Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-15
THE SCALE AGAIN.
Is it a Harmless Summer
Visitor?
WHAT THE TREES WANT.
Not the White but the Cottony
Cushion Scale-A Cochin
cal Bug.

made, the HERALD reporter yesterday
called on Mr.. Geo. Rice and Col. J. r.
Dobbins, of the County Board of Horti-
cultural Commits toner's, to get the re-
suit of the efforts of this board to eradi-
oota ,ha soola b,os Tbsss oentlapen
o"'' ',i'
were iound IN tneif rooms III Daker
Block and with their usual atfability
proceeded at once to Law the facts bare
- ,ha r.nor,or;ol aye F;rot in order
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notice was served upon the reporter 10
clean up his own trees on a lot on Boyle
HEIGHTS. There are six trees on the
4. .oia II. ,, ,h.s.
io'' a"u 'no o"nei 'o'' ms 's'A'
months ago when the property nrst
came into his hands to cut the trees
down and h,rn tham Ua sunnosed
TINS mad been done. ne was ol course
delighted with this positive evidence oil
the fficaov of the HFRAIp's work and
- al, ..,
nopes 'ne sooa WIN wa" Nv 'n INV"
the last white Dug expires.
The notification was endorsed
hv o.a of the insnactora the one who
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WINS ssa'eu away i'oi" o." oio'~'u W '"'-
urday by shaking copy OF the HERALD
at him. Sundays issue braced him up
10 Tho frsv II ia we'll H;s mandates
sbaii 10 nhsyed
NJ Rioe showed from his hooks that
No Is.. tbsn 1000 places had baen in.
s,s. -, hn tho Capo,v Comm;ss;onars
49,, AZ saer I'M: xyorL nod oast
sso1ee M Wagu 81 tbasa rlscss had bsen
1910 ss.,;s;.ad drr;ne ,be vear great nnn.
h 1850 msrs sm II nlscss in this c;tv All
,hass ,,,soos mere NOT ;nfactad nj.
hard 20 ast The nsools in the c;tv Who
hans ~ f s orsnae trsss for ornsmant 70
aIsan 49,, In tbe country II il easier
-. ~ traas ara cul,; vated for nrn,;t
D. svs,, tbsra n IL ottan hard tn.
Mace wbare II started AZ san Gabr;sl
vas q S;ff,cult one M clean mn. tn
owner resisted. aopeaIed TO his LAWYER
and tried every way to retard it. The
commissioners gave him notice that II
he d,d not move on the bugs bv high
noon next dav thew wouId take charoe
Of his Mace and do the work at His az
nense. He went right to work and out
down every tree and burned il nm.
MANY other nlaees in San Gabriel were
cleanad mn Tbere are soma nlaca. in
that galley where Il ia stiII found bnt
the orohardists are getting at vork with
great vioor To root them ont Everv
nome ia Entertained that It will be eradi.
Gated in that snlend;d valley.
In Pasadena there were a vear AGO
tbirtaan nIaces why're the scaIa was
sonnd NJ two ~ tban were nasrar
,ban ona.onartor of a mile 70 zach other
Thsre are nov anlv four orcbards WHARF
n i found and these will aeon he
In the Verduoo country two plaoes
~ ere found infested. and these were at
once cleaned and the spread OF the bugs
stonnsd in that settlement. These
plaees were alive with the cottonv
cushion. Above there in the CresceDta
Canada there was found one tree inst
planted which was alive with bugs. IL
belonged 10 Gen. Shields and this oan.
tlema5 covered the tree with stray and
burned no bugs and tree.
Alta Ballona few trees were infected.
They were radically treated and the plague
stayed AT Do"ney City the pest was
found. Inc Inspector came. saw and
conquered, as Cesar did. Near Ana
helm one tree was iound, and 1t was
promptly cleaned ana mat place saved.
AT sycamore Orove IN the arroyo Seco,
some trees were covered. Mr.. Rice
took hold OF the matter In person. The
owner told him to go ahead and do as
he pleased. Inc energeuc commissioner
went TO WORK with hVe-gailon can OF
100 degree Test Kerosene ano spray
pump. Inc ougs dieu. inere are no
more oil them IN tine arroyo Seco. In
the city there is great difhcuity to get
the tracts cleaned up near the center,
where the owners are expecting TO sub
divide the ianos ior residence purposes;
IN one orchard near tne covered
bridge the Inspector iound tine trees
clean, out tne inteii'gent proprietor was
propping up the over ouruened limbs
with poles Just Drougn. from one OF tine
worst orchards In tine city: Ihe In
spector caiiso as'ension 10 the Vermin
on the pores, put u was marc 70 prevent
tine man from poisoning MS own trees.
ARE THE BUGS DESTRUCTIVE,
Mr.. Latour Vazauez. whose name ap.
peared in the HERALp on Sunday. being
present. said the trouble with the trees
is not to be found in the scale, MANY
of this Qentleman's views are very novel
here. He is intelligent, has had much
practical experience as we'll as theorsric
study. In conversation with the HER
AID reporter and the Commissioners Mr..
Vazquez said, the red scale is destruc.
tive the black scale ia worst Of ali.
There is no white scale here SO far as I |
4
scale is the cottony cushion scale. Il
does not feed on the tree. 1t goes there
tor feeding purposes. The real trouble
with your trees is the fungus on the
trees. This is worse than all the scales. |
The trees should be cleaned of all this.
Then the next trouble is you put too
much water on the trees. Once q year,
in August, is enough to irrieate your
trees. Again, the ground is bio we'd too
much and too near the trees. The or.
anQe is a surface feeder. You plow close
nm To the stem. tear up the roots and
murder the tree. Lastly. YOU must fer.
tilize the ground with the best chemical
fertilizers. There are seventy five trees
to the acre. These produce 1000 to
s,oVo oranges eacn. 90 mucn cannot
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les. ier'i NE are pu. ~ 70 rePiacs sn's
waste. lne 'r1es arc ''aleeu, n'uiueseu
anu urowheu, oecause YOU 20 h1s Isr-
elilze' peSause you pow up all tne
roos, anu pus On "o muon
water. l know thas Trees are NOT
Siilea oy the co'.ony cu'nion scale
because 1 nave seen 'he,n IN the rhn
hpine ISLANDS, covered with these AMI
mais ana ths srees Dear Just as wen.
Look q. your own orcnaros' Inc scale
Is worst on vigorous young trees. va
trees are SICK where there are no bugs,
they are Starving. Inc pug Is variety
OF the cochineai pug. l nave an order
out Tor several pounds OF the bugs,
which VIII make the dye oil. lnspray-
ing there should not be too much soap
used. The soap Will develop more bugs.
Use good tertItlZ0r IN the wash and