Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-25
Regular Monthly Meeting of the State
horticultural Society.

tools to be used-Was opened by Dr.. Siren
eel OF MARTINEZ. He thought it good idea
10 plant something Tor ground squirrels and
CopherS to feed upon, thereby assuring their
leaving the trees alone Mr.. Milco thought
vermin must be kept entirely out of the
orchard He had used poisoned wheat with
great success upon gophcTs, kangaroo rats,
squirrels. etc. DR.. Strenzcl thought II
would be q more difficult matter than Mr..
AIlc9 ANTICIPATED TO keep the vermin out of
all u4!l!ities Of the soil III all localities. He
Thought ii better TO feed them little. DR..
KilHblll conceded with this idea. lie had
found bv experience that when he kept
weeds entirely out Of his orange grove the
roots of the trees suffered; but when re left
q strip al vegetation it seemed to act as Il
saf.,F valve Poisoned Taisins he
hal found a very tempting bait for the YER
min Professor Hilgard thought poisoned
carrots an excellent remedy, several gentle
men agreeing with him. A series Of reSo-
IutiouFoi respect and esteem for the mem
DRY Of w. II. Jessup were then reported by
the proper committee, and unanimously
adopted, after which committee of seven
were appointed to take further action
toward securing funds for the erection of a
Dro,.. = monument TO Mr.. Jcssup's memory.
The discussion being resumed, Mr. Hatch
suggested that the gopher evil could be
aYcr.cl not remedicd by not allowing any
root crops, potatoes, etc, 10 grow among the
trees. DR.. Chaplin, inspector OF Fruit Pests,
had found no means cflicaCiGuS except
the actual determination OF each individual
gopher When one was caught and his
head chopped off, they knew they had
gopher. lie had graf success with the
ortiuary-siZci NeWhall wire trap which
cost aboI, twenty cents apiece. Senator
De Long used no trap, but simply placed
poisoned wheat or carrots in the runway.
He had found this very ellectuaL Gophers
were very destructive to young apricot
trees. They would giCale them just be
Meath The surface, for which reason the
earth should not he banked up about the
tree He said he kept a man employed
all the time making war on rophers.
General NJ. G. Vallejo stated that
he had cleared Lacryma Monies OF gophers
BY planting cruz de malta plant brought
brought from Mexico, all over his place
lie recommended il rs Il most cfiicacioTs
remedy. The gopher would either die from
eating it, or leave i'll disgust. Being asked
h0a iauch seed SHOULD be sOwn 70 the acre,
the General replied that Il should be scat
tered indscliIninately. "G0phers don go
by acres W II. Aiken thought that if
General Vallejo could introduce this rene
dy generally he WOniI be most certainly q
bcucflctOr Of his race and the
American people. He had some
times wondered what in the providence
o. Almighty God these miserable pests had
been created for. Mfr. Shaw. Of SonOma,
called attention to the appearance of q new
insect pest, which has been injuring his
plum trees OF late. its presence is made !
manifest by 4 discOi0ratUn Of the bark and
wood OF the tree Immediately adjoining a
perierdtion made by some insect the limb |
affected soon beginning To fade and wither.
The ohrysalIs IS about an eighth OF an inch
Ions somewhat resembling that of the
codin moth Mcssrs De Long and Aiken
mentioned having noticed the same thing,
or something very similar. upon Fresno
apricot trees. The special subject OF cult
waiting orchards beng resumed, Messrs.
Shaw, Hatch aud Sherman gave their
view, the first two tayo.iug deep and thor
GIEi. flpEing White SAearman thought
that particularly in Old orchards, it was
not He.i to - too deep. Reports being then
cHll.a for from djlleren. paris of the State
as To- tsy probabilities regarding the coming
fr,ii. crop, il was generally indicated chat
not more nan 4 General average crop can
be expected with local exceptions in re-
gard 10 different varieties. Peaches, apvi-
COT, and grapes appear to promise well, !
Wh.lc E"ErS are almost everywhere likely
10 - i failure. Upon motion OF Nr. Ne
Ion die proposed " Heath amen lment
a. DEE. Constitution. relative 20 the taxation
-. ttf'0s ~ iltlltt tlii Ti4ttt lj- Nie-
cls--uu al the next regular meeting Of the
society.
SECOND n!SPATCHl
SAN FkA.rIsco. April 2tth-Thr State
Bo1d If Horticulture confirmed John L.
SWc,:z.r quarantine guardian OF the No
y.,t. Iarin county district. and dire, I'd
that '.ane.li Il. &. vallejo should furnish
both die STAT, Treasure. and the Advisory
Committee of She Beard ", .th a copy Of his
bond as Treasurer. The Board then adj
jouE-. Co. "e,t IN Los Angeles SIX months
from u~t,-
California T.uIt-(irowers' Associat!on.
SAY fr,-.l-re. Anil .fh.-At 4. re-a-
Is~-..,t. Gamma! ruec;:9g # the California
F.qi.--5...- frer-' Association. hold HIS
rn..r,,.. President A T. Hatch Vice
P~r-.G.a. Vim. II. Mack. Treasurer T. II
DaI ..,., and S..r,,a~v 4 r Eci,b wore nil
ra..fs... .., tLf E,f.al.. Finance Committee
b..i-., l-s.,. reapl,o;nted
NFS''''-'i''''S 'or 'he n''i1''So OF steamers
N'N iENNHiSco, APTi 2ll!i-it ~ bV no
mya"s q certainty that the Twin steamers
Ma-'uosL and Alameda VIII nos leave our
wa-s7 10 moist the flag or either England
or Russia. One a.. the owners OF these
yes Is today stated tina, price has been
n.>al e, bat what i was Ie did not feel at
liberty % give 10 the Du1.lc, or TO say that
II w"G.d $50 approved by the negotiating
Government winch he presumed . be
Fnecnd. Whatever IS done VIII probably
nos na long delayed and an acceptance Of
the aEure, NJ ihc owner would be proof
conclusive of The almost immediate dccla-
r-.aa %: war between the hostile nations.
tn negotiations have at least progressed
So Err MS 10 induce their owners 10 provide
o,tt-- vessels 10 perform The work which
tu".s sale would leave vacant
Land Trial at Napa.
N..t. April 2i.h-The trial OF The CITY
Of N-H4 rs. J II. VaWiand WAS bponn in
the ~apar'or Court to-day In 1850 Nicolas
Nis.rra sold 10 Nathan Coombs and J. p.
IL .TT-1A i"o adjoining tracts OF land,
ur'1 which part OF Napa City, IS now