The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-16
Declared A. J. Eaton Before
Vermont State Horti-
cultural Society
Ut TAKES A GENIUS
TO PACK BOX APPLES
Various Addresses Given
Before the New England
Fruit Show Audiences

was the subject OF an address before tn
Vermont State Horticultural society il
Montpelier yesterday in conjunction will
the New England fruit show. The ad
dress was given by A. j. Eaton of Soutl
Royalton, who said in part:
"The mission of the box is to force tn,
grower to produce better fruit. Tn,
western apple has made the box famous
not the box has made the western appl,
famous. No one should use boxes who
is unwilling to take pains. The public
will accept almost anything in barrel
for they are used to it, but they want
and expect good stuff in box.
Thousands of barrels of apples have
been sold this season at from 81 to 81
each, while boxes have been selling at 81
to 50. If the saying is true that genius
is largely the ability to take pains, ii
takes genius to pack box apples.
Correct packing has been reduced to
science and anyone who is willing to
take the trouble can learn, but do not
think that you can dump any old thing
into an apple box In haphazard manner
and receive the top price just because the
fruit is in boxes. Good fruit, carefully
packed, will bring more in most markets
in boxes than in barrels, commission men
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
! Mr. Eaton followed his address with a
| packing demonstration.
, The fruit show is complete, the last
exhibits having been placed before the
noon hour Wednesday. A little exhibit
that has attracted much attention is two
hnNa= Of % 4arha Y.i,lyaJ
the farm of +. w. Aiken in Putney. dur
ing snowstorm. The Putney farm is
the largest berry farm in New England.
1t contains 10 acres of red raspberries,
five OF blackberries and six additional
acres planted in Strawberries, gooseber-
ries and currants. Beside the berries
much fruit is also raised
An interested spectator from out of
the state was Albert R. jerks of the
Hampden County Improvement league of
Springfield. who came as the representa-
tive of Joshua L. Brooks, president of the
Eastern States Agricultural and Indus
trial exposition. Mr.. jerks pronounced
the fruit show the best that had ever
been assembled.
Blister Rust Disease.
This morning the feature of the pro.
gram was an address on THE Blister
Rust Disease OF the White Pine and Cur
rant" delivered by Prof A. +. Halves,
Vermont state forester, who said in part:
This disease, which was first found in
New England on pine seedlings imported
from Germany in 1909. is now known to
have been here several years previously.
Older examples have been found on the
Vail estate in Lyndon and the Billings
estate in Woodstock. Careful inspections
have been made of all suspected pIanta-
lions and diseased trees have been de
stroyed.
1T is definitely known that this dis
ease cannot spread from one pine tree
to another, but must pass part of its
life on the currant or gooseberry. From
this it goes back to pine. If, therefore,
all bushes of these varieties can be de-
stroyed in the vicinity of pine, the dan
ger of the disease can be kept down. |
There are two ways for the disease to
spread; it may be carried considera BILE |
distances by the wind from pines to cur
rants; and it may travel from one cur
rant bush to another. For these reasons /
IL II WHY lidt ali
within half mile of valuable pines |
should be destroyed In most sections
there is little question that white pine is
, more valuable crop than currants, but |
where there is comparatively little pine
t will not be necessary to destroy the
"The chief damage done by the disease
s to young pine. In a few years after
they may be girdled and killed.
older trees also may be killed in time.
The disease is, therefore, a more serious
menace to the pine of the future than to
he present standing timber.
inspection of wild and cultivated cur
ants in the fall of 1916 showed the dis
.ase was widely scattered throughout
lew England, including Vermont. Wher-
ver black currants were found in damp
,laces they were nearly always diseased.
Red entrants and gooseberries were occa-
ionally diseased, but are not as suscep- |
ible as the black and ornamental cur
ant.
ut is hoped that people owning cur
ants near valuable white pine will be
ublic spirited enough to destroy Them
whether they own the pine or not"
he Future of the New England Apple
Industry.
"The Future of the New England Apple
was the subject considered this
fternoon by DIR. J. X. Shaw of the Mas
achusetts Agricultural college. He said
4 part:
Just now many apple growers are re-
diving in their minds great question
+ the future which may be stated some
hing like this: What will be the profits
apple growing during the next ten
ears, and what course should | pursue
1 order to attain the largest possible
lccess in the business This question
rises through the belief that large
lantings of Young trees during the past
ght wears. together with a now active
interest in caring for trees
READY established. mean a greatly in
'eased production and consequent low
rices. We can Judge the future only by
he past. Let u inquire what the past
story Of fruit growing in America can
N the present and future trend Of the
Isiness. Apple growing is peculiarly
D industry OF North America. In no
her section Of the world do we find
fruit growing developed on
lywhere near the scale that il is in this
untry.
There are three major factors in
lived in the future Of the apple growing
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