Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1869 [PAGE 270]

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256 Mr. ROBINSON—I saw them ten years ago. Mr. WRIGHT—It is the opinion of some that they made their appearance ab^ut the time Mr. Dunlap came to this country. [Laughter.] I look upon this as the most serious thing connected with peach growing. The remedy proposed for the grub is death in time to the tree. I had a few trees in my yard and had grubs in them. I went at them with a " sharp stick," and kept digging at the trees and killing grubs, and about the time I had succeeded in killing the grubs I had killed the peach trees. So it seems to me that if Mr. Dunlap's method of getting rid of the grub is the only remedy, I think we may as well cease to try to grow peaches. If you will tell me some method to kill the grub, I will insure a peach crop at least every other year. Mr. FREEMAN—I wish to inquire in reference to the loss of the quince crop. I have attributed it to a beetle that destroys the blossom. D. HULL—They fail simply because they are not fertilized. Mr. EDWARDS—I am perfectly well satisfied that if success in the cultivation of fruits is to attend our efforts, we have got to work for it. I believe we have got to have good industrious Adams and Eves in the garden, to "keep it." I t is high time that everyone of us understood that " e t e r n a l vigilance" only w7ill guard our fruits. Mr. EDWARDS asked Mr. Dunlap to explain Dr. Trimble's method of catching the codling moth. Mr. M. L. DUNLAP—Dr. Trimble's method of catching this moth is to make a band of hay and bind it around the tree. The insect spins its cocoons under the band, where you can easily catch and destroy them. QUESTION—At what time do you bind this on the tree ? ANSWER—About the middle of May, and leave it on till the last of June. Dr. WARDER—I would say, put on in the spring and take off in the fall. I am more and more satisfied that we ought all to subscribe for the Entomologist, published in St. Louis, and edited by our much esteemed friends Dr. Walsh and C. V. Riley.

A YOICE—Who is the agent? Dr. W A R D E R — I am. [Laughter.]