The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-05-17
SIXTY TREES IN TEN MINUTES
SET BY PROF. SURFACE.

SIXTY TREES IN TEN MINUTES
SET BY PROF. SURFACE.
81 saw Prof. Surface set out sixty
one trees in ten minutes. | was out
at his farm, two miles from Me-
chanicsburg yesterday" said Jury
Commissioner w. H. Bullock, Dyber-
ry, who is the state horticultural in
spector for Wayne, Pike and Monroe
counties, to a Citizen man, upon his
return, Friday afternoon, from a
meeting of the states orchard de-
monstrators, when the work of State
Zoologist H. A Surface was endors-
ed, and reports were made of the
operations in the various districts.
Mr.. Bullock stated that he had so
much work to do that it would keep
him going all Summer to finish it.
There are,' he said, "about
l 500 orchards in the State on the
list.
I'm Winter we give demonstrations
in pruning and spraying Now we
give demonstrations in spraying
for the codling moth and for fungus
diseases. The codling moth is what
makes our wormy fruit. You've
seen wormy apples no doubt?"
The reporter admitted having bit
ten into many a one to his sor. uw.
You might mention" continued
| Mir. Bullock, that some of the pro-
! prietors of our orchards, under the
| supervision of the State, offered pick
ers 81 apiece for all the wormy ap-
pies they could find in their orchards
last Fall.
Wayne County Apples Wormy.
at would be hard matter to find
an apple here that isn't wormy," re-
marked Mr.. Bullock parenthetically
When asked how the farmers in his
district are taking to the movement
Mr.. Bullock replied: They are tax.
ing to the movement good; much
better than | expected. They are
coming to it fast"
Mr.. Bullock declared that he had
inspected five or six hundred or
chards, only four of which, however
are demonstration orchards, viz: the
orchards of j. w. Warwick, Ingle,
hart; Hull Brothers, Waymart; w
w. Baker, Gravity; Judge A. I
Searle, Siko, Lebanon township
Those are all demonstration or,
chards.
I'VE give demonstrations there,
continued Mr.. Bullock. 1--WE have
a demonstration orchard. We &C
and take an acre. We select it, and
take charge of it. We do all the
work ourselves, although the owners
are supposed to put men on to help
In supervision orchards, we only &C
there and direct the work.
Sometimes d. H. Knuppenburg
who lives at Lake Carey, Wyoming
county, goes with me, and | go will
him. | went with him through his
counties, and he went through my
counties with me-"
1900 Trees On Surfaces Farm.
The reporter wanted to know wha
sort of farm State Zoologist H. A
Surface had. HE has a fruit farm
of 100 acres" answered Mr.. Bul
lock, nearly all fruit. They'r,
mostly young fruit trees, some jus
beginning to bear. There are II, ,00t
trees on his farm. We were all call
ed there for instructions in sprinI
and summer work
Prof. Surface is an awful work
er. He's a bright man, and no mis-
take. He's the hardest-working mai
| know of anywhere. He'd get righ
+ down with pick and shavel, if neces
sary, and work as hard as anyone
, | doubt whether any one can tax
his place. He knows all about set
ting out trees from beginning t.
end.
; "Our orchards are neglected
They lack pruning and fertilization
Our orchards have been robbed
they never had any care and ar
: mostly old"
, In response to the question "Hoy
| do you think peaches would do i
| Wayne county?" he said:
} Il think peaches would do fairl
2 well. We got to get up on our hill
, on red shale to do good work.
There's more of apples in ou
county. We have severe winters an
' they do severe injury to peach tree!
It's pretty cold. Apples woul
come out all right always"
4 w. H. Bullock, who is serving hi
= second term as jury commissioner,
! himself a large landowner, bein
the proprietor of 125-acre farm
I, Dyberry He is one of the twenty
. two inspectors appointed by Stat
4 Zoologlst ii. A. Surface, whose OF
erations cover the entire State. The
. get their pay monthly, and have
: understand scale and tree diseases
! and ought to know insects mostly.
= How many kinds of scale al
! there in Wayne county?" queried tn
= reporter.
r Five Kinds OF Scale In Wayne.
! There are five," he answered
S "The Putnam; the San Jose; tn
n Scurfy; the Oyster Shell; the Lecal
t ium or Terrapin. The oyster she
u scale affects apples, the 'Putnal
e scale goes after apples, pears an
! plums. The San Jose is found @
Q peaches. The 'terrapin' go more @
t plums than anything else. tt
e Scurfy' appear more on pears tina
d on anything else. OF the five, IL