Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society for the Year (Volume 42); Being the Proceedings of the Annual Session baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903. Excerpt: ... DISCUSSION. Mr. Hoffman: Coming from a section of the State where the apple ciop was almost a failure, I account for the fact that I had a good crop to spraying thoroughly. I had three men working continuously for three weeks. I succeeded in raising several thousand bushels of apples in a locality where no one else succeeded in raising any. Mr. Johnson: I want to know if you use Paris-green in your spray before the buds were open? Mr. Simpson: Yes, sir. Mr. Johnson: Is not the object of the Paris-green to kill insects that are not found at that time? Mr. Simpson: Yes, but we take no chances and always" use it here. President Stevens: Mr. Kingsbury will now read a paper on SPRAYING AS A PROFESSION. BY J. Q. KINGSBURY, INDIANAPOLIS. I am doubting somewhat the propriety of sending out this paper I am about to read to you, in our proceedings to be read by the general public. The effect will be, if it has any, to encourage the growing of fruit by all who can spare the ground for the purpose, and by so much damaging the business of fruit growers. If all amateur horticulturists produce the fruit they and their friends consume, it will very considerably diminish the demand for the products of professional growers. When all farmers believe that they can with certainty produce perfect plums, apples, pears, etc., they will devote more space to the purpose and will soon get into the way of supplying the immediate neighborhoods with the fruits in their seasons, and thus by degrees the market towns and the nearby villages, and later on the larger and more distant markets. And so the business of the large fruit growers will become demoralized, unprofitable, and at length destroyed. These being the possible results, is it prudent, is it proper, is it wise to give publici...