Norwich bulletin., 1916-02-02
NE@EEeTEa TREES MAKE
 HeMEs FOR eATERPILLARs.
esats Enssnssbelist 5rittsH Tells Fruit
 Growers ia sessisR al Hartford.

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 Handreds of fruit growers from all she ssatg gathsssaa n s aSof fhe sqsts ssts annaai meeting ef the Connecticut F6naaegieai seelety. There were inahy woHaeh In the audience. The cstiven= tien viii continue three days and the annual meeting sf ,,i ihs ss sIa ugIahhlsssieut l su hsetion with 1t. At the opening of the P6fneiegieai meeting President Btan- eIiffe Hale ef Glastonbury briefly fe- viewed the work of the year. seere;; q membership Of pee and receipts of
 Other reports were from the commits tees Oh membership, legislation, exhfh- its, markets and transpertAtion. pub- iioity and new fruits and vegetables. Reports from the state sntomologist. pr. Britton, and the state botanist. | Dr. Church, were made at the after noon session.
 On injurious Insects. Dr. W. D. Britton in his report on | injurious insects said tent caterpillars were even more abundant in 1915 than in previous seasons. There were alto- gether too many neglected wild apple | and wild cherry trees in the hedge rows and along the roadside which served 2. breeding places for the pest s,sn such The best way would be to brush on 1 the nests as soon as they are large enough in May to be seen. The apple maggot was unusually abundant and attacked both the early and the late apples. Dr. B-itton said the fruit tree leaf roller should be held in check by g. lime sulphur spray thoroughly applied | just before the leaf buds open, as for San Jose scale. The report said that red bugs seemed to be on tn eincrease. pr. Britton mentioned an unusual form of injury to peace trees, a small brown beetle, which ate the new leaves and entirely stripped 1000 trees in Wallingford.
 In some portions of the state both apple and peach borers did more damage than usual The Jose scale. he said, is seemingly on the decline. chiefly on account of being parasitized by the small Chalcid fly. For the strawberry flea beetles Dr. Britton ad- vised thorough poisoning of the leaves as soon as the beetles began to feed.
 There was but little further spread of the browntan moth in 1914Honly Wethersfeld, Newington and New Britain being found infested outside of the quarantined area. The scouting
 for the spread of the insect in 1915
 had not been completed.
 | Suppression work for the gypsy moth was carried on during the past sum-
 mer, the state and federal forces CO., operating. A force of men worked until after the caterpillar season was over. In 20 towns 305 infestations were found.
 Report on Fungous Diseases. Dr. George P. Clinton in his report
 on fungous diseases said the growing
 season of 1915 had peculiar conditions
 which affected growing crops favor | ably or unfavorably and likewise de-
 termined the enemies that attacked
 them. The past season, with its cool } dry spring and its cool, wet summer
 until the middle of August, seemed to be rather unfavorable for normal oI luxuriant plant growth. The drier and
 warmer late summer and fall, with the absence of frost until very late, offset ) to a greater or less degree the earlier unfavorable periods. As a result some
 crops were unusually abundant with
 resulting low prices Others were be- low the average in yield or quality
 produced a fairly large early crop at 8
 fair price and a poor late crop at 3
 good price.
 Dr. Clinton said there was no com plaint of poor crop Of peaches of the early varieties in the matter of yield
 There was a great deal of rot an6 scab. Mention was made in the report of canser following the brown rot an6 pr. Clinton said he observed such cankers last year first time in thie
 bad the past season. Sooty blotch was unusually abundant, due to the moist
 summer weather.
 The importance of dry cool storage and an open pack for the prevention ot the scald of apples was emphasized
 by Dr. Clinton. Dr. Clinton spoke o1
 the blister rust of white pine, which
 has been found on a considerable num-
 Der of white pines imported from Flu
 rope. The importation of pines sus- | ceptibIe to rust had been stopped by
 the federal horticultural board.
 E. M. Stoddard of New Haven gave |, an address on Some Results of Orch ard Work at Connecticut Experiment
 Stations, illustrated with lantern slides
 Prof. M. A. Blake of New Jersey spoke on Problems of the Year in Peach | Growing and Marketing.
 In the evening session there were , historical addresses on Twenty five , Years of Connecticut Pomology by N 1. S. Platt, J. H. Hale of Glastonbury and , J. N. Barnes of Wallingford. AT THE DAVIS.