The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-09-19
CITRUS SEMINAR
At GAINESVILLE
OCTOBER Il To 70
SPECIAL TO THE JOURNAL.

Gainesville, Sept. 16.-Slnce the
market has become more critical of
the fruit it consumes and since it
refuses to take market or low grade
fruit, it is up to the grower to pro-
duce a better crop. Only bright fruit
will bring top prices. Only clean
trees will produce that kind of cierus.
For these reasons the keynote of the
Seventh Annual Citrus Seminar, at
the University OF Florida, October II
to 20 inclusive, will be clean trees and
brighter fruit.
Control of Insects.
The program will be devoted 1arg~-
w to control of inserts and diseases
and to other methods that will result
in a better grade of fruit. Lecturers,
experts in their particular fields, have
been obtained for every branch of
the industry from selecting budwood
to marketing the crop. The latest in
formation on every phase of citrus
culture will be offered in an effort TO
help the grower raise better pro-
duct.
New Features.
Several new features will be includ-
ed in the program of the seminar this
year. Among them viii be an ex-
hibition of spraying machinery. Seven
manufacturers and agents of power
sprayers have planned to exhibit and
demonstrate their products. Every
phase of the mechanical operation of
this machinery will be explained fronI
a practical viewpoint. Gasoline and
other types of engines with which the
machinery is operated will be explain
ed and demonstrated by experts.
The exhibits of diseases and pests
from the collection of the experiment
station will be larger and more com
plete than last year. Each subject
will occupy a separate booth so that
it may be displayed to best advan-
tage. The life histories of all i'm,
portant citrus insects, both benefic,
iaI and injurious, will be illustrated
by specimens, methods of encourag.
ing the former and controlling the
latter will be given together will
results of each.
The effects of fungus and bacteria
diseases will be shown in a similar
manner. Specimens of diseased part!
will be on exhibition and the variou!
stakes of each disease will be illus
trated. Control measures will b
given in this case as in the case o
injurious insects.
instruments with prepared speci
mems will be available to bring ou
details not visible to the unaided eye
Series of Conferences.
A series of conferences will be Civ
en- this year, When the seminar wa
begun the attendance was SINAI
enough that individual problems coul
be discussed. Growers were taken +
the laboratories and were given op
portunity to make direct study o
exhibits and to take up individua
problems directly with the instructor
The meeting has grown so large
however, that this is no longer pos
sible. Furthermore, subjects IN whic
growers are interested are so numer
Gus that they cannot all be take
up in detail from the platform. Hence
this series of conferences has bee
arranged so that growers may discus
their troubles with some investigate
trained in the particular branch upo
which they desire information. Tire
or more growers can obtain con
ference and an instructor and meet
ing place will be assigned to then
These conferences will not interior
with the general meeting.