The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-18
FRUIT GROWERS
MUST USE SPRAY
State Board issues Circular let
ter on Subject,
ENSURES LARGER CROPS
VALUABLE INSTRUCTIONS ARE
GIVEN TO FaUIT MEN.

The absolute necessity Of orchard
nursery disinfection if horticuiturists
desire TO raise good fruit and have
healthy orchards, is brought out in a
circular letter issued by the state board
Of horticulture. 1t is addressed to
county boards Of horticulture and tree
inspectors, fruit growers, nurserymen
and importers Of fruit trees, shrubs and
vines.
The circular letter takes up the va
riOus subjects one at a time, and after
covering them fully, passes on to the
next 1t calls attention TO the fact
that the loss of the $500 loving cUp Of
United States Senator William 4.
Clark in the recent fruit contest before
the Irrigation congress at ogden was
due largely TO Utah hOrticulturists not
spraying as they should. The circular
letter reads as follows:
Orchard and Nursery Distinction.
The state board Of horticulture de-
sireS TO call the attention of all inter
ested in the fruit industry of the state
to the necessity OF taking every pre-
caution against the importation into
the state or spread Of insect pests and
diseases injurious TO the fruit interests
of Utah.
"The rules and regulations. Of the
board, formulated under the new hor-
ticultural law. require nurserymen to
disinfect all their nursery stock by the
USe of hydrOcyanic gas, before the re-
mOVal of the same from their premises
for sale. gift. distribution or transport
alton. To control diseases and insect
pests it is important that this rule be
strictly observed. The same rule APP
plies to the importation Of nursery
stock from abroad. Rule provides
that no trees, shrubs or vines shall be
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corporations or private individuals un-
less properly certified to as having been
fumigated by hydrocyanic gas before
shipment. ImpOrtatiOns OF trees or
shrubs unaccompanied by such certifi-
cate of fumigation shall be held in
quarantine at owners risk until so fU-
migated, at the cost Of the importer,
to the satisfaction Of the county hor-
ticultural commissioners or inspectors.
or of the member for that district of
the state board Of horticulture in places
where there is no county. board or coun-
ty inspector.
Serious Work Of Blight.
"A copy Of the new horticultural law
with the rules and regulations Of the
board. win be sent to all on application
to the secretary. J. II. Parry. 413 Desc
ret News annex, Salt Lake City
How Cup Was Lost.
In many sections Of the state pear
blight is making serious inrOads upon
the orchards. Unless energetic meas
ures are taken to stamp out this disease
on it's first appearance IT Will speedily
destroy the whole orchard, taking not
only the pears, but the ounce and apple
trees The only known remedy is to cut
out and burn all affected twigs and
branches as soon as discovered The
parts removed should be handled care
fully and taken out Of the orchard and
burned The knife and saw used in
cutting out the diseased limbs should
be disinfected after every cutting with
kerosene. or a solution Of corrosive
sublimate, and in addition the end Of
the limb remaining on the tree should
be disinfected with the same material.
to prevent the further spread of the
disease. If these suggestions are zeal
ously followed it is believed that the
disease can be stamped out in three
years.
LAS the first step to be taken toward
the eradication of disease and injuri-
Gus insects, the board urges the i'm
portance Of thoroughly cleaning up all
orchard grounds throughout the state.
and the removal of old, diseased and
useless trees that harbOr and breed in
furious insects and diseases, which are
a menace TO neighbOring orchards. If
this cleaning up is followed with
thorough application OF the lime, sui
phur and salt, winter spray, half Of
next years battle against insects and
fungus diseases is won.
The losing by Utah fruit growers of
the $500 Clark loving cup in the recent
fruit contest before the Irrigation con-
gress at Ogden is the most striking les
son ever shown the Utah Orchardists of
the value and Importance of spraying.
The cup was easily won by the Utah
exhibit so conceded by all who saw the
display. But the disin-
clinatiOn Of some Of the large fruit