The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-08
THE CALIFORNIA FRUIT EXCHANGE.
Fruit-Growers Discuss the Results
Aimed at by 1t.
Prospects That They May Agree on
Method OF Corporation That
VIII Bring Them Relief.


called to order yesterday by H. Vein
stock, President Cooper having been
called home by the illness of his VIE
on Wednesday evening.
The first order of. business was the
reading by Secretary LeLong OF paper
by Alexander Craw on "The CodiIH
Moth and Remedies for 1t" The paper
dealt. among other things, with the dl1-
ficulty experienced by fruit-groWeTs
from the fact that INSCRIPTIONS dealers
aduIterated' Paris green and other aru'
cIes used in spraying compounds. inns
is not only a fraud on the fruit-groWef
bv making him pay double or treble 1o1
an inferior or spurious article, but what
is worse, renders his spraying ineffect-
ual. and exposes him to the loss OF ms
crop through the solutions being lEerI
and ineffective. He recommends
stringent legislation for the punishment
of those who thus defraud the grower.
He warns the latter not to BUY cheap
grades of insecticides, and gives clear
directions for making spraying SUN
tons and applying them.
Mr. Berwick called attention to the
fact that the paper recommended Paris
green that was insoluble. This was IN
opposition to the old practice ana was d
step in science in advance.
c. J. Berry offered a resolution re-
ouesting Boards of Supervisors to take
Immediate steps for the prompt APP
pointment by them of County ii III
cultural Commissioners and the adop-
ton of a liberal policy toward them
when appointed. He stated that an or
der came from Australia q short time
ago for $50 boxes of apples that were
nd thew
not be found in San Francisco. Ii he
were forced to combat with the dlf1-
culties the Los Angeles growers nave
he would Quit the business. The codln
moth is increasing throughout Tie
State, and places where it was unknown
two or three years ago are now INFESTED
with it.
Mr.. Osborne gave his experience as 4
Horticultural Commissioner and the
difficulties he had to contend with from
contuma cious prOperty-Owners, but he
told them he had the State law and the
State Board of Horticulture back OF
him and went right along with his
work. The State law is ample, and only
needs backbone on the part OF super
yisors and Commissioners to make 1t
effective.
Berwick said that the State Board of
Horticulture had advised no spraying,
while the Horticultural Commissioners
In the counties ordered that spraying
be done
Messrs Motheral and Craw explained
that the recommendation of the State
Board was only in reference to orchards
where beneficial insects had been
placed for the determination of pests
The resolution was adopted
Motheral called attention to the rapid
increase of the Russian thistle in the
lower part of the State, and heneceSsitY
of taking immediate action against it,
as the people down there had either no
money to fight it with or were inditfer-
ent TO their danger.
Sprague spoke of the ravages of the
thistle in his locality, and the matter
was referred to the Committee on Leg
islation.
Mr.. Berry spoke of the appalling raw
ages of the thistle in Dakota and the
Northwestern States, where people had
been driven from their farms by it and
Congress had been asked to appropriate
$4,000, 600 to eradicate it 1t grows as
large as a barrel, and tumbles along
before the wind faster than man can
go. scattering its seeds as it goes. If it
ever gets into the San Joaquin Valley,
he said, the people may as well move
out and leave their farms as the people
OF the Northwest have done
Felix G. Ravens next read a paper on
1.-THE Work of Beneficial Insects" He
the rhizobii and vedalia had cleaned out
the black scale and other pests. He
enumerated a number Of particular or
chards where the predaceous insects
had been placed, and told how the veda-
liza cleaned out in one season the cOttony
cushion scale in an orchard where
$1,000 had before been spent for spray
ing. The insects increase rapidly when
placed where there are plenty of scale,
but soon clean off the trees.
Mr.>Osborne said that he had discov-
cred that Little's sheep dip, which
comes from England, was an effectual
stray, being used in the proportion Of
one gallon to twenty-five of warm
water and for borers in the proportion
of one to fifteen or twenty.
A member told of a grower who
sprayed two rows of his peach trees
with a wash containing bluestone and
ammonia and cured the trees.
Another member said he had sprayed
his trees for two years with a solution
of ten pounds of bluestOne to 100 gall
Ions of water and eradicated the curled
leaf It also partially destroyed scale
on the trees.
Professor Woodwork Of the State
University was called on and gave his
experience in spraying for Goblin moth.
He said the first spraying was the most
effective. but there are several brOOds
during the season. The rain carries off
much of the poison. as do dew and fog
In relation to adulteration, he said it
could easily be detected by the micro
scope on account of its shape Paris
green should be used in the proper
ton Of one pound to 200 gallons of
water II is much preferable to Lon
don purple.
Mr.. Aiken, for the Memorial Commit
tee. reported the following resolution:
Whereas. The Hon. Leonard W Buck
50 -fv he II q
of the State Convention of Fruit-G Grow
ers in Sacramento, over which he pre-
sided as Vfce-President Of the State
Board of Horticulture, passed away in
the midst of his strength and useful
ness. after life we'll spent. His emf
nent success in horticulture, his late vo-
cation has been marked, and his adj
vice and counsel has greatly aided and
encouraged others engaged in the same
occupation.
The genial, kindly nature shown in
his intercourse with his fenowmen has
endeared him to all, and his untimely
death has come as personal bereaye-
ment TO us all: therefore
Resolved, That we, his late associ-
ates as fruit-growers of the State, in
convention assembled, at Sacramento,
this 9TH day OF November, 1898, join In
expressions of sincere coincidence to his
bereaved family and express to them a
sense Of our personal bereavement.
The resolution was adopted. ordered
spread upon the minutes and an en-
crossed copy sent to the family
The Committee on Resolutions re-
ported the following memorial to Con-
gress in favor Of the Nicaragua Canal,
and asked that copies be furnished the
delegations from the Pacific Coast in
Congress by the Secretary. under the
seal Of the State Board of Horticulture.
with request for favorable action
thereon: