The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-02-03
Supervision of Orchard Work In
Pennsylvania.

Over eleven hundred applications
have been made to Prof. H. A. Sur
face, state Zoologist, requesting him
to accept orchards belonging to the
applicants for the purpose of super
vising or directing the proper man
agement throughout the year, to
show how to control pests, and man
age the orchard in such way as to
produce the largest, most perfect and
most profitable crop of fruit.
In response to these requests
Prof Surface is sending his experts
into every county of the state, ar
ranging a systematic tour of the
proffered orchards in each county, in
such way as to give the individual
service requested.
The inspector, in every case, is a
man who knows his business, and has
had proper scientific training under
Prof. Surface, as well as very consid-
cradle practical experience in differ
ent orchards. During the past two
years the demonstration orchard
work in Pennsylvania has proven to
be such a decided success and source
of revenue for the owners, that hun
dreds have been forced to acknowl-
edge the value of this work, and
have, therefore, applied for the as
sistance of the inspector to meet
their own needs.
The inspector appoints a time
when he will be at designated Or
chard, and is there on time regard
less of weather. He looks over the
premises, determines whether any
serious pests, such as San Jose scale,
are present, and tells the owner just
what to do to each tree according to
it's individual needs. He talks, pri
marily, on the subjects of spraying
and pruning, and, secondarily, on the
entire subject of orchard manage
ment. He examines and tests spray
ing apparatus, suggests features of
Improvement, shows how it is to be
used to secure the greatest efficiency
in results, shows how to make and
apply the best spraying mixtures,
shows how trees should be pruned
according to their age and individ-
ual needs, and gives written plan
for the details of the spraying, culti-
walton and other features of orchard
management during the entire year.
AS a result of this kind of work
last season tens of thousands of
bushels of first class fruits were
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and thousands of persons are en-
couraged to plant more trees, either
to enlarge or replace the old orchard,
which in many cases has been to-
tally destroyed by San Jose scale, or
to start a commercial orchard.
The extensive nurserymen say that
more trees have been planted in
Pennsylvania during the past year,
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be filled in this state than in any
other state in the Union. This is
chiefly because of the activity of the
persons officially engaged in advanc-
ing the interests of orcharding in this
state, with special reference to the
suppression of pests and the produc-
tion of perfect fruits. 1t has re-
Gently been proven that Pennsylva-
MIA can produce the finest fruits of
the world, and acting upon this
knowledge orcharding is going for
ward with tremendous bounds.
The orchard inspector not only
makes examination of the supervis-
ion orchards but he also holds even
ing meetings in convenient halls or
| school houses throughout the coun-
| ty. discussing the subject of spray
ing, and other features of orchard
ing, with illustrations. Hundreds of
these meetings will be held during
the remainder of the winter, COM
mencing again the latter part of
January, and as they will be for the
one evening only, persons in the vi
cinity where they are held should
lose no opportunity to attend them.
Announcements of the exact place
and time of meeting will be made by
local posters and through the local
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