The record-union., 1899-10-04


observation-disclosures: The Board
of Horticultural Commissioners of the
county of San Bernardino, State of
California, herewith submit their re-
port for the year 1899, as provided for
by law.
The outlook for successful year for
the orchardists of this county was ney-
er as dark as at the beginning of this
season, and yet at the present writing
it bids fair to be one if not the best
year in our history This was brought
about in the main by the free expen-
dlture of money in the development of
water, there having been developed in
THIS county in the last year an amount
approximating 1850 inches of water, to
De used IN the irrigation of orchards
ana this added to the supply Of our
mountain streams has made as much
or more water than we have had in the
past thus the outlook for the years to
come as been very much frightened,
for this amount of recently developed
water added to the old supply puts the
orehardists practically out of the con-
troll of all water companies, who have
shown a disposition in the past, in a
on the orchard owners to the limit.
We have been reaping in the last
year the fruits of the seed sown at the
time there was no commission in our
county. When the Horticultural Com
miSsioners throughout the State We're
llegislated out of Office two years ago
it was just at the hight of our plant
ing season and there was great deal
of nursery stock coming in and, Of
course, as there were no Commission
ers in any Of the counties, this con-
dition of affairs was at once taken
advantage of by a few disreputable
nurserymen, who seized upon the op-
portunity to work off a portion Of their
old nursery stock, and as we said be-
fore, the scale imported at that time
has just begun to make it's presence
felt.
We have found great deal Of red
scale on ornamental stock and shrubs;
this was widely distributed through
out heretofore clean districts Of
course all such stock was at once at
tended to and a sharp lookout will be
kept on the surrounding orchards in
these particular districts.
| We feel proud of the work done by
our board in the matter of the eradi-
cation of the red scale, Aspidiotus aur
anti. 1t has been said by some very
| good authorities that once red scale
always red scale, but we have found
1t very different, for we at one time
two years ago, had it in four differ
ent localities. and to-day we have it
| in but one of those four localities, and
in that one where last year we treated
several hundred trees. this year all
| that were found infested were two, and
these but slightly, which means prac-
ticauy determination. So much for
thorough work and systematic fumi-
cation.
! In the case Of the yellow scale CAS-
pidiotus citrinus) we found it expedi-
ent after close inspection of orchards
in other counties where the parasite
I Coccophagus citrinus had been at work,
/ to go and do likewise, as we think that
all money spent in the gassing of this
scale in the future is money wasted.
AS result Of this conclusion last
month we introduced some of the
/ Coccophagus into our orchards and are
resting on our oars with it to await
future developments.
| With the black scale Gecanium
oleae) we do not find any parasite at
work to any extent, but owing to last
years drought and the great heat
which came at their Matching season.
as we'll as the amount of work done
in the way of gassing the worst or
chards in the last two years, we have
not found it necessary to start our
! gassing outfits this year as there was
not enough scale to do any harm.
The Vedalia cardinals continues to
give perfect satisfaction in the way
of exterminating the white scale. None
of the purple scale (Mytilaspis citricola)
has yet made its appearance in this
county and we hope to keep it out.
We are troubled to no great extent
with any of the other insects and we
feel that we have the scale practically
under our control and we believe that
if nothing out of the ordinary happens
we can keep it so. Respectfully sub
mitted, (SigneO, Robert Bosworth
Chairman; Robert T. Curtis, Secretary;
]. S. Fink, Ontario.
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