The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-29
THE
FRUIT ENEMIES
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States Expert HorticuIturists
Demonstrate the Methods
Now in Vogue.
PROFITABLE SESSION
INDIANA FRUIT SPECIAL" REACH
ED RICHMOND Yesterday
LECTURES WERE GIVEN AT THE
ISAAC COucAN FARM.

The 1ndtahe Fruit Special" sent
out by the Indiana Horticultural Soci-
city for the purpose of fnstructing the
fruit growers # Indiana in the science
of preserving fruit trees in the face
OF attacks by insects and diseas es pc
cufiar to vegetation OF this charactei.
reached Richmond yesterday morning.
Prof. w, B. Flick. secretary of the
State Horticultural society, was in
charge of the special" which consist
cd Of one car. Joseph Burton and c.
NJ. Hobbs were also in the party. The
paraphernalia OF the herticulturists
was removed from the car to the SUI
burban residence of Isaac Dougan in
Spring Grove. There had gathered
to witness the demonstrations of the
spraying of fruit trees and to listen
to the lectures of the horticultural eX-
perts, an audience of nearly 200 per
cons. mostly farmers and members of
the Wayne County Agricultural and
Horticultural Society.
The meeting IVES q profitable one
and resulted in much new information
on the subject of fruit tree spraying,
being impaired to the Wayne county
fruit growers.
Messrs. Burton and Hobbs occupied
part of the afternoon in explanation
OF the Droner and scientific methods
of treating and preserving fruit trees
from the many pests which are detri
mental to their development, Fruit
trees of every description, vegetables
and vine fruits and the parasites that
attack them. were discussed. Pruning
yot trees and bushes was also elucidat-
ed upon. Interest was centered on
the spraying apparatus. This con
ti,iyance consists Of a large tank which
contains the solutions of poisonous
chemicals, with a carbonic air cylinder
attached. The chemicals are forced
through a long rubber hose to mouth
whirling sprayers. To get the spray
into the tree tops. a. pole attachment
is used to attain the height desired.
Value of Spraying.
Mr.. Hobbs, in speaking of spraying
said: There is no work about the
care of the orchard that requires more
intelligence than the spraying Of fruit
trees. There are two things to be
remembered and followed. First
you want to know for what purpose
you are spraying. whether fer fungi or
insects. Second, whether the tree is
affected in the bark or upon the leaves
| There are two classes of insects, the
biting insect, which eats the bark and
| leaves, and the scale insect, which
gains its subsistence by inserting its
sucking tubes into the bark. These
! two require as many ways of treating
| The first has to be reached by the out
ward spraying which settles on the
| tree In misty form and the second
must be met by direct contact. The
scale-bug gets its air through tubes
and these must be closed UP by the ap
plication of chemicals and the scale
bug will die
Applying Chemicals.
Mr.. Burton spoke of the application
of the chemicals He said: After
the preparations of the poison the
most important thing becomes the ap
pIication. There should be plenty
of force back CT the liquids in order
that a good spray may be had and 81
that the spray settles upon the tree
in a misty cloud as dew settles a
night. Many trees must be treated II
the blossom to prevent wormy fruit
I lie blossoms which are very hard Il
get at, are sprayed when they trs
break There is one exceptionally
ample tree. This should not be spray
ed while in blossom for two reasons
first because the bees about the or
ehard might be poisoned and they arr
necessary in distributing the pollen
and second, because If the pistils arr
covered with lime before it has de
veloped there will be no fruit. Al
trees should be sprayed early. .....:
The Deadly Pear Blight
Mr.. Hobbs, in speaking of the pea
blight. said: .#-
pear blight is pretty hard to ge
rid of. It has been demonstrate
that 1t has its origin in bacterial torn
and that cultures can be taken OF II
In cutting away the blighted part
one should start well back of tn
diseased part, for the rotting goes Of
within the limb before it appears Ut
on the surface. The instrumen
should be disinfected after each cut
ting.
Pruning requires some discretion
One should look over the tree and Sc
what should be cut out and what mo-
The thing to be remembered Is tina
trees require sunshine and air. There
fore, the cutting away should be mos
; " around the trunk in order that tn
, sunshine and air may get in and tina
. all the little shoots may bear frui
II is a common thing to notice tree
, bearing only at their extremitie:
which is the result of the above moi
toned. cause"
Demonstrations of the uses OF tn
spraying outfits and pruning OUTFIT
were made to the spectators.
noon a lawn dinner was served t
Those assembled. The affair wa
highly enjoyed and Mr.. and Mrs. Dol