mrs. Teats Mr.. Smetzer
thinks the trouble originated in an old
neglected orchard situated just across
"A road from the younger one that now
seems doomed.
Just here comes i'm the benefit of the
knowledge of profitable spraying. The |
orchardist who understands the habits |
of this leaf rolling enemy and what |
kind of medicine to give and how to
get him to take it, whether internally |
or externally, and at what time he |
should have it, is the man who will |
su '"eed and save crop when his !
NJ II Dor who has no time to fool
a ly with such things" as many eX-
press it, or who have not learned that
the study of these matters is economy,
will meet with disappointment and loss
that might be avoided.
Blight OF the pear tree was thencon-
sidered.
Mr.. j. =. Remsberg some years
since trenched about his pear treethat
gave signs of decline and filed the
trench with coal cinders and restored
it to vigorous growth that still
seems permanent.
.. Would not the cultivation given
by the trenching be beneficial?
A. Mr.. Semeltzer says "no.n The
more cultivation about pear tree in
Kansas the worse. one Of the most
successful pear growers in the State
is Mr.. Riser. of Hutchinson, who has
close blue grass sod about the trees
of a large orchard and it bears album
dainty. Mrs. lagrange alsoreported
similar case within her knowledge
in Indiana.
Mr.. Pancoast read paper on DRY
winds ol:July and August and how to
counteract their influence" and a
short discussion followed.
As to varieties of trees the Catalap
seemed the favorite on account of its
easy propagation, its heavy foliage
and its hardness an especial
claim as a timber supply, an instance
of section of a post that was sound
after remaining in the ground forty
years was eelipsed by another story
of a stake to which Old Tippecanoe
Harrison's soldiers had picketed their
horses, probably on Nov. s, 1911,
when he whipped old Tecumseh at
Battle Ground" Indiana.
Mr.. Munger of Hutchinson, has a
grove of 100 acres of Catalpas.
Q. If it pays on large scale to
put out such groves why will it not
pay individuals to do the same?
heterogeneous plants in the orchard
was next considered and the merits of
clover and orchard grass dwelt
upon.
Mr.. j. =. Remsberg had an orchard
seeded to orchard grass that seemed
to him to do as well as clover. But
some take the position that clover
with its readiness to repeatedly shoot
up when cut or reseeded and draw
from the atmosphere new supplies of
nitrogen and store in its root cells
and soil wo uld be the ideal feeder of
an orchard soil
Grapes. OF these Mr.. Smeltzer adj
vocates cutting back annually to in
sure success in vigor and fruitfulness.
The vineyards of Mr.. Hoagland were
cited as having been always well
trimmed back, thoroughly cultivated
and annually full of fine fruit. Mr..
Remsberg, who afterward came into
possession of the place, reports that
the vines remained productive until
an occupant neglected the care and
the usual result followed.
The apple and peach crops are now
quite promising. Many believe that
budded peach trees are less hardy
than are seedlings. Mr.. Pancoast
says they are not necessarily so, but
that two reasons may be given that
account for the prevailing opinion,
First, the budded tree usually is weak
ened by several transplantings while
the seeding, because of its small
value, is often not removed from its
first roofing place, and second, the
new blood introduced by the bud is
often from a Crawford or other more
tender variety. But he believes that
with the same chances for its life the
budded tree is as hardy as the in
ferior Seeding. A copy of Mr.. Pan
coasts paper was asked for, for the
Western Fruit Grower.
Mrs. Fernew promised the Society
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