The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-14
STATE BOARD OF
HORTICULTURE
Second Biennial Report Just Made
Public.
PAMPHLET ONE OF INTEREST
Tells What Has Been Done to Rid
the State of Insect Pests and to
Prevent Them From Spelling Trees
and Fruit.

The second biennial report OF the
Montana state board of horticulture
Tor the years 19O1-lJO2 has Just made
it's appearance. The pamphlet is a
exceedingly comprehensive one, con-
sisting of 124 pages of matter that
will be of the greatest interest to
all persons engaged in horticultural
work. The reading matter is supple
mented with number of statistical
tables that contain much solid infor-
nation for the initiated. In addition
thereto, the report is copiously il
Illustrated with cuts of orchards, fruit
specimens and harmful insects.
Volume II Of the report has been
very carefully prepared by the board,
o. which the present officers and
Members are:
Governor Joseph X. Toole, Helena;
Olney Taylor, Park City; E. N.
Rrandegee, of Helena; Charles II.
Campbell, Great Falls; G. M. Allen,
Lo Lo; J. H. Edwards, Kalispell. E.
N. Brandegee, Helena, inspector at
large for the state; c. II. Edwards,
Butte, Secretary. The orchard and
fruit inspectors are: |. d. O'Donnell,
Billings III. G. Gardiner, Bozeman;
Charles H. Edwards, Butte and Ana
conda; f. N. Brandegee, Helena; A..
S Johnson. Dillon; G. e. Hubbard,
Great Falls; Henry o. Wilson, Chi
nook W. ID. Luther. Glasgow; e. M.
Tucker MissOula; w. B. Harlan,
Como; O. c. Estey, Big Fork; 0. A.
Parsons, Kalispell.
1t will be reaully recognized by all
that the board has a large field to
cover; that it will continue to safe
guard the orchards of the state none
need question, and if given the intel
igent aid of the individual orchard
Isl Montana will continue to be the
only district in the United States pro-
ducing fruit free from all disease
and blight.
During the four years existence OF
the board vast amount of good
work for the horticultural interest;
OF the state has been accomplished
Especially is this true when the small
arpropriation-$12 900 for four year:
lis considered.
Immediately after the organiza
Of the board in March, 1899 inspec
tors for the five districts We're ap
pointed and as early as practicable
an examination of all the orchards
and pieces wherein fruit trees were
grown were inspected for the pur
pose of finding out if there were an.
diseased orchards in the state ant
also to secure data that would enabl
the board to know as near as posi-
Bile how many fruit trees and acre
o. small fruits there were in tn
state and other valuable data for tn
further guidance OF the work. Thl
work has been carried on during tn
four years, and considerable inform;
ton cleaned that is of large wort
to the industry.
The large fruit districts are to b
found in the counties of Ravalli Nil
sCula. Flathead, Yellowstone, Carbon
Park. Cascade. Gallatin and Jeffe
son, with some scattering orchard
throughout the other counties.
nearly every portion of the state tn
small fruits, such as the bush fruit
and vine fruits. are grown in album
ance, but the planting of large o
cbards is confined. with few exec
tons. to the counties above me
toned. In the districts named the
are at the present time in roul
numbers. $4,000 fruit trees, consis
ing of apple, pear, plum, prune, che
ry, peach and apricot. the apple.
course. leading all other fruits. &c
orally speaking. the people OF t
state are not aware that Montana
famous for its choice apples. TIL
have been tested in the far east a
to the west of us and pronounced
ell to 30 perfect
To a great many people the lnsp'
ton of fruits, especially when 1t
carried on in a section of the COZ
try like Butte, seems entirely net
less, and the efforts Of the fruit
spector to keep out all dlseaS
fruits are sneered at by the ignors
and by all who should know bett
hut who have never given the s
ject any thought. 1t is stated by 2
sons eminently qualified to spe
that the majority of diseases
which fruits are subject. are sprt
country to country by the distri
ton of fruits. For instance, the
Jose scale. discovered in the far e;
was traced from California and il
said that it was carried upon sc
pears imported from California.
that the careless throwing of sin
uneaten portion of pear from
passenger coach window in a cor
OF an orchard was the starting pt
c. that disease, which has caused
eastern states to spend hundreds
thousands of dollars to simply h