Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-07
Annual report Of County Inspector
John P. Sorcnson Filed.
CONDITION OF FRUIT CROPS
Makes Recommendations with He
gard 60 the Planting OF Trees-ES'
ira Demand OF the Nurseries.

County Fruit Tree Inspector John Il.
soronsou has filed with the state board
u horticulture and the board OF county
commissioners a report OF his iaborH
since his appointment In 1897.
GENERAL SPRAYING.
AZ regards general spraying. Mr..
sorcnson says;
Several years OF practice and OBJ
ncryation have fully convinced me that
live sprays with Paris Green and lime
are very dcrirablc. and should be en-
courared. and II properly applied VIII
save about sixty 90 seventy per cent OF
the apples. Four sprays are an abso-
lutte necessity n any apples are to be
saved from worms at all.
''rhc FIRST spiay In this county should
b. made as soon aa the bloom fades
aud turns dark on the apple trees; In
fnct. ~ soon as the majority OF bees
leave the tree. as all apples that ever
CONE 10 anything are set and are the
slzc o. u pea or larger by this time
The average tree turns dark In the
hioom. and the time is now or never to
get the poison into the caiyx before u
closes. II usually rains about this
time. and people excuse themselves
from spraying on this account. That
excuse should no; count for anything
ut this time. as the first spray should
he made. rain or no rain. Time IN
everything TO the frst rpray-wea,hcr
IL nothing. Now II the time ana tho
IL a..Ns a. A
Il viii the later sprays. ON account Of
the caiyN standing straight IN ana re-
tanning the poison In it, cup, the pctaii.
or line hairs, so-callcd. keeping the
poison from wnHhing out. and IN a few
days the cnlyX. or cup. closes. ana now
tli. trap IL vet for the worm. and u VIII
stay set. rain OF 10 rain, and here -
where the people make the great blum
der and commit the neglect TO spray.
never to be cured afterwards, no far NJ
The cnlyx II concerned: once neglected.
the opportunity N gone.
The next spray In this valley should
be made about the FIRST OF August. next
about the 18th OF August, and the next
about the 18th ~ August. on there
nboutH. II any rainHtorm comes on.
these late sprays must be gone over
agtin. as these late sprays only ut on
the outside skin OF the fruit ana are
rot locked up and scaled like the iirst
spray IL.
''Thc Insects and fungi affecting
fruit ana trees In this county are the
oodiing moth, the woolly nphls. the red
spider. the pear and cherry leaf slug.
the pear blister mite. the green nphir.
the peach ana apple tree borcrr. the
cherry. or black ,.phir the crown gall.
the pear blight. the mlldcw. the peach
chutl and tho twig Dorrr.
Everybody uncd 20 spray with paris
green for all these Affections, and N
II aid not cure all these ilif, the word
went forth that spraying was no good.
Now people commence to understand
that though the paris green II "a very
effective remedy against the codllng
moths brood and the rlugr. II ~ nbso-
lutoly useless for all the other diseases
ana complaints, and that different
remedies must then be applied; mostly
kerosene emulsion and bordau mix
turc. N any benefit shall be accrued.
THE horticulture law has gained
more respect ana support a. its object
has become better understood. and
except In very few instances. people
have cndeav0rod To try Ia comply with
itr requirements when the necessity
thereof has been brought 10 their at
tcntlon. In nofnc Instances. where the
violation Of the law has been gross and
most Migrant, the county inspector. af-
ter consultation with the proper Of
iiccra. has been compelled to enforce
II with n strong hand. but only In
cases whore repeated warnings have
account. A few OF those eases are
now pending. and the efficacy ~ the
law win mostly depend on their results
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