The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-05-05
B. L. Smith Talks Of His New Brick


Hon. f, L. Smith when interviewed
regarding the new brick said: "There
is not much TO tell about II there will be
two-story brick erected on tie corner,
OF which the upper stOr, All be made
into Office rooms and tn lower will be
offices ON the corner and the second
room will be used for ctmml rcial pur.
poses." Asked ii the new national bank
would occupy the corner, Mr.. Smith re-
piled; "Well probably" and he began
to talk apples and sprays and storage,
and by DR.. Harper's method Of induc-
ton the inquisitive Glacier man learned
the fact that while Mr.. Smith was
incidentally interested in the erection OF
a new brick that would be an honor TO
Hood River, he was wholly absorbed in
the advancement and perfection OF the
fruit industry which is, and likely
ever will be, the motive force OF pfbs-
perity in our valley.
Among the many things Of
interest to fruit growers to which
Mr.. Smith gave utterance the
following quietly drifted into the mas
sive conyolutions Of gray matter in the
reporters think tank for the benefit Of
Glacier readers: "Yes, the best time
to fight the aphis s before the foliage
starts with winter spray known as the
Piper formula, which is: sulphur one
pound, lime one pound slake the lime
and add the sulphur and enough water
10 stir easily. Boil one hour, stirring
constantly, then dilute to four gallons
Strain out sediment and spray. For
larger amounts keep the same proper
tions. OF course the time is past TO use
this spray this season." The reporter
suggested that il would be good for the
fruit grower to clip this from the Glacier
and paste in his hat for reference next
winter.
Mr.. Smith continued: "For this
time Of the year, the most effective
spray TO use for aphis is the following:
quassia chips one pound, boil two hours
and dilnty TO four gallons; whale oil
soap one pound, thoroughly dissolve in
four gallons Of water unite the two and
you have eight gallons Of the best spray
in use. The reporter thought this spray
would taste to the aphis something like
decoction OF quinine and whisky to
victim OF the grip: Mr.. Smith said
further; "There has been no spray
discovered that is superior TO arsenite
Of soda for collin moth; there are lead
sprays which are equally as effective as
the arsenite Of soda, but more difficult
to prepare and apply. There is no use
IN talking, you cannot save apples from
the rayages Of the Goblin moth which
hang in clusters; the only remedy il to
thin the apples SO that the spray can get
10 the entire surface Of every one Of
them,
Speaking Of the keeping qualities OF
different varieties, Mr.. Smith said: "Last
fall Professor Lake Of the Agricultural
Experiment station at Corvallis sent me
for storage in my apple house at Beulah
Land several varieties OF apples to test
their keeping qualities. From the or
cbard OF A. Haladay received one box
OF Northern Spy, one Baldwin, one JON
athan, and from the orchard of Mr.
Bennett Of jackson county, one box
known as the Bennett seeding. Last
week II. $, Galligan and myself made
an examination OF these apples with
the following results: Northern Spy loss
35 per cent; Baldwin, 10 per cent jon
allan, 05 per cent? Bennett Seeding,
30 per cent. The remarkable thing Gbont
tie test 10 that the Jonathan kept equal
" rs well ms box Of Hood River New
town Pippins, packed last fall at picking
time. The boxes of Northern Spy and
Bennett Seeding seemed to have been
bruised in transit, and the large per-
centage OF loss is perhaps due to that.
The Jonathan lost largely Of its flavor
and became insipid. The Northern Spy
and Bennett Seeding retained their fla.
vor and those that Kept were in fine
and excellent quality.