Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-04-24
SAVE THE APPLE, PEAR AND OUNCE
CROPS.

Within the last ten days several fruit
growers in the vicinity of this city have made
inquiries of the Chief Horticultural Officer in
regard to what proceedings should be taken
against orchsrdists who have rented their
orchards or sold their fruit crop to irresponsi-
BILE parties, who refuse to DO anything to
assist in destroying or preventing the spread
of insect pests of the orchard. In every case
they were referred to the law, which reads as
| follows:
Sec .. II shall be the duty of the County Board
| Of horticultural Commissioners in each county,
whenever they shall be informed by complaint Of
any person residing in such county, that orchard
or nursery, trees, or any fruit packing house,
stOreroom, salesroom, or any other place in their
Jurisdiction is Infested with scale bug, codng MOTH
red spider other noxious insects liable to spread
contagion dangerous TO the trees or fruit Of COM
painant their eggs Larvae, injurious to fruit
fruit trees they shall cause inspection TO be made
Of the said premises, and if found infected they shall
notify the owner owners or the person or persons
in charge or possession Of the said trees places,
aforesaid, that the same are infested with said
insects any of them, or their eggs or Larvae, and
shall require such person persons to disnfect the
same within a certain time 10 be specified If, with
! in such specified time, such disinfection has not
been accomplished, the said person or persons shall
be required to make application OF such treatment
sioners shall prescribe. Said notices may be served
upon the person persons owning or having charge
or possession OF such infested trees. or Places or
| articles as Aforesaid by any Commissioner, or by
| that purpose, or they may be served in the same
manner as a summons in civil action. IL the owner
| or owners, the person or persons in charge or
possession of any orchard or nursery, or trees, or
places or articles infested with said insects any
OF them, or their larya eggs, after having been
notified as above to make application OF treatment
directed, shall fall neglect or refuse so to do he
or they shall be deemed guilty OF maintaining pub
lie nuisance and any such orchards nurseries, trees
or places articles thus infested shall be adiudged
and the same is hereby declared public nuisance,
| and may be proceeded against as such. II found
guilty, the Court shall direct the aforesaid County
Board Of Horticultural Commissioners to abate the
nuisance The expenses thus incurred shall be a
lien upon the real property OF the defendant.
They were also informed that every effort
Will be made to enforce the laws Of quar-
antine.
Yesterday an extensive fruit-grower said {:
81 have worked hard to clean my orchard.
| | do not wish to iDjure or annoy my neigh
Dor. but, foi my own protection, L am COM
pelled to make complaint. My living is
at stake
| Mr. Cooke says that after the next ten
! days but little good can be done by scr2ping
| the trees, az it will be too late. The first
| brood of moths will have emerged from the
puER. However, he advises the owners n
apple, pear aud ounce trees, infested by
| codling MOTH or located near any trees infest-
! ed hy said insects, as follows As soon as the
fruit is set, or formed. procure force pump
and spray the foliage and fruit with a solu-
ton of whale oil soap and sulphur, known as
codliug moth wash, or soft soap and sulphur.
| Of either mixture use one pound to each one
and half gallons of water used. These So
lutiops will not injure the foliage or fruit,
but will prevent the moth from dspositing
the egg on the fruit sprayed with either of
the above solutions.
| It is not claimed that sui phur is an insecti-
eide, but the fatty matter in the soap holts
the sulphur on the parts washed, and that
insect life, especially the codling moth, will
not go where it is to be found. Eight pounds
of I've. 45 pounds of grease, AZ to 60 poun S
Of water aud % pounds Of sulphur will make
| 125 pounds OF excellent soap for spraying
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