Category: Horticulture

W. S. FIELDS, BUFFALO, N. Y. The Baldwin Fruit Spot is a disease, so-called perhaps because it occurs on this variety more than on any other. But the specimens which I have in my hand are Northern Spies affected with this disease. This fruit spot is called by various names and is confused with “Sooty […]

LUTHER E. HALL, IONIA. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen—When your Secretary asked me to .prepare something on this topic, he intimated that he would like to have it very brief and to the point. Now the topic of feeding the apple orchard may be made very brief, and I will try to be brief, but […]

P. L. GRANGER, LEXINGTON. “Michigan as a fruit state is a back number.” Do you believe this? Is that putting it too strong? Anyway that is the essence of a prominent two-column article in a national fruit magazine of over one hundred thousand circulation. And the men who were responsible for that expression are, I […]

A. H. HENDRICKSON, GRAND RAPIDS. Nowhere in the history of American fruit-growing is there a story as romantic or as fascinating as the history of the American Grape. It is a story full of vicissitudes, vain endeavors, and repeated failures which were at last superseded by complete success. From the first America was known as […]

R. E. LOREE, EAST LANSING. The subject of apple breeding should be of interest to every Michigan apple grower, and, I am sure that it is worthy of our serious consideration. A few facts may be of interest to show what has been accomplished in this particular branch of horticulture. In the “Apples of New […]

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 […]

I. J. PICKFORD, EAST LANSING. Thinning fruit on the tree is an important operation in the scientific management of orchards, and one that Michigan horticulturists should practice more extensively. We want to establish in the mind of the markets and in every consumer the idea that Michigan stands for quality. Let us assist nature in […]

Three years ago the Michigan State Horticultural Society introduced the plan of having the senior horticultural students at the Michigan Agricultural College contest for cash prizes of $60 in giving five-minute addresses at the annual meeting; also in judging and identifying some of the plates of fruit on exhibit at the same meeting. This has […]