Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-05-10
THE COMING FRUIT CROP.

The Chief Horticultural Officer yester-
day informed a representative Of the
RECORD UNION that ho had seen indi-
cations that the codling moth had ap-
peared in orchards in this vicinity;
also that the young of the black scale, COM
mon apple scale, and also those OF the
DiaSpis os,igqtormis, can be found on trees in
Tested by these species last season (the latter
was unknown in the United States until this
spring, and can be found in at least two or.
chl.rds in the vicinity Of this city,. be stated
that Mr.. Charles w. Reed, of Washington,
had just finished spraying the fruit and
foliage Of his entire pear and sppic orchards
with a solution q whale oil soap and sui
phur, one pound Of the mixture to each ore
and halt gallons of water used, and that
Mr., Reed is much pleased with the Improved
appearance Of his trees, and he will corn,
nence next Monday to spray them second
time. He uses two OK the Gregory force
pumps, each puEp fitted with hose for
two rnrr to spray. Six men did
tho work Of first spraying in less
thar ten days. MIR. Cooke is confident that
Mr.. Reed will save his crop by the energetic
and practical warfare he is making on the
codling moth; also that his orchard produce
VIII be AAGO lEOiil IllttlbNt WHICH Is Gu picfA-
lent at present In this neighborhood. MIR.
Cooke states that be expects s)me trouble in
enforcing the quarantine laws, as regards the
general disiBtection Of frpis packages re-
turned from market and the transportation
Il fruit infested by codling moth. Many OF
the extensive growers are in favor OF comply.
lug with the law, bus majority are opposed
to suca arrangements rs will make It gen
eral. This refers to a portion OF Sacramento
coult3) !. Is proposed 70 save trouble and
TX geuse to fruis-grOwers, to disinfect boxes
used 90 return plckages at such markets as
San rancisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Stock
ton, etc, 50 81 to make the work general. 1t
IS an iudisputabie fact that nearly all COM
mission houses and stores where fruit was
sold last year are infested with the Larvae or
puTe, aud perhaps al the present time the per,
feet insect (imagol, OF the codling moth, and (
that all packages returned after this date
from such places are liable to carry the pest
from such stores or places to the orchards.
This plan IS opposed by some growers, who
have given notice to commission dealers that
If their return packages are allowed to be dis
infected before they are returned to the or
Guards or lauding, that they will stop slip
ping their frGis to slch hrms as will allow
such disiufecticn TO be dore- Some claim /
that the law is unconstitutional, others that
the Legislature has not power to delegate
authority to any person or persons to make
laws, while others claim that they will COM
bine and test the law before they will comply
with its requirements. Mr.. Cooke thinks
that the growers referred TO are mistaken in
their views, as the plan proposed is feasible,
and can be carried out effectively at a much
less cost than to have an Inspector appointed
at each steamboat landing or railroad station
where fruit Is shipped from or empty boxes
returned, as such Inspectors are paid by fees
Mr.. Cooke says he kuows many fruit-growers
in the section referred to that will do their ut
utmost TO comply with the law. But great
many orchards are let rented to Chinese. And
John is not willing to comply with the horti-
cultural laws II he can evade doing so at
least that is the experience of the past There
fore to make the work successful it must be
general.
However, Mr.. Cooke has submitted in
qui,ies in relation to the laws for the protec-
tion of horticulture for the consideration of
the AttorDey-Genersl. AS soon as the an
swers are received they will be published. If
the answers are such that the laws can be en-
forced, every effort will be made to enforce
them in an Impartial manner and for the
best interests of ali the fruit-growers Of Cali
fornia.
1t is but justice 70 the fruit growers of Cal
itornia 90 say that this outspoken opposition
is only from portion Of this county. At
least there has not been any correspondence
as yet from any other section Of the State.