The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-20
STATE BOARD OF HoRrIcULTUEE.
War On Insect Pests-Ths Aphis and
Goblin Moth All over.

War On Insect Pests-Ths Aphis and
Goblin Moth All Over.
TACOMA, Oct 19.Hspeciai Tho onicial 10
port OF c. A. sTonneson, OF the state board Of
horticulture, which will appear this week in
the Norfhuest Horticuuurist, win contain In sub
stance the following:
In q few days bulletin win be issued by the
board for distribution which will contain in full
the various solutions and formulas for cleansing
respective district will see that the remedies -
suggested are properly applied. Each commits
sioner viii also spend from ten TO fifteen days
inspecting trees in his district.
The secretarys report shows that statistics
have been collected from portion each OF three
districts az follows: In Clarke county -
Walla Walla 43 orchardists have 1.lO1 acres, with
L7,915 treeA On Orcas island there are S.
orchardists who have SO acres, with So 1856 trees.
demanding the attention of the Clarke county
fruit growers. There are in few instances
some San Jose scale. but not to any serious ex-
tent
In Wallis walla, the San Jose scale does the
found.
On the islands trees are exempt from these
two pests, but some oyster shell bark louise are
found. The green aphis and Goblin moth seem
TO have begun their depredations over the entire
The woody aphis is'found in the PuysIlup and
White river valleys, and the maple scale on trees
In Tacoma and Seattle.
1s oesaT
July on the islands and In Whatcom county.
The great drawback to the best results from
most of the places visited was the lack OF Guilt
ystion. Ali fruit dealers in Whatcom, Fair
haven, Seattle and Tacoma have been shown
now to detect scale insects on fruit and ordered
no. % ss OF oer ioE SAFE any @ IA
condemning considerable quantities of fruit.
The following letter has been sent to post
masters .nsaI s shroughous the state ste;,,.
Issued by the board for the benefit OF horticult-
wrists throughout this state 30 that parties
interested may be reached directly, kindly ask
'ranchers' or in any way interested in garden
Ing or fruit growing and receiving mail at your
Office. Please also make cross (Al opposite the
name OF one person who you think would act as
correspondent in answering general questions
and responding TO circulars pertaining to this
industry"
Direct communication may now be had with
1000 horticulturists who have received regula-
tons of the board and asked for reports. Core
spondence has been had with the American
genealogical society, VINO expect to come to
this Coat in 1899, with leading horticulturists
throughout the states, and with the department
of agriculture at Washington City.
D. II. lessee, state inspector, reported a. fol-
lows:
81 herewith submit report a. fruit inspector
from the 18th of last April up to the present
time. have inspected go orchards and have
found great many OF them in fine condition,
with fne crops OF fruit, clear OF all pests and
well propagated, while find some almost en-
tirely destroyed by San Jose scale bugs, woolly
aphis and oyster scale or bark louise. 1t will re-
quire great effort pn the part of this board and
the corporation of the fruit growers of this state
generally ignorant in regard to the work and
remedy that is required. The scale bug cannot
be exterminated while the foliage is on the
tree, that must be destroyed when the tree Is in
q dormant state. The woolly aphis may be
destroyed at any time; some OF the orchards
have been disinfected by the application of cold
tar, used by applying with . paint brush. I
have been busy nearly all the time, and dnd
II impossible for one man to do the work all
over this state Is it should be done, because
there is too much travelling required. Since I
have been inspector have received $50 letters.
have answered S72 either by letter or In per-
son, aud ut the present time / have calls that
would take me one month to visit. have de-
stroyed Q considerable amount OF fruit, and
have given legal notices to dealers to disinfect
and to desist from handling such fruit, and
fruit from their orchards for sale where the scale
bug il. have recommended solution No. I as
remedy by using it five timee ~ strong a. used
for other insects. have tried it and found it q
perfect success In my travels over the country.
have been very agreeably surprised 80 find so
much land adapted to fruit growing think
in Yakima and Whitman counties alone there
is at least 100000 acres OF good fruit land. We
certainly have one of the finest climates in the
thing that grows in q northern climate, all Of
which submit have not time to make a. full
O reportof as / would like"
The treasurer, II. II. spalding. submitted the
following report:
Received from the state Of