The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-09-01


least one insect aid It In the work Of
raising fruit This remarkable doyol-
opmont OF a combination OF entomol-
ogy and agriculture will enable the
fruit growers Of the West to raii. n
fruit new 10 America and one OF vast
commercial value--tho famoun aud ox-
cellent Smyrna 49,
For many yeara CALIFORNIA; fruit
growers have tried In vain 10 raise
this particularly desirable fruit, Much
money was wasted for plants and cut
tlngs, experts from Smyrna and tho
Mediterranean shores were brought
here by private persons. and time and
labor were expended patiently TO no
avail When the scientists OF the
federal government began their inycs-
tlgatlon the Caliiornlans were about
ready to abandon tho attempt but
now there seems TO be hardly a chance
OF failure. all owing to the microscope
and the scientist with his theories
They have done what the practical"
orchard owner could not do with all
HE experience.
The federal governments experts
found that the Smyrna ng would not
grow here because we lacked a little
insect that lived on the leaves OF tho
trees In Smyrna and. by dying from
one 10 the other. feriillzod them. So
at once from Washington orders went
Go Smyrna for some Of these little
bugs. which were ohriatoncd with the
hard and undeaoryod name OF Blaato-
phaga.
The question had been studied for
some time by DR.. Eison OF the Cali
fornla Academy OF Sciences. George
9. Roeding OF Fresno. Cal. and John
Rock OF Niles. Cal. Al Fresno and
Niles many Smyrna fgs. as well on
Wild ngB from southern Europe. Ia
which the fortified Insect develops.
were started Dr. Howard. the onto
mologiut OF the department OF agri-
culture, went TO California TO look
over the ground TO learn the condl-
tlons and TO settle on the best points
at which 20 attempt the Introduction
OF the European insect. Another agent |
OF the department. Walter n. Swlnelo, |
was aont 10 southern Europe. partly |
Go send to this country cuttings or all |
varieties Of Wild ngs which could be
found, and to send over living npoci- |
mems Of the BlastophaEa.
Il was thought worth while to send
Go this country the fruit OF the wild
hE. or tho Capri AH. a. "a n called.
containing the llvlng Insects. and this
was done on many occanions by Mr..
Bwlngle. A Capri hg tree was in
closed at Mr. Roedlnga place at Fros.
no. and, ON tho arrival OF the Euro
pean hgs. tho insects, which were
found TO be In good condition, were
liberated within the Enclosure. The
living lnaecta previously had been OBJ
taincd by correspondence by James
Shlnn OF Niles and by Mr.. Roeding,
but the insects had died before repro
ducing. MT. swlnglo adopted new
method OF packing for transportation,
each ng being carefully wrapped I'm
Gin foil and scaled with wax. The frat
specimens were received at Fresno in
the early part OF May. 1898. but, 80
FAR aH could be observed. none OF them
laid eggs either from this or aubse-
Quent acndings. All through the In
tcrvenlng year Wild ng cuttings have
been received aud started under vary
ing conditions. II was realized that
the attempts thus far described were
rroblomailcal In their rcsulta, and the
chances OF success were small. Il was
planned, therefore. to transplant Capri
hg trcoa into largo tubs aud carry
them across the Atlantic IA growing
condition with their fruit aud the
contained Insects and one rats1r
large tree was sent over last spring
b. Mr. sw.ngio.
II now turns out. however that by
great good fortune some OF the IN
soots brought Over Ia 1898 did succeed
in penetrating the closed nuwou OF
tho Capri Orr growing al Fresno. and
that thoy laid their csra and havo
practically established themselves IN
California. Tho lrtt gion of Che ex-
pcrmcnial wnI'. 90. thUrplare. sue.
cess. Since emo inaoct his maintained
itsolf for an crilfo year, herc la rel-
son 20 luugal hai &c wll continue to-
breed ani chat caNlorml n the nolr
future WIN Boz nh'o to place n ng nrou
the market which wil pote.8 tho
same superior Hlyuf as lhlt Willis
hrs f.v0n iho Imported Smyrna fn
tholr rfc-cmnen, commercial rank.
Thls favor afna Without doubt To- hn
dependent uHon Na umh. oI rlntucl
reodH uth.n tho lul THH 0c, hsa
boor iorrnal ,hr0Irh experiments 400