Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-03-13

J McCoppin replies as follows: cafe
the Prince OF Wales had testified in
celebrated divorce case, all England
perhaps ali English speaking people,
said he lied like gentleman, but can
not say as much for the professor" Tht
proof that Mr.. McCoppin made no such
request of Mr.. Keobsle, and that he die
not 90 report it, can be produced at my
office whenever wanted.
THE FINAL RESULT.
| We had heard that there was a para
site in Australia that had almost entirely
exterminated the cottony cushion scale,
and 1t was to get these parasites that Mr..
Keobele was sent to Australia. The
parasite was known as the Lestophones
minute fly that punctured the scale,
laid its egg, whicn hatched out into a
grub that made it's meal of the scale, and
changed into fly to again repeat it's
work.
Mr.. Albert Keobele left San Francisco
for Australia August 20, 1888, and arrived
at his destination in due season. He
Immediately sent a supply of the Lesto.
phones to this country, which was duly
taken care of on their arrival. In the
mean time Mr.. Keobele went to work to
thoroughly investigate the scales, their
parasites and their workings, and was
not long in discovering, what our Aus
tralian friends had not done, that the
boss" scale destroyer was an entirely
different kind of parasite. 1t was the
ladybird, tine UedoliG cardSnalSs, he found
to be the principal enemy of the cottony
cushion scale, and he was not long in
dropping Mr.. Fly and making the &C.
quaintance of her ladyship, Miss Vedolia
Cardinals. He captured and shipped
several colonies of beetles and their
Larvae The first importation reached
here November 30th, another December
20, 1888, and still another January "a,
1889. These colonists were sent to the
Wolfskill orchard in Los Angeles, and
Dobbins's and Chapman's orchards at
San Gabriel, under the care of Prof. D.
w. Coquillett of the chronological staff,
Department of Agriculture. They soon
multiplied and increased, something
after the form of geometrical progress
sion. Mr.. Wolfskill and his foreman,
Mr. Alexander Craw, who knew all the
time ''that there must be such an enemy
in Australia" together with Prof. Co.
quillett, distributed thousands to the
their wonderful work, f1ocked in to get
them. The same work was going on at
the ranch of Colonel J. R. Dobbins, at
San Gabriel, where the Colonel and his
help gave their entire time to making up
and distributing colonies to all who
came for them, and they came from far
and near.
By December 1, 1889, the work of ex-
the cottony cushion scale
WAS practically accomplished. The
money value of this vedolia to the orange
growers of this State has been incalcula-
ble. The saving of the orchards already
the protecting OF the others that
we're sure to be blighted by this terrible
curse, to say nothing of perpetuating an
industry that it seems will be the king of
all our horticultural pursuits, is simply
grand, and cannot be estimated in the
usual dollar and cent test.
In this connection we think it proper
and Just that some fitting memorial
should be presented to Mr.. Albert
Keobele, who came near sacrificing his
life in his search for this ladybug and its
introduction into this country
Nothing could be more appropriate
than the raisingof say not less than So, 500
with which to buy neat cottage in
Alameda, the home of Mr.. Keobele, and
present it to him and his amiable wife,
as small testimony of our gratitude. 1
am sure that the subject needs only to
be mentioned to meet with hearty en-
dorsement.
hope prompt action will be taken on
the subject at this meeting.