Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-11-24
STATE HOUSE.
Inspection Of Gregory Or
Observation-Disclosures.
A. K. Gardner Tells Journal
Reporter Some Interesting Facts
A -.Inspection by Rail.
road Commissioned Corporations
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR,
Regular Meeting of Governor and
Council, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 1918, 10
A. M.

The inspection of the Gregory or
chards is being carried on, this week.
under the personal direction of State
Horticulturist A. X. Gardner and As
sistant Horticulturist II. 2. Sweetser
and it is expected that a large num-
Der of orchards Will be carefully look
ed over. Mr. Gardner will inspect
orchards in Knox county. Many or
ehards in Kennebee, Washington and
Hancock counties have already been
looked over by Mr.. Sweetser. The
general report of the orchards already
inspected, is that they are very fair
MIR. Gardner in the State agricuI-
tural office, Saturday morning,
brought up for discussion number
of subjects pertaining to his depart
ment. all of which will be Of interest
to orchardists in Maine. He spoke of
the discovery of chestnut bark dis
ease, recently made in Auburn.
while the number of chestnut trees
in Maine is small, lie said, "the dis
ease is doing a great deal of damage,
and in the states where there are
many OF these trees, it is one Of the
worst diseases with which the or
C1ldI ulSlS nave u CUIleIlu. Ill, 6illl-
sylvania and some of the Southern
states the loss is great and probably
would amount to $50,0D0900 UP to the
present time. Many experts are in
vestigating it, and trying to discover
some means whereby they can con-
troll it, but as yet they have not been
able to report great progress"
Apples have recently been sent TO
the agricultural department from
Bineolnville, which We're thought to
he infected with san JCSe scale. In
fact the buyers threw them out on
hat account. But upon examination
II was found 10 be a peculiar infec-
tion OF seab."
Mr.. Gardner spoke in enthusiastic
terms of the exhibit of the kennebee
County Pomologieal Society, recently
held in Lewiston. THE exhibit was
in very high ORDER" he said, and
was nearly all from the orchards of
Clement q Taylor Of Winthrop. They
took first on the Bellnower, Mcintosh
and Eusset in the barrel class. first
on the Mcintosh and Russet in the
box class, many first and seconds in
the plate class, and first in the coun-
" collection. In TACT, they took d
prize in every exhibit they made. The
barrel exhibit at the show was the
best. although not the largest, ever
exhibited and the officers and men,
hers were very much pleased at the
display. The list of speakers, this
year, was the best ever obtained, ana
steps will he taken to have many OF
them return at future dates 1of lee
ture work in the State.
A second meeting under the au-
spices of the Auburn Beard of Trade,
The Auburn Fruit Growers Associa-
tion. and the department of aGricui-
ture. will be held. in February. and
plans are now under way to make
| this even more successful than the
previous one. Last year, difficulty
was experienced in not applying for
sneakers early enough, but, this year,
that will be overcome.
sThere is a great deal of agitation
for a similar meeting in the Eastern
part of the State later on and lndlca :
tions point to it's development. Ihe
department will furnish the speakers
from outside.
ION a recent shipment of the IN
dian Head Fruit Growers Association,
ORGANIZED by the department, early IN
the fall, carload of Baldwins, ones
and twos, netted back nearly ~ per
barrel. while few of the fancy Bald
wins shipped at tie same time by the
oxford Bear Fruit Growers Associa-
tion. netted nearly sA.25. Both asso-
ejations are enthusiastic over their
seasons sales and are believing more
firmly than ever in cooperative
work.