Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-05


horticultural interests, together with the
responses of correspondents below given,
are by Matthew Cooke, late Chief Exeeu-
tive Horticultural Officer Of California,
and recently added 70 the regular corps Of
this paper:
THE GOBLIN MOTH.
Orchardists should use every effort to
prevent the ravases OF this pest. In the
past the results gained by capturing the
Isrve and moths have been successful in
all cases where strictly attended to. AS
the season for the appearance of the moth
ID at hand, I would respectfully call the at
tention of the fruit-growers to the use of
the whale-oil soap and sulphur mixture,
% a spray to BE- applied on the young fruit
and foliage of apple and pear trees. The
application thus used Is in the form of a
preventive In the past it was thought
that moths and other insects, whose larys
feed on vegetation, selected the plants on
which to deposit their eggs by means of
sight At the present time it Is generally
conceded by economic eutomologists that
As a rule they are guided by the sense OF
smell, and not by that of sight.
1t is not the intention in this article to
offer the many proofs that can be given IN
support of the latter position, which Will
he given at some future time. However,
we know of several substances, especially
the whale-oil soap and sulphur mixture,
which is sufficiently powerful to overcome
the odor of The fruit which attracts the
Goblin moth for the deposit of her eggs, and
On which the larvr may feed and mature,
in the same manner A. the application OF
the oil of pennyroyal will protect the
exposed parts of the human being from the
attacks of mosquitoes, gnats, etc, evidently
produced by the odor OF the pennyroyal
overcoming the odor proceeding from the
exposed parts of the body.
By the application OF this method of
protection, the following sill be the direct
results: If by the application Of this solu-
ton, the fruit is protected from the egg de-
post, by the insect failing to detect its
presence, they will search for trees in or
cnards not protected in this manner.
Therefore, as the number of orchards thus
protected increases, the danger of unpro-
tected orchards increases IN proportion, 50
that eventually the neglected, worthless
orchards, or what may be termed nurseries
for the propagation Of insect pests, will be
taken possession of by the insect hordes and
soon destroyed.
The number OF insects will be dlmln-
ished as the food supplied Is reduced, and
the ravages of insect enemies such as the
insectivorous birds, which the insect must
necessarily encounter in their search OF
food plants for their Young to live upon.
Recipe-One pound of whale-oil soap
and sulphur mixture to each gallon Of wa
ter used or, whale-oil soap three parts,
and sulphur one part; quantity of water as
above One pound Of concentrated I've dis
solved in three gallons Of water may be
added to every twelve gallons of soap and
sulphur mixture. A. soon as the young
fruit is the size OF marble, spray
thoroughly and repeat in ten days. If
properly applied, the moth will not owl
post on the fruit thus treated 1t Will also
be beneficial to the tree, is the potash in
the soap is an excellent fertilizer. The
above IS also an excellent remedy for mil
dew, apple-leaf, aphis etc.
FLOWER AND PEACH TREE APHIs.
| notice on many peach trees and flower
shrubs in the gardens of This city that the
sphis Tor plant-Iice' are appearing
Fig. !.