Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-01-08

Farm. Stock and FruitsSC
sCFacts and Discussions,
IoUR oREhT FRUIT INDUSTRY.

JOUR- oREhT FRUIT INDUSTRY.
Report Of Commissioner Daley Of the
Second District.
The JOURNAL takes pleasure ingly-
ing below some valuable portions Of
the report Of G. L. DALEY, horticult-
ural commissioner for this district:
Twenty.four nurserymen have ap-
piled 10 me for inspection Of their
nurseries up tothis date. at once re-
sponded, and in each case after inspec-
tion. issued certificate. have found
perfect harmony among them, relative
to inspection Of their stocks, and In
no event have found disposition TO
evade the law. Nnrserymen realize
that some action is necessary TO gov
ern the question Of infested stock, and
only ask that the best and most equit-
able means be adopted to meet this
end.
Growers familiar with the subject
know that many inferior trees have
found their way into orchards during
the past few years, while many thous-
ands more have been planted which
were infested with injurious insects, or
diseases.
In view OF these facts, and the just
wall OF those, who after years Of wait
ing, and working, find their trees not
true TO name, or dying from diseases
contracted in the nursery, IL is very
apparent that something should be
done by striking at the root Of the
evil. II is not expected, nor Is IL pos
sible, TO discover and stamp out every
insect, and pest, which harbors on
nursery stock, no more than II Is pos
sible to cure every ailment Of the hui
man family. But II by due diligence
Of inspection, and the application Of
remedies, we succeed In stamping out
05 per cent Of diseases, and pests, IL
seems TO me we have accomplished a
very great good 10 fruit growers.
IL is not my understanding OF the
law, nor has II been my practice, TO
use extreme measures, except in very
serious and extreme cases, but rather
TO apply remedies where II is known
they are effective, and allow CONNER
cial transactions TO proceed.
There is no doubt in my mind but
that large percentage Of the pests
and diseases OF our grown, and grow
ing, orchards Of today originated
while the trees were young and In the |
nursery rows, where proper care is not |
taken Of them. So perfectly Is this
matter now recognized and understood |
by our progressive nurserymen. that |
find the following inserted In the |
catalogue Of one our representative |
nurseries:
Fully realizing that those who will |
succeed In the nursery business must |
grow their trees by the most approved |
methods, we have begun spraying all |
our nursery stock with that famous
mixture, beginning with the seedlings
the first year, and continuing the
operation several times throughout
each season, until the trees are ready
for market, and AS a consequence the
spray pump" and Bordeaux mix
ture, has become as much the work OF
our nursery as running the cultIya.
tors
The san Jose scale has been discoy.
cred and reported In several sections
of this district, but where Il came
from no one seemed 10 know. nj
once began series Of systematic In.
quirles, hndlng In every case the In.
tested trees case from the same nur.
sery some four or five years since. |
then turned my attention 10 the site
OF the nursery In question, which ia
now mostly given over 10 other crops
but | fOend ON old pear trees ON and
near the same ground, scale In great
abundance. My conclusions were that
had this nursery stock been properlV
Inspected at that time and treated 20
fnmigation, there would be little or
no scale today in this horticultural
district and hundreds OF dollars
would have been saved.