Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-23

not make the liquid sufii clently poison.
Gus TO effect the desired purpose.
60 they doubled IL strength,
With the result that tho trees were In.
Jursd. Other instances are known
where orchard owners hired persons
who engaged In the spraying business
to treat their trees, snd tho latter were
not sprayed with prepared liquid at all,
but merely had COLI water squirtei
over them. Asa result OF the work Of
these spraying frauds, the crop Of fruit
Destroying pests was not dimlnisnoi.
Another season measure OF preoau.
lion may be taken against these evils.
From orcharIists VINO did thorough
spraying, however, come reports Of =
most encouraging nature. Even with
one seasons work large proportion Of
fruit has been free from pests which
not only mar its appearance
but destroy iis rich flavor As al
Instance OF what thorough spraying
Of fruit trees will do, may be cited the
experience Of horticultural at
Alpine, which claims b b. chief Of the
applo-growing localities ~ FAR as quail.
ity Of fruit Ia concerned. The gentle.
msu referred to has been In tue fruit
business for years, aud Ia one Of the
few who make II pay. lie says that
last season bls apple crop was almost
worthless because Of the itnlt being
damaged by pests, aad no had about
concluded 10 clear the ground Of
thousand beautiful trees aud put tho
land 10 another use. In the spring hc
determined % make one more trial,
and 10 give the orchard a thorough
spraying. no began the treatment two
weeks after tbs blossoms fell, and
sprayed different portions Of the orchard
thoroughly from two 10 SIX iimes, The
last ocoaalon Of that most frequently
treated being ia July, when, Ia his
experience, more pests we're destroyed
than st any other time. The result VI
his trials Is that no says he will not dig
up a Tree. The spraying Auoossdpd
In IL, putpo.e bevond Mi IN.
pectations' n, shnu wh., n.
accomplished he brought In a
qusntiiy Of apples gathered wllhou,
.p.rlL .,l.c,ion and -, ~. 10, 49,,
mora ih., an. M ,.ch Z. ,o,,t,oh.
wormv or damage. nv nett, Ana
wbiIe o,b.,,a,. ,.lI,ng ,s.I,..i.,,.I
fruit n, an "a an ,an,s = hn.,.i -.
no ia getting el cant, t,r M. ,1..i.,,sd
right along 40 much for bis .n.,g,,,,
work.
There IL apother fcaturo n, mi. ,,,.
tloman,s experlenoo a. n trnl, ,s,,e,
that IL Of speoi.i i,,eros, IN nom.
tbfougbout IN, T.,,i,,,v
IL ha. been ft,ou.n,lv .,..,t.d ,hs,
iruit culture doe. moi p.vuoJ., n,o,.
pnt general methods hare. and mi. |
point will moi n, dI.nn,.J .,n..
The m.thoa. ,ess,,ed ~ ,n,nt,,,.
large ratio of e,,.l,,.n..... ~ c,,o =,
both tree. and fru,, mi n can h.
mAde Ia v,.id ,ood ,.,n,ns n. 4. sn.,.n
In the .1per,,nc. al ,on. n, whom
tho Anime orchards, 4. on. m.
au,,ti ON wa. pu, 10 him direo, and n.
made repiy, or with favorable ,oiI
aud location po,atoe, can be made 20
pay at S5 csnts nor bushel. with the
same ADVANTAGE appl.a viii nav much
better at the same ngute
aud other fruit nj ptoportIonate
prices. Fruit growing npps,r, more
difficult than IN, other. Tor IN, reason
that IL takes longer ia s,art In tho bu,l.
ness, and IL ia n,c,ssaty 10 have soiI
aud location adap,ed I, In, wotk.
Land for pytatoe, 4. moro gensral.
Iy distributed. Hut when nm orohard
il once s,ausJ. Il tak., no more trouble
Ia ear. IN, a. ,h.nfo,a ,,,.t, n.It