CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1901-05-09
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Holds Its Annual rleeting-EIection Of
Officers and Transaction of Inn
portant Business = Inter-
esting Session.

All lLilpOI tdut anu W tue pIdCGlCdl
fruitgrower valuable and interest
ing meeting of the Fremont County
Horticultural Society was held at the
court house Saturday, May A, 1901.
DR.. r. ]. Peare was called to the chair
in the absence of President Crave
stock. This being the annual meet
ing the reports of officers for the past
year was made the first order of busi-
ness. There was no report from the
president owing to absence from i'll
ness. The secretary reported that
during the last year there had been
but four meetings instead of twelve,
as provided by the constitution, held,
at three of which barely a quorum of
five members were present. The
meeting in April showed great inter-
est and that fruitgrowers had awak-
ened to the fact that constant warfare
and eternal vigilance was the price
to be paid for good apple. The
treasurer's report showed a balance
in bank of $4S.75.
The report of the County Fruit In
spector showed the Importance of his
Office in the matter alone of watching
the condition of fruit trees imported
from eastern states. In one lot of
400 from nursery in Illinois 3l5
were found very much diseased from
fungus growth in the roots, and
ordered destroyed. He had examined
number of small lots, many of which
were in bad condition from different
diseases, and were destroyed. There
was generally more spraying. more
orchards cleaned up, and a gratifying
interest taken.
At the election of officers John
Dalziel, of Lincoln Park was elected
president. Charles Gravestock, r.
J. Peare, of Fruitmere, J. H. Free
man, of Howard, Edwin Lobach, of
Florence, Aaron Ripley, of Garden
Park, l.. S. Perry, Beaver Creek. J.
L. Heaton, of Lincoln Park, G. F.
McRay, of South Canon. were made
vice-presidents, and Eugene Weston
was elected secretary for the four
teenth term, and W. H. Trout sue
ceeded himself as treasurer.
DR.. R. J. Peare called attention
to the vital business of the hour
that of spraying and the destruction
thereby of our insect foes. N. Z.
Snow said last year he had trees
killed on top by kind of aphis. No
one seemed to know anything about
this pest, but Peare stated that
the green aphis was not comeatable
after leaves were out, and thought
early spraying with one pound of
concentrated lye to ten gallons of
water was the way to destroy them.
Thurston White said that eggs Of
brown mite and the red spider we're
now Matching, and recommended
kerosene emulsion. Edward Macy
asked comparative value of decoction
of tobacco and kerosene emulsion,
which he said could not now be used
as trees were in bloom, to which
there was no answer. B. F. ROcka-
fellow said in week the codling
moth will be flying, and spraying
must then be thorough. He thought
that Bordeaux mixture and kerosene
emulsion together could be used to
advantage. Snow had found codling
moth in the orchard for week and
asked when should spraying com
mence to secure the best result. The
answer was from the time the petals
of blossom fall and the little apple
first forms. Mr.. Rockafellow strong
ly advocated using bandages around
the trunk Of the tree; he thought
two better than one. They should
be put on not later than June l. and
removed often, say every ten days at
least. Some members questioning
the advantage of bandages Mr.. Rocka-
fellow said that when from fifty to
two hundred worms could be found