The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-08
SPRAY YOUR TREES.
STATE BOARD OF HoRTICUL-
TURE ISSUES A CIRCULAR.
Cooling Moth is in Evidence Right
Now and if the Winter Apples
Are to be Saved an Application
Of Paris Green is Necessary The
Matter of Improving the Market
for Home Fruits Discussed.

The state board of horticulture conein-
ued in session yesterday and discussed
ways and means for calling the attention
OF the people to the condition of the fruis
industry. 1t was agreed that when pso-
pie who raise fruit are better educated on
the matter of preparing the same for
market, they win see that their condi-
tons VIII be improved by adopting ne.
Methods. President Judd exhibited a lot
Oh sun-drled apr.coIs, which were picked
anu prepared IN washington county some
tree weeks ago. 1ney We're as nice as
can be found in any market. 1ne REASON
Tor their condition Is BECAUSE the people
sorted chem and took palns in the chr
ing of the same.
He says that south of this city as far
as h-cnn@ut, lie stores sell nothing but
California fruit, wilioil averages 121a cents
per pound Utah fruits sells for 21a cents.
1 ne reason Is 'll@L N California they take
pains WIKI their fruit. sort it and watch
= until Il is ready Tor the market The
iIle-case in the price is apparent, and if
ouah would our mixing ripe and green,
large and small, all together, the fruit
ra1sers would note an improved n-urkei.
right away. The fru-. is clubbed off the
trees instead of picked, and that damages
In the matter of spraying, the reports
are 10 rae effect .alGe the law is yee de-
flcient- The state BOARD cannot compel
TIE work TO be done which should be
Gone. BESIDES, the inspectors cannes be-
gin 10 cover aid The ground In this coun-
", Tor instance, where there IS but one
man az 81 per day. tor short season. So
the board IS working with the growers of
Irult. hoP-nS sheir example VIII be fol-
lowed Dy others. in this connection j.
may be stated that where there are a lot
OF trees which are given no attention, it
IS hard for surrounding people to fight
these oeScs.
In connection with this matter. the
board has prepared the following TO The
f-u.t growers Of The Skate:
1t Is important that spraying of apple
orchards be continued during the next
IlVe weeks in order 70 protect the late ap-
Pies from the second crop of coSiling nOllh
WORMS. The Life history OF the codling
moth. as given by enromologists and oD-
served by orclardlsIs, proves that there
ere several broods OF worms each year
In northern and central Utah the first
brood IS just emerging from the apple
and prepared TO undergo me tranSIormR-
ton from worm TO moth. This change
viii be complete in about sixteen days
from the time the worm leaves the APP
pie: consequently, from July 10 to % there
VIII be d second crop of moths flying
around and depoSitinE eggs for a brood
of worms to infest late apples. The raw
ages OF this laker brood of worms are
noticeable in the great number of worm
holes in the sides of winter apples, which,
While not utterly ruined. are nevertheless
unstable and unified for long keeping.
These imperfections, If allowed, viii al
ways initiate against UTah fruit when
placed in competition with the products
OF carefully cultivated orchards that have
been properly sprayed.
Many people In Usah have acquired an
erroneous Impression regarding the re-
suits of spraying, through the statements
often published by commonly accepted
authorities that two or three spnayinss
in the spring are sufficient This would
be correct, were 1t a physical possibility
TO XIII every worm Matched in the first
brood. THIS however; is impossible. and
in the most carefully sprayed orchards
there viii be enough worms escape the
first Spf3ying TO produce a brood in July
sufficient ITO ruin the entire crop of winter
apples.
The above suggestions are prompted
by the experience of the members of the
state board OF horticulture during the
past four years. and are confirmed by the
most successful fruit growers in Udah
and elsewhere. We therefore urge tcqat
all late apples be sprayed with paris
green at least three times between July
10 and August Is.
THOMAS JUDD President.
&C. II. BLOOMSTERBERG.
''Vice President