The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-02
THE FLY ON THE HOPS.
An Ally Of the Aphis Appears
in Puyallup Yards
ALL GROWERS ARE SPRAYING.
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PuYALfrP. July LII Special lon Thurs
day c. w. Stewart said the iy was in
creasiug fast. - that day he had visited
ten yards and found the fy present in all,
and that he should begin 70 spray the
next day. When asked if the indications
were not such as 70 promise GOOD crop
Of hops this fall. he said: mo: there will
not be full crop, owing to the backward
ness Of the season. Although the growth
hiss been fine for the past two or three
weeks, still the hops we're three weeks
behind their usual condition at this sea-
son Of the year" In m interviev with
Ezra Neeker late yesterday evening. he
said:
He had been fIlins an order for the London
market OF 30 bales. paying from II to II coats
Per pound. and they were bought q Roy aud
Chehalis. wash, and Dallas and Aurora. Or.
Thousands OF new hops were at the top Of the
poles and there 10 promise OF IN average yield OF
l,500 pounds 70 the acre The general prospect
of the hop crop 10 not . good ope being back
ward. which IL attributable to tho cool. rainy
season. but the hops are coming on fne now.
and he should say were about ten days behind
the usual stage in IN ordinary year In the
Kent yards the hoos are doing nne. Thousands
OF arms are found seven and oue-half feet long
By Measurement Lice are 70 Be found in ever
yard They are not generally distributed. but
found in sposa The ny - ct work On the new
leaf. Spraying Il going on In many yards and
viii become general next week Forty -four lice
lated case.
Upto date 40. 600 pounds Of quassia has
been sold to hop growers and this will be
sufficient for 5000 or 1000 acres. There
arc now over 800 Horsepower sprayers in
the hands of growers.
NJ. ]. Meeker sprayed eight acres last
Friday and Saturday and he thought the
vermin was not increasing fast. but still
they would need to begin spraying next
week; that this fine weather was the
best of growing weather for the hops and
it seems to be good for the increase of YER
min Is well. On Thursday morning 5000
pounds of quassia chips were sold by one
examined and found to DO generally in
fected with vermin. Spraying will COM
mence generally next week.
Horace Moore 10 spraying for the second
time.
There has been more interest manifested
in the hop market for the past two weeks
than for several months previous and sew
eral hundred bales have changed hands,
varying in price from II cents for strictly
choice down to "A cents for poorer grades.
Twenty-one bales were bought by E.
Meeker & Co.. as folloxs: OF Gus kiel. Of
Oregon, five bales at Is cents: Of Henry
Spencer, at Roy, five bales and III bales OF
Oregons and forty-thres bales Of Washing
tons.
In regard to London the hop crop pros
poets are much improved, but cannot be
full crop. The lice are disappearing I'M
der the washing, which has been general
and persistent.
TACOMA, June 30.-[Special. 1-Alexandsr
c. Campbell. Of Puya,lnp, who nov has .
20oacre farm in the North Yakima dis
trict. was in tho city today. OF his 200
acres he has sixty-6ve out in hops.
Speaking of hops. he says:
The Yakima hops are In advance Of the hops
in the Puyallup valley. This IL the result,
take it. OF the season being . little Backward
here on the Sound. I have not noticed any lice
on my hops over in Yakima. but there are some
lice on the hops around the housea There arc
many hops on tho market that were left over
from last year. There were about 80 900 bales,
say. last year In this state and Oregon, and per.
haps less than . third Of them are still ON the
market This year the crop will NO doubt b
larger than last, - many hops that were set out
two years ago will yield this season. Thu re-
ports from London and New York are not favor
able to . large yield. That fact may result in
better prices for this district