Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-09
ORCHARD IMPROVEMENTS.


The exhibition OF fruit nt the STATE
Fair from the Agricultural College'ahu
that from N. -. johnson Of Provo, with
other specimens from different points In
Utah demonstrate the virtue OF spray
Ing In the season thereof, The fruit
thus displayed was free from the rave
nges Of the cooling moth and other gar
den pests and It Is beyond question
that spraying, with other simple REM
edlcal measures if properly conducted
would clear our orchards Of destructive
insects, and bring the kinds OF fruit
now infested into the very front rank
because their flavor as well as APP
pearance Is unexcelled,
The Agricultural college grounds at
Logan are thoroughly titled and the
horticultural department is so wen
looked after that the best results are
obtained. and It has the advantage OF
being separate nd apart from orchards
whore the owners or keepers are care
less In regard 10 spraying, The gar
dens belonging TO the Deaf Mute instl-
tuition, at Ogden, are also worthy cS-
amples of the benefits Of spraying ana
the attendant means of fighting the
cooling moth. The spraying Is per-
sistenty carried on at regular inter-
walls. and cloths are wrapped around
the trees TO catch the worms, which are
periodically gathered and destroyed
The results in these and other notable
instances are very striking, and IL the
fruit growers Of Utah could be stirred
up TO general and concerted action, ac-
cordng to the directions Of experts
and the examples here noted our state
would become the foremost In the land
IA the production OF splendid market
able fruit in great variety and profu-
sion.
II win be remembered by readers in
terested In this subject that the Hor-
ticultural board Of this State issued a
circular containing rules, regulations
and formulas for the benefit of "all
fruit growers, fruit dealers, nurserymen
and Importers OF trees, shrubs and
vines, and also owners or occupiers Of
ANY orchard or land whore trees are
grown within the State" This was pub
llshed In full in the Deseret Evening
News Of June 6.
The Tribune published II In mutllated
form leaving out this paragraph in
reference to spraying;
Formula No. white Arsenic-Boi
four ounces of white arsenic Twenty
minutes IN two quarters Of water. made
thick as whitewash with lime, Stir oc-
casionally and add water 10 compensate
for what bols away. Add this solu-
tion TO nifty gallons Of water. In which
has been dissolved ten pounds of fresh
lime"
That paper thereupon proceeded. edl-
torially, to berate the state Board Of
horticulture for recommending Paris
Green instead OF white arsenic. II COM
planned that this was "a step back.
ward and that the circular Of in
structlons would be "of little service
TO practical fruitgrowers and may lead
many persons TO absolute failure in
spraying" But mark lis change of
front on this question: In It's issue OF
October the Tribune. edltoriolly, COM
ments favorahly on the striking exam.
pie of the benefits Of spraying, fur
nshed by big baskets Of sound apples
on view at the state Fair. lin the cor
ner where the Agricultural coll
lege exhibit was" These we're from
"a Cache valley orchard" and par
beneficial result was brought about
The Tribune Says. THE lesson is so
timely and good that It Is worth re-
producing, with a view to emphasizing
the instruction and example Here It
is, as quoted by that paper;
THE orchard on which the expert
ment was made was one I'm which the
owner said that last year he had hardly
an apple that was not wormy. The
spraying was done early in the season,
after the blossoms had fallen and be-
fore the apples had grown large enough
TO close the calyX a second spraying
was made two weeks later, to get any
that had been missed. The mixture
was applied very carefully. the trees
being gone over In a systematic man
ner so that no part was missed The
mixture was well agitated to keep II
uniform throughout the work. This
is the point where great many farm
ers fail. the mixture is not kept well
stirred, and the first part of It is OF ma
use and the latter part Is too strong
The ordinary Paris green was used AZ
the lnsectcide. White arsenic would
have done as well, but the green, by its
color, never being mistaken for any.
thing else, is safer to have around
No lime was used, as 1t disngures IN,
fruit
The Tribune goes on to eulogi2e the
method used and shows that the cost OF
this spraying was but six cents PEI
tree, and winds up with the remark
that
III Is a highly important lesson [,
all the fruit growers OF Utah. and on,
which they should take closely tC
heart"
What Take to heart that which N,
Tribune called "a step backward" anC