The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-28
THE HORTICULTURISTS.
Plans of a Proposed Dried Fruit
Organization.

The State Horticultural Society met yes
terday in regular session at 300 Suffer
street, the headquarters of the State Board
of horticulture.
Vice-President I. A. Wilcox of San Jose
presided. Among those present we're: DR..
Kimball of Haywards, L. J. Stabler of
Yuba City, II. A. Brainard of San Jose I.
Leonard Coates OF Napa, John A. Stanly.
Emery E. Smith and Z. A. Rixford of this
city, Fred c. Miles of PenryD. E. J. Wick
son of Berkeley, Joseph Shinn of Niles.
Howard Overacker of Centerville and Ed
ward Ehrarn of Alameda County.
A memorial tribute enlogistc Of the work
in horticulture of the late w. G. Klee, at
one time connected with the State Uniyer-
sity at Berkeley, was reported by special
committee and adopted.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
Edwin +. Adams of a special committee
| appointed at the last Meeting presented for
| consideration plan for an organization
| whose purposes shall be: Q) The eStab-
| lishment of grades by accurate description
| for all grades of dried fruit. (2 Such adj
vertisement of those grades in Eastern pa
pers as from time to time may be found
necessary to make them familiar to the
| trade and to the country. 81 The owner
| ship OF patented trademark for use by
| members only under such regulations as
may best tend to secure it from improper
use and insure that the name and address
of the members packing the fruit snail ac-
company each package 10 the consumers
hands. These regulations might provide
that no brand or stencil shall be sold, but
rented only. Each member having stem
| ell shall pledge himself in writing to send
out no fruit under the proposed associa-
TONS trademark except in accordance with
prescribed rules. a. The sale to members
only of fruit sacks OF standard size and
quality printed with the trademark and the
members name and address. o. The pros
ecution to the full extent of the law, and at
whatever st. of those guilty of any fraud
ulent practice calculated to injure the stand
ing of California dried fruits.
PRESENT YOUR VIEWS.
1t was agreed to discuss this subject of or
ganZation at the next meeting, April oath.
All growers or packers having views on this
subject are asked TO communicate them at
that time or before to Secretary e. j. Wick
son, Berkeley.
The only reliable way of operating
against the Goblin moth" said Fl. A. Brai-
nard of San jose, in a paper on pests that
affect apple and pear trees, Seems to be to
spray with Paris green. We formerly pre-
ferred London purple, for the reason that it
remained more perfectly suspended In wa
ter but of late the London purple is SO va
rable and unreliable in its composition that
we greatly prefer Paris green. The best re-
with the water to make it quite milky in APP
pearance. To this add one pound of Paris
green TO 200 gallons of water, first mixing
tha Paris green into thick mud with lit
tie water instead of ammonia, as has been
used in some cases. Spraying should be
done for the first time when the petals have
pretty nearly all fallen from the blossoms
For late fruit 1t will be neceS sary to spray
two or three times. The danger from
| poisoning is almost nothing. Mr.. Block of
Santa Clara, who follows this method sub
stantially, has seldom a greater loss than
per cent from Goblin moth" Spraying dur
ing the summer with kerosene emulsion is
OF value 10 get rid OF San Jose scale, and
also for the brown apricot scale. In con-
cluSion Mr.. Brainard said that 0rchardistS
must not rely too much on destroying para
sites, but must watch their orchards care
fully and spray often in summer preferably
to winter washing.
PEST DESTRUCTION.
There was considerable discussion on pest
destruction, and then John A. Stanly of
this city, who has fruit ranch near SuscOl,
Napa County, asked for advice. His forty
acre prune orchard is troubled with pecu-
liar root disease that he cannot get rid Of.
The general opinion OF the best horti-
culturists present was that the disease
comes from impaired stock, resulting from
nursery growth in soil that lacked certain
qualities necessary for healthful develop
nent and continued growth. IL is almost
impossible to destroy the funguS-grO
characteristic OF this stock. judge Stanly
was advised not to uprOot his trees, but to
take good care of them, and the chances are
good for the orchard to prove profitable in
spite of the disease.
The society adjourned to meet April oath.
a meeting of the State chronological So
ciety, latelysDrganiZed, will be held the same
day. following the horticultural Society
meeting.