The Savannah morning news., 1900-08-03
HORTICULTURISTS' MEETING.
ANNUAL SESSION OF THE STATE
SOCIETY AT DUBLIN.

President BercL mans Warns Produce
ers Against shipping Poor Fruit.
Prof. Scott Tells of Experiments to
XIII the San Jose scaIe-Prof.
Quaintnnce's Interesting Paper.
The Delegates rendered an Excur-
sion Down the River.
Dublin, Ga, Aug. 1.-The twenty-fourth
annual session of the Georgia State Hor-
ticultural Society was called TO order in
this city this morning by DR.. p. ]. Berck-
mans, the President. On behalf of the
mayor Of the city. who was unable 20 be
present, c. A. Wellington delivered an
address of welcome, followed by Hon. L.
Q. Stubs, on behalf of the people gem
orally. These addresses were responded
to on behalf of the society by Prof. II.
E. Stockbridge director of the Florida
Experiment Station.
The annual address of President Berck-
mans was very interesting, and he took
occasion to scare some of che fruit grow
ers for shipping faulty peaches this year.
If this is kept up, he said, the prestige
Georgia fruit now has in the markets
Will be destroyed. He thinks that there
should be a fruit inspector in Georgia.
Following the address of President
Berckmans, Prof. w. NJ. Scott, state
entomoiogist, read report upon the San
Jose scale work of the state Prof. Scott
traced the scale as 1t moved in different
localities until 1t had overspread the en-
tire state. The scale is now most numer-
NaN IN
cambridge and Albany. from Triton to
Valdosta, Fitzgerald and Cordele. from
Thomasvilie 10 Albany, Smthville to Fort
Gaines, Americas to Columbus, Cordele to
Savannah and from Macon to Dublin.
This gives che scale wide range and
renders it's eradication doubtful. In re-
gard 10 treatment, Prof Scott said until
further experiments develop something
more satisfactory we Will con-
tinue to use kerosene in me-
chanical mixtures with water as
soon the fruit crop is gath
cred. Infected trees should be sprayed
with 10 per cent. kerosene in mechanical
mixture with water. Particular care
should be taken in the use of kerosene as
a summer wash as there Is always more
or less danger of injury to the trees
sprayed The summer treatment must be
followed in the fall as soon as the foliage
is shed by an application of 20 per cent.
kerosene To obtain good results every
norton of the infested tree must be wet
from the ground TO the tips of the twigs,
and great care should be exercised to pre-
ye mt the kerosene frcm running DOWN the
trunk of the tree. Bright days should be
selected for The work and spraying should
continue late in the evening.
Following the paper by Prof Scott. the
moruing session adjourned after the APP
pointment OF the committees 10 inspect
and report upon the fruit display. The
COMMITTEES will report tomorrow
The fruit display is fine, though not as
MANY varieties are shown as was expect
ed. The largest display is by the Georgia
experiment station.
The principal paper at the afternoon
session was by Prof A. l.. Quaintance OF
the Georgia experiment station. This
paper was mainly the report on biology
for The year, and the main feature of the
paper was a report OF the result OF spray
ing peach trees with Bordeaux mixture
to prevent brown-rot In many cases, he
said, almost the eRtire product was re-
claimed by the use of this mixture. Diff
ferent species of trees gave different re-
sui s, but in nearly every case
from Is 10 80 per cent OF the
fruit was found 10 be saved by the use
of this mixture. Prof. Quaintance stated
that from tests made by him at the Geor-
gia experiment station showed that for
maldehyde gas has been of little effect
In preventing the rotting Of peaches. Much
discussion was occasioned by Prof Quain-
tance's paper.
The following Is the result Of Prof.
Quaintance's experiment with Bordeaux
mixture: Hulsteads' No. 80. made two APP
plications, the result was that s6h per
cent OF the fruit OF on unsprayed tree was
rotten. The per cent. OF sprayed tree
was n per cent. Here two sprayings re-
claimed "A per cent OF the fruit. HUI
steads' No. "a, received three applications
90 per cent. of unsprayed tree was rotten.
while on a sprayed tree only rs per cent.
was bad. In this case three applications
reclaimed 6S per cent Of the fruit. Chi
nese Free, liberia, Triumph, Lady Ingald
and many other varieties were expert
mented with in like manner and the same
results obtained.
At 415 the afternoon session adjourned
20 that the members could participate in