Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-01
BEES AND FRUIT SPRAYING.
What HF. LoTsSy Has 10 Say on The
Subject
ness Essential TO ihe suceessfui Grow
ING Of Truit-whors the Cooling
Meth T. Deposited.
Editor Dsssrst News

EdtJr DtesTtt NtN"
We have been asked many times u
we believe ia spraying cur iiulls,vines'
etc., snd also u we believed that any
good could be accomplished or II any
benefit could be derived by spraying
and dlainiocling trees, viues anu
plants. Again we have been asked II
there n room for the bookUcpur aud the
irultgrowor at The same time and place,
aud ifitis identical with each olhors
interest that they should be 20 located
To all Of which We positively aud de-
cldodly answer yes And all bseIeer-
ere, ami the greater portion Of iruiI.
growers agree With us Ia this decision
Whilo oil ffuilgrowers arc not bee
keeper, nearly all beekeopers are
iuitgrowofs, aud fucis will bear ~ cut
when we make the usaeftlOn that n
great portion of them are fuiigrowou
Oh the highest order. We could give
many Illustrations from many prom
inenL ftuitytOwors not only 10
prove mat tho bees ntc
/ beneficial o., but that they are
/ absolutely necessary 90 succcas, us u IL
| imp0tslUlr % grow n iull crop a many
| uuits, seeds and plants without the
/ bees ~ u fertilizer. We may give facts
and proof Of this character later The
heruulean task btfJfo Us 10 10 combat
anu try and correct the erroneous Ideas
aud urfOm that exist We hear II Ms
serted that the elk woim Is the cause
I q h
moth aud tue cOdling moth are ono
aud the came, and We atu also told
that tho moth lay all their eggs la tue
blossom, ami that the egg lays Ia n
dormant state while the tres II In
bloom, aud until tue apple makes
enough growth 81 cover them. We
arc told that 10 commences ~ cat and
grow till finally " eats It's way out aud
lhAl all holes In the apple arc caused
by the worms eating themselves out.
Again We are informed that hundft1l
Of moth eggs had been found In th'
bloom, yet when wo offered ~
each TOT those eggs We FILLED 70 receive
any. Tho reason IN plain. Now W
arc willing % take the consequences
when We pronounce, ~ We 10, thot'
theories ridiculous ana absurd. Ont
thing IL CERT ain, either all Of the c1dlinl
moth blow their cggH In tut blossom
OF none u them DC. Would 10 be eithe
nature, reason or honsu 10 tell the iru
growers that tho moth blow n portion
Vi their cggi In the downy blossom
and when they come AROUND later an
hard apples growing irJm tue sizs o
a marble 10 pigeon egg or larger, the
settle ON the apple, punutuTc tue skin
deposit the ogg aud gluo II In for SAT
kespingg AZ soon ~ tho egg hatcht
the latva enters the apple. Al
know the Guhitqucnt action u N
iatva IN the iiuil, Tor who has not see
: the tiny white caterpillar with itsblaS
% head eating tho fieh pulp which
IA replaces with filth2 In abol
Il three weeks tho lRrva mntur
n aud leaves the apple aud In son
I. concealed space spins a cocoon, tue
assumes the ohrytalis state. In ITO
h. ten 10 fifteen days, varying with u
temperature, the moth Issues from l
IA cocoon. They again deposit their eg
on the apple IN before, alter whit
comes recurrence OF all tho disPu.
4 ing work ~ stated above, except tl
in the laTva upon leaving the apple m Il
4, fall simply spin olc0Ons In which Ia,
Ir remain until spring. IL may be O
,n served that the moth deposits It's q
M II or near the top VI the fruit, hen
M We find that the flrst eggs OF tue no
of con are at ur near the talyX end 0i u
se apple, but later as the apple ~
hi heayicr and tho calyX end drops, the
"a deposit the egg on the side or near q
ar stem. Now II these statements n
correct, which We are willing b vouD
for, aud u We eau prove this, whit
We baliove that We can, then now VI
. We expect intelligent fruit growers
- bHlieve this blossom theory
4 Myself anu Mt. Joseph Stay, after
clsss study nnd investigation Ii
\ aoLBln, proved TO be correct what 7
told our trult.gtOwing friends II