The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-02-27

efn oregon growers spray with PariI
green, but they use more powerful ma
chimes than is necessary to use with oui
arsenite Of soda. Sulphur, lime anC
salt, Schanno's formula, 80 pounds O.
sulphur,6O pounds Of lime and 5Opoundi
OF salt to l5O gallons, one pound to the
gallon. This is our principal winter
spray and should be used now, if you
wish to insure your orchard against
the pests just mentioned Last year
used only half the quantity OF the salt
| would rather use II pounds Of sulphur
II pounds Of lime and 10 pounds of sail
80 gallons of water used to think
knew something about shaking lime
But there was man working with us
the other day who showed me how it
should be done. He took IL pounds Of
lime and put it in the bottom OF the
vat and poured a little bit of water on
it. | watched him and thought it was
going to burn when he poured on a lit
tie more water. As it began to steam up
good | said: "Pierce, is that the way to
slake lime?" He said "Yes, that is the
way to do ii, = and watched him put in
little more water and he kept it hot
and worked the water in just fast enough
to keep it from burning, and in about
10 minutes he had it slaked so that
there was no roughness in it, no hard
Jumps that make you think the lime is
no good, but it was smooth like paste
He then poured in more water and we
stirred it up and after we strained it
there was not to exceed pound in so
OF stuff left from the lime. think you
are all familiar with summer spray.
would not recommend sulphur spray
for Goblin moth nor the Bordeaux mix
ture, but for summer spray for rust it
might do. have just wondered wheth-
er you have any rust here in Mosier
or not. H
Mr.. Brown-In regard to winter spray
my experience is that it is very valuable
to us. had one tree Of fine nectarines
one year, but afterward we never got one
bit Of fruit off of it. Last year Isprayed
it and my peaches and apricots. My
nectarines were fine, and my peaches
were fine and smooth as were also my
apricots. | sprayed three times last
winter Last year my apricots were
the finest have ever had, | am in favor
OF winter spray.
Mr.. Kennedy You all know my
place. There was lots of scale on all my
trees, especially on my Swaar trees,
which grew down low and spraddled
out like rose bushes. The apples were
very speckled, worse than this old apple.
My neighbors were very anxious to see
the scale cleaned out of the orchard,
and | sprayed it, now, there is not
cleaner orchard, or clearer skinned
Swaars to be found anywhere, and we
lay it to winter spraying.
CARROLL wish you would explain
how and when you commence to spray
for Goblin moth.
Mr.. Kennedy-The proper time to
apply the arsenite of soda spray the first
time is when the blossoms are two
thirds gone, and every two weeks there
after until the apples are gathered.
Mr.. Clark had me make him some spray
using one pound OF arsenic to four
pounds of soda. He had 1000 or 5000
boxes Of apples 80 percent zee from
worms. He said he did not want me to
change my formula on his account. ii
any one else wanted to change it, he
said they could do it, but that it was
good enough for him. II | can see any
particles coming up on the surface to
dissolve, | put in more soda, using just
enough soda to dissolve the arsenic.
Mr.. Carroll-In Hood River, how did
you and the men proceed with the spray
ng after you got your lime slGked and
your spray miXed?.
Mr.. Kenncdy-W was watching
he man with the lime the men with the
Ipray outfit went on to spraying, while
his man at the house got another bar
'elfnl ready. They had about Is feet of
rose and would 60 nearly around the
rec. "What are you doing, finishing
he trees as you go2' | asked him. "Yes,
hats what we are doing" In looking
,ver the tree l saw there was a strip
le had never touched at all, you could
zee where this yelloYish spray touched. |
he was spraying TO do thorough work. II
ie had done one side Of the tree as he |
vent down the row and then came back |
IN the other side and finished it he
would have done good work. 1t is not
necessary to spray oftener than two |
weeks, but keep it up till gathering time.
spray up to ten days before gathering
line. In the spring everything is a
title tender and it is better to use a
title less than the full amount Of the
which is three-quarters of
Iuart Of arsenite TO so gallons. Later
n the summer you can use it stronger
spray in the blossom end so as TO get
he particles OF spray inside the calyx. |
This is very desirable, so that when the
gg matches the spray will get the worm.
I this is not done the worm that gets in |
It the calyx will work its way into the |
pple and sooner or later will come out
eaving hole in the side Of the apple.
Mr.. Mason-In regard to the sal soda,
here is controversy as to whether to
lse two or four pounds of sal soda. The
,nly object | see in using the sal soda is
o get the arsenic dissolved and united
With it in the spray on the apple. In
egard to the winter spray, when l mix
ny sulphur and lime i mix the sulphur
n the lime as slack it. | slow slack
he lime and when haveitin ag0od hot
ough work the sulphur into it. You
an get the sulphur to dissolve much
,etter in that way. Don't let the lime
urn or turn yellow. Mr.. Kennedy is
,prayer. He says to spray every two
feeeks up to en- days before gathering
he apples. am pretty certain he is
he only man who sprays that often.
ome pretty progressive growers sprayev-
ry 2l days.I have always sprayed every
l days III you spray thoroughly every 2l
ays you will get the Goblin moth. Out
/ las boxes only had two boxes of
ulls, and had one box Of AZ tier apples,
he balance were four tier apples. They
rere sprayed with arsenite of soda, and
prayed every 81 days thoroughly.
Mr.. Carroll-This is a question which
think we ought to take great deal of
office of. Two years ago raised 1000
oxes OF apples, and out OF that number
harvested about 200 boxes free from
'orms. | thought il could not do bet
er than that / would quit. l heard
bout Mr.. Kennedy being a sprayer and
rent to see him. He told me be would
urnish me the spray and that If / would
pray thoroughly every two weeks /
iould save IS per cent Of my apples l
OF the spray and did the work and beat
hat q great deal. believe Mr.. Kennedy
= rffsht q hnt,f the time and nun hpr of