Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-05
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
HORTICULTURAL NOTES,

Mr.. Cooke, State Horticultural Officer, re-
ceived the following letter on Saturday last,
and says, in relation to the trap spoken Of,
that IL is the largest known. The apple
cellar referred to is only partially filed, yet
it contains "a. coo large apple boxes. Part of
them were found to be infected by coding
moth Larvae. when returned from San Fran.
cisco last spring and fall. Mr. De Long had
ali openings Of the cellar covered with mos.
quito bar, so that when the moths would
emerge from the boxes they could not get
away from the cellar. The codling moth was
not found at the Novato rancho previous IN
the latter part of last summer. The Novsto
orchard contains over 80, 900 bearing fruit
trees. MIR. De Long has used nearly ten tons
OF the whale oil soap and sulphur mixture.
besides using every precaution in his power
TO clear his premises OF this pest, which were
Drought IRON San Francisco by return boxes {:
NoyAro RANCH. June l, 1852.
Mathew Cooke, Chief Horticultural Officer Dear
Sir: II possible wish you would come over and
see US Tor day or SO | would like you 10 see for
yourself the new worm that We sent you As far
as We can see they about the same as the apple
worm, except that they eat the leaves instead Of
the apple. We are not yet whether they will
cat the apples or not. You get the chrysais Of
this worm II you como nov shen you can hatch
them out. and you understand the matter better
than we do you will be more apt to find out their
habits
You will remember that put mosquito netting
all over the openings to apple house. Well il
has proved perfect bonanza. have had an exact
account kept OF the slaughter Of the moth after she
was hAtched out and ready TO commence work or,
the orchard. and up TO this noon We have killed
four thousand and thirty-sX q, 036). Wha. 10 Won
think OF that What time We would have had
II we had let them loose in our orchard We are
working hard on tees still scrapinv them and
We mud from three to ten Of the worms in the chrys
ais form every day, and shall continue the work
lust p long as find that there is any that Is not
h1tched out.
We have small apple crop this year, and shall
DO all can this season 10 get the best Of the cod
ling moth. We have thousands Of trees on which
there are NJ apples, and with the advantage We
now have of them | expect 20 have less trouble
with them every year from now on. shall have
all Of boxes scalded the city before they are
sent back to the ranch, aud in fact shall use all Of
the ways known 70 nd US Of this nest havs
washed all OF our apple pear and ounce trees With
the mixture Cooling moth destroyer) that bought
when you and were 70 the city. | kept one man
mixing. and run three pumps with three men and
span OF horses to each pump and they washed about
800 trees day. So you see that we are not let
ting matters go by default. Now don't DELAY but
GENE at once and let US see what kind Of pest
this new worm Is going to be. We have no scale or
red spider as yet, for which are thankful
+. C. De LONG.
To request from VIM. E. Riebsam, of
Lstrobe, for information through the RECORD.
UNION Of some wash that will destroy the
green lice that infest plum trees, Mr.. Cooke
replies IS follows
SACRAMENTO, June 8, 1882.
VIM Z. Riebsam-Dear SIR: In reply to yours
Of June 3D. spraying the foliage of trees infested
thoroughly with whale oil soap and sulphur mix
ture, Que pound to each one and half gallons of
water, mixture Of two pounds Of good soft soap
one pound Of sulphur and four gallons Of water will
eaectually destroy the plum aphis. The washes
should be applied with pump and spray nozzle
Either OF those solutions may be applied, and will
not in any manner inIure the fruit or foliage Re-
speotfully, MATTHEW COOKE
The Board of Supervisors of Fresno coun-
ty have appointed Andrew jackson, Thomas
Gorley and w. NJ. Williams County Board
OF Horticultural Commissioners for Fresno
county. This makes Fl county Boards ap-
pointed under authority Of the horticultural
law. viz: Sacramento, Yolo, Solano, Santa
Barbara, Ell Dorado, San Bernsrdino, Santa
Clara. Santa Cruz, San Josquin, Amador,
Contra Costa, Nevada, Placer, San Diego,
Alameds. Los Angeles, Kern. Butte, San
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