Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-05-13

scale would be found to be as bad as
ever. For my part believe our orchards
would be- in much better condition than
they are If there had never been an at
tempt to relieve them by either chemi-
cal sprays or gas infusions."
"Do you think that spraying the
trees with water alone would have
ultimately rid them Of the peet 2"
"No. do not say that; but l believe
that if every orchardist in contiguous
section had adopted the plan OF trim
ming the trees and giving them thorough
Gle aning, the scale would have then only
existed in the ground. AS it is the nature
of the insect to climb, it would have
again sought the tree and started to ascend
it to reach the points where it could OBJ
tain it's natural food. This could have
been prevented by encircling the tree,
near the ground, with a gunnysack so
arranged that the scale could not have
surmounted it. Personal attention would
here come in to force the scale back to
the ground. 1t would not be long, if this
course were thoroughly and systematic
ally pursued by the orchardists of whole
section, before the pest would be starved
out. But to make it successful there
would have to be unity of action, and
work, work |"
"What is your opinion about the act
ual condition of the scale? Do you
believe it to be increasing, or other
wise?"
"That is hard to answer. I believe,
with all entomologists who have made
insect life a close study, that the scale
has it's limit of duration. My idea is that
it has reached the period of its largest
ing will hereafter die out. There have
been peculiar and local reasons for its
tenaelty in our case. The scale had got
its foothold in our old orchards, and we
kept creating new orchards straight
along, that furnished the material for its
propagation and spread. l have no doubt
that if the orange industry in this section
had reached its limit, as in the Grange
districts of Europe, the pest would have
disappeared long ago. Every new Or
chard here was a new nursery for the
spread of the SCALE"
"What, in your opinion, is the outlook
of the industry in this connection ?"
stDon't misunderstood me. l believe
the parasite will greatly facilitate orange
growers in getting the best of the pest.
But there is danger that they will de-
pend too much upon it, and relax other
efforts of determination. The little fellow
should be looked upon as an ally, and a
powerful one, in the work of destruc-
ton; but there must be no relaxation of
work on the part of the orchardists them
selves. Let them work in concert, contin-
ually spray their trees, guard them from
invasion from the ground by gunny
circle, and leave no effort untried to
beat back this terrible scourge."
What was the largest shipment of or
anges you ever made in one season from
the orchards of the Sunny Slope ?"
II believe the largest shipment I ever
made in one season was one
hundred carloads. Yes, one hun.
dred 1 shipped $4,000 boxes-that
is the figure-one season, and that would
require 100 cars. I see it is stated that
not more than one carload this
season and four carloads last
season have gone from that place.
You can form some idea from this COM
parison of the tremendous damage the
scale has done to this interest.
"What do you think about the vine
disease ?"
'tIt is bad enough, and 1 am glad to
see that Mr.. Shorb and others think
they have discovered an effectual
remedy. I hope they are right; but l
cannot understand how they can be csr-
tain to have found remedy for disease
the nature and cause of which, it is ad.
mitted, has not yet been ascertained.
If the disease comes from a fungus of go
1or nr1nr of life hat itc Isfo hoe
not yet been determined, the probability
is that it will pass away by care and
fertilization. In this connection was
very much astonished at 'proclama-
ton of one of the horticultural, or rather
viticultural officials. II. Wheeler, l
believe. He gave this county vicious
slap in the face by saying that the vine
disease was confined to our immediate
locality. Now it is plain that this is the
sheerest nonsense. 1t may be more ap-
parent and more fully developed in this
county than elsewhere; but to say that
it is confined to this county in one
breath, and to admit that they are igno-
rant OF the disease and the cause of it is
too much. If it comes from atmospheric
causes, the same degree of heat and the
same degree of cold can be found in other
parts of the State. If from over moist
ure or over dryness, our exact counter
part in these respects can be found in
many other parts of California. 1t would
hardly do to say that the chemical COM
position of our soil has produced the dis
ease, for our soil is not exceptional in
this respect. Ii Mr.. Wheeler had discov-
eIed the reason for the existence of the
disease, and then could show that that
reason was peculiar to Los Angeles
county, he would have made out a case.
But he has not done this, and has only
shown ignorance or spite, or both, in his
sweeping assertion"
"How do you feel on the question of
horsefesh, Mr.. Rose ?"
"Oh, our horsefesh is all right, There
is neither scale nor fungus on that. Los
Angeles stands at the top of the list as
the greatest race horse producing locality
in the United States. We have the
bakery on that question"
Summer Novelties
For gentlemen, in new suiting, ma de to order
for $25 by the best woTkmen in Los Angeles.
JOE PoHEIM, THE TAILOR,
40 and 81 South Spring street.
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