Category: Horticulture

HORACE SESSIONS, SHELBY. Mr. President, Ladies and ‘Gentlemen : Yesterday when I sat back there and saw that fine bunch of young men up here on the rostrum and listened to them give us such splendid short and pithy speeches on vital topics, I -remarked to Mr. -Bassett, “It would be better to call on […]

PAUL ROSE, ELBERTA. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a very easy matter to suggest problems, and it is not at all a difficult matter for the practical fruit grower to propound them, but what we want here is someone who can solve them. This is what we are up against—we want some one […]

w. S. PULLEN, HILLSDALE. Four years ago when we began renting orchards we knew of no one who was making a specialty of this work. We soon learned of a few others, one of whom was our president, Mr. T. A. Farrand. In the section we chose, Hillsdale county, for a goodly number of fair-sized […]

ROBERT THOMPSON, ST. CATHERINES, ONTARIO. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: I heard a story recently of a man who died and presented himself at the pearly gates, was admitted. and when he got there he was being shown through the different departments in order to choose one for himself. Finally he came into one where […]

PROF. A. J. PATTEN, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen—The subject which has been assigned to me at this meeting I have tried to treat in a popular way, and if you will pardon me, I will read what I have, because I fear if I trust to my memory, I omit saying some […]

THOMAS SMITH, CHICAGO. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen : I think it proper and appropriate in this church where we are assembled, that we just pretend we are in a Sunday-school class. I am not going to do very much talking but I would like to have every one of you take part, ask me […]

C. E. BASSET, FENNVILLE. The average farmer is not a good business man. That is a harsh statement, but we may as well face it and make the most of it. If we ever take a look at our competitors it is to become jealous of their successes or to gloat over their failures, rather […]

ALBERT J. OLNEY, REEMAN. In the selection of varieties for the commercial peach orchard there are a few factors upon which the success or failure of an orchard depend. A study of the conditions in Michigan show that orchard after orchard is set every spring with poor varieties. First of all we desire to raise […]

R. R. PAILTHORP, PETOSKEY. Thousands of dollars are lost annually by the fruit growers of Michigan through their neglect and carelessness in fumigating. their storage and packing houses. The codling moth, the most serious insect enemy of the apple, winters over in such sheltered places, as well as under the bark on the trees. The […]

PROF. H. J. EUSTACE, MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. There is no question but what the selection of the location for an orchard is the most important matter the prospective fruit grower has to decide. If mistakes are made in other matters, as the selection of undesirable variety or too close planting, they can be corrected, though […]