The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-30

most interesting talks was made by G.
S. Harrison of York, Neb., who con-
ducts state experiment station at that
place. His present experiments are
with flowers, shrubs and forest trees
and his aim is to promote the general
study of these among the farmers of
his state He urged the planting of
flowers and beautiful shrubs upon the
farms and stated that a field of useful
employment was open for young men
familiar with the cultivation of foresi
trees.
Considerable time was spent over the
York Imperial apple which has awaken
ed something of a craze among apple
growers in the west. 1t is rated a good
apple but a rather uncertain bearer and
not so remunerative to the grower as
the Ben Davis.
At this juncture a report was brought
in by the committee on programme.
which promises to diSarrange things I'm
til the end of the meeting. A printed
programme had been prepared and dis
tributed, but its arrangement was not
satisfactory. The committee wanted to
hurry along the less important num-
bers, to cut out a lot OF reports in which
few were interested and to give more
time than was allotted to peaches, plums
and small fruits. The committees re-
port was adopted and the meeting de-
voted some time to overhauling the
printed programme. Two or three more
numbers than had been provided for
were disposed of in the afternoon and
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come before the election of officers, set
for this afternoon, was gotten out of the
way. The report y III make no end o.
trouble with persons who had figured
their time to accord with the pre-
arranged programme, but it will assist
in disDosing of more work than could
otherwise be done.
On the subject "Replanting Fruit
the results of his experience with =.
large orchard. He advised the re-
planting of trees wherever the original
/ planting died, if an orchard was desired
to be kept up to a high bearing stand
ard A paper on Orchard Treatment =
written by E. E. Yaggy, of Hutchinson
was read by Secretary W. H. Barnes
New Fruits and Nomenclature by
| VIM. Cutter of Geary county, was the
name of another short paper also read
by Secretary Barnes. The closing ad-
dress OF the afternoon was made by j.
H. StinSOn. of the Mountain Grove ex-
detrimental station in Missouri. OH
Bitter Rot in Apples" He has made
study of this disease. which he says is
Tar more prevalent in the south than
in the north 1t is a fungoid growth
which attacks the fruit about ripening
time, and makes rapid progress in warn,
weather. He advised the removal of
all mummied apples and fallen leaves
from orchards affected by it. and stated
that spraying with mixture of copper
sulphate and lime was the most success
full preventive for it's spread
THE EVENING SESSION.
good crowd attended the meeting last
night. It's programme was varied with
some good music by Topeka people while
the addresses were of more than ordinary
interest. B. F. Smith of Lawrence had
the subject, Tastes as Pertaining to
Fruit " The cultivation of orchard fruit
he said, should have the object of produc-
ing the best favored rather than the best
appearing orchard fruit, is the usual
custom. While beautiful fruit sold we'll
the public was after the taste and would
buy the apples and peaches which served
best upon the table. the next paper was
by Prof. E. A. Popenoe who related the
results of his study of borers 3nd insects
injurious to evergreens in his paper en-
titled, Report on Entomology" Prof
( Popenoe is connected with the State Agri-
cultural college at Manhattan. His pa
per was well received.
The last number of the evening was an
illustrated lecture by Prof. W. j. Parrot
of Worcester, O.. entitled, Recent Inves-
LEGATIONS in Coddl'ng Moths This moth
attacks apples and has been one of the
worst enemies of the apple grower in
many sections of the country. Lead
nitrate is the spray solution recommends
ed by Prof Parrot who showed the re-
suits of his experiments with it. His
illustrations showed the development of
the young moth as well as its mode of at
tack upon ripening fruit. It was a very
valuable paper to the apple man and will
result in an increased study of the Ohio
horticultural ve-of-fS