The herald., 1897-05-08
Second Day of Their Ses.
sion at AzuSa
SOME PESTS AND PARASITES
INTRODUCED TO THEIR INSECT
FRIENDS
They Are Many, But the Creatures
They Feed on Are Numbered
by Millions
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
AZUSA, May THE evening session
of the Pathological society was we'll at
tended and very interesting.
The regular program was somewhat
enlarged, a recitation being very credit
ably given by Miss Alice Crowell Of
Azusa, and solos being sung by Miss
Jessina Brunjas Of this place, Miss Edna
Tinker Of Los Angeles, Miss Zada Tay-
lor of Covina and Miss Grace Bemis of
Azusa.
Prof A. J. Cook Of Claremont, editor
of the horticultural department of The
Herald, was heartily received by the
audience and he succeeded in interest
ing his hearers for over an hour on the
very ordinary subject of insects. de-
voting his attention mainly to the friend
ly branch of that family
| He preluded his lecture, however, by a
short talk on the subject Of farmers
clubs, of which there are now nearly
thirty in Southern California-nearly all
of which are in flourishing condition.
1t was proposed at some time during the
coming year to establish central club,
to be composed of delegates from all the
local clubs, to hold annual sessions. Each
club is to prepare some special subject
| for the discussion Of this central club.
A reading course was also in contempla-
tion somewhat after the style Of the
Chatauqua course. He urged the for
nation of a club at Azusa, as he knew
they had the ability and enterprise here
to make one of the very best clubs in
Southern California.
The professor then sailed into the
friendly insects in a very friendly way,
which made the lecture anything but a
dry one. He divided insects into three
classes-the friendly, the injurious and
| the neutrals, or those which did neither
good nor harm.
The array of insects was grand one.
Over half a million had been classified,
described and named and this list did
not comprise one-half those in existence.
There were over 100000 varieties of beet
les. He then went on to describe few
of those which were doing the most good
to the fruit growers of the state, among
them being the ground beetle which
worked by night and was destroying
grand armies Of the army worm and the
lady birds, one variety of which ha6
swept the cottony cushion scale prac.
tically out of existence in this state.
The ichneumon and chocyd flies were
making war on the soft brown and black
scales which he believed would in few
years entirely destroy them as pests
The purple scale. however, which had
secured a foothold in San Diego and
Orange counties, was our worst enemy
today and no friendly insect had been
found to attack it. The same was also
practically true Of the red scale
| The San Jose or pernicious scale was
disappearing from our orchards and
need not longer be feared. Parasites are
taking them.
Friendly insects can easily be spread
from one orchard to another by cutting
off limbs Of infected trees and putting
them in the trees where the insects are
needed. The friendly insects will do the
lrest.
The rhizobius, which was imported to
fight the red scale has not succeeded
as was hoped it would. 1t is doing some
work along the coast but it does not
thrive in the interior. 1t is believed or
at least hoped that as it becomes ac-
climated it will do better work both on
the coast and also further inland.
The purple scale can be killed by the
use of the cyanide fumigation process.
at least so far as the younger insects
are concerned.
The red spider is not a spider and IT
is not red; 1t is yellow mite. Kerosene
emulsion is not necessary to kill this in
sect; use water under a good pressure.
or put on sulphur while the dew is on.
,Ihere Isl no danger spraying trees
with London purple or Paris green If
the spraying is done three or four weeks
pefore the fruit iS gathered but IN
order TO protect the foliage lime should
De used with the mixture One pound
OF the green or purple to 200 gallons of
water is enough.
l.. Edison Smith of Santa Ana read y
paper on the raising of blackberries and
raspberries for market. These fruits are
profitable when there is a market for
the fresh fruit, but not profitable tn
dry. Soil that will grow good corn will
p1 oduce good berries Plow deep anc
pulverize we'll in preparing the ground to
plant. Put plants in rows twelve feet
apart. Use no stakes or trellis. By
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pable of carrying a good crop. AS soon
as the new shoot is three feet high cut
eff the top, then cut off all branches 9
soon as they get ten or twelve inches in
length. Irrigate every ten days during
the bearing season. Plant the Early
Crandall or the Logan for blackberries
The Crandall fruits about eight months
OIL the year. 1t is hardy, prolific and
practically coreless. The New Rochelle
raspberry is purple in color, although
belonging to the red variety. 1t is a
prolific bearer, though not so good in
quality as some other varieties. The
Cuthbert raspberry is the best for the
market.
| Fridays Session
The regular program was waived and
| the question box was opened Various