Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06
INSECT PESTS.
OF INTEREST TO HORTICULTURE.
ISIS AND AGRICULTURISTS.
Conflict of Authorizations
per-Catching- False Chinch
Bug and Other Kinds.


per-Catching-Fals Chinch
Bug and Other Kinds.
Written for the RECORD UNION by Matthew
CONFLICT OF AUTHORITIES.
The following letter has been received
from Los Angeles, under date of June I'd,
which indicates slight conflict Of the au-
thorities:
Msttsc,c Coobe-DsAR SIR: Our Board Of su-
pervisors have this day passed an ordnance
similar 10 the horticultural law of 1881. Or.
Chaplin, State Inspector OF Fruit Pests, appeared
before the Board and opposed its passage, stat
ing that If the fruit-growers of Los Angeles
would not act in harmony with the State Board
of Horticulture, the fruit and young trees
of Los Angeles county would be li1arAntined,
etc, Do you think there Is anything in the
threat? H.
RELY; If the fruit-growers of Los An
geies county are progressive, and cannot
afford 10 further delay in relation to the
determination of insect pests do not see
What right the State Board of Horticulture
has to interfere. The threat of The In
spector of Fruit Pests is only buncomb. 1t
is his duty to quarantine all infested dis
tricts, as prescribed by law All reference
to California-grown fruits was stricken
from the State law before its final passage
Los Angeles nurserymen will undoubtedly
comply with the law; but will the In
spector of Fruit Pests enforce the law
against them as threatened, as ii must be
remembered that the enforcement OF quar-
antine laws in relation to nursery stock in
Los Angeles county means enforcement of
the same in Santa Clara county? Time will
tell.
THE CENTESSIAL CHERRY.
Messsr. Coates & Love, Napa City On the
10Th of May / received a package Of " Cen
tennial" cherries shipped by you on the
2Sth. l have attempted to investigate their
qualities for shipping. On the 2eth they
were placed III q moderately warm room,
and have remained there ever since. AT
present writing, June 9th (nOon), the cher
ries are III good order. somewhat shriyelled,
| but perfectly firm, and are likely to con-
tinue so for some days to come. l have no
hesitation III saying that the Centennial
cherry will rank among the highest of the
shipping and canning varieties. The beau
tifIl rich color, oblate form, large SIZE and
fine FLAVOR, should make this a very de-
sirable cherry for market purposes.
DESTROYING GRAssR0PPERs.
e. L. Hawk, Orange Vineyard,
Rocklin, has been making very
successful fight against the grasshOp-
pers in his vineyard. He describes his
method as follows He uses large pans as
traps, putting crude petroleum about an
inch deep in them, and these are placed
underneath the vines, and by shaking the
| vines the hoppers drop into the petroleum,
| with fatal results. When the liquid has
become thick with them, 50 it will hold no
| more they are emptied into q sack placed
over the open end of barrel, when the oil
passes through and is saved for use again,
and the hopper carcasses can be readily
burned, as they are well prepared for
cinerauon. This is a very good way 10
| handle the pests upon zines, and is not
| expensive.
FOUR-sTRIPED Plant BUG.
George r. Walden, Rcdding, Cal: The
specimens are at hand. The eggs on the
| leaf are those of the fCur-striped plant bug
lPociloc0pStes liucat,ls). bright yellow bug
about three-tenths Of an inch III length,
with black antcnnae and two black stripes
| on each of its wing covers. The punctures
made by these bugs with their beaks to
| extract the sap may be the cause of the
leaves turning yellow. That is their man
ner of feeding. Spraying the leaves with a
solution of soft soap may, while driving
away the insects, also strengthen and re
store the vitality Of the leaves.
SAN JOSE SCALE.
P J. Isbell, Placeryille, Cal: The branch
which you send is badly infested by the
San Jose scale. Atthis season of the year,
IL, l.
the tree with a solution Of whale-oil soap,
or good homemade soft soap-one pound
to each gallon Of water used, it will effect
ually destroy the scale and not injure the
fruit or foliage. OF course the Spraying
may need to be repeated before all dis
appear.
EED-EUmPED CATERPILLAR.
W. c. Lee, Albertson, Shasta county
The specimens you send are Caterpillars,
popularity known as the red-huInped cater
pillar. II is produced by moth known to
scientists as 4NotodontG co,,ci'.nn They are
becoming very prevalent throughout cen
tral California, and attack the cherry, apple,
plum, and pear, particularly. They are
gregarious in their habits, and feed together
in large droves. The best remedy known
al present is to cut off the infested branches
and burn them but where a tree is seri
Ously infested, using wash of soft soap,
one pound to each gallon of water, and a
pound Of buhach added to each ten
gallons of the mixture. BY spraying
the foliage with this the caterpiilars
Will leave the trees and go TO the ground,
when they can be easily destroyed. These
insects pass their transformation in parch-
ment-hke cocoon, which they spin in leaves
and other rubbish found under and around
the tree upon the ground. By carefully
gathering up such rubbish and burning ii,
will likely destroy great many Of the
pests.
The description OF this caterpillar is rs
follows, and given TO enable any of the
readers of the REcoRD-U MON to identify it:
Color, reddish yellow, striped lengthwlse,
with yellow and white lines; on fourth
segment of body, or ring, is a coral red
hump, on which there are four black
spines; numerous black spines or points
are scattered over the body those on the
back are largest; head, coral red; one
fully grown will measure an inch and
quarter in length. The moth description
is: EXpanse of wings from one to one and
q fourth inches, brownish color along the
high margin, and rest of the wing grayish
and marked with dark brown; the rear
wings of the male are brOwnish or q dirty
white, with spot at rear angle.
George Woolsey, lone, Cal; speci-
men received. For reply see answer to W.
c. Lee above, the insect received from you
being the same.
TIRE FALSE CHINCH BUG.
J. II. Taylor, Livermore, Cal: The in
sccts sent on May 25th are popularity known
as plum aphis, and those sent on the 26th
as false chinch bugs. The latter pest has
appeared this year generally throughout
central California, and has been very de-
structive 10 grapeyines. The larva of this
pest appeared a short time after the vines
were affected by the frost in April, and
reached the winged state about the 10Th of
May.
Description Length of larya, about one
sixteenth Of an inch; color, dingy yellow,
with more or less longitudinal dark lines,
especially on the head; pupa, one-twelfth
Of an inch in length, same color as larva,
only the dark lines are more distinct
color, red and brown, with pale
yellow process at inner base of
wing pads Indicating the Wings
the abdomen nalcr color than the resi- of