The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-07-15


tree" | presume that would be good
advice with respect to the Bismark.
| have been asked which is more
difficult to control, the San Jose scale
or the cooling moth. Speaking from
| our experience I would say that we
have controlled the scale by spraying
once in two years, while to control the
codlng moth we have to spray eight
| to ten times in two years and besides
we have banded our trees and taken
off these bands every ten days during
| the summer time and after doing
all this, we have lost from two to
| twenty per cent of our apples. 1t
| is quite a mistake to suppose that we
can catch all the worms under the
| bands not killed by the spray. Eldred
| Jenne has shown that only about 40
per cent of the worms that leave
| the apples are caught under the
| bands. Doubtless many fall off the
| limbs and hide under clods or rub
| bish of any kind that gives them pro-
| lection. So, in answering the ques-
| ton above propounded, | would say
| that it is ten times more difficult to
control the codling moth than the
| San Jose scale. If any one can show
| us how we can control the codling
moth as easily as we can the scale
he will earn our lasting gratitude.
But prophesy is not history, at least
not in this case.
The difficulty in controlling the cod
ling moth is that we must put the pol
son in place and have the worms come
to it and eat it. This they have a
habit of not doing to our satisfaction.
But in the case of the scale the in
sects are out in the open with no
leaves in the way to Obstruct the
spray All we have to do is reach
the insects on the dormant trees and
if we do our work thoroughly they
will be as dead as Julius Caesar. The
experiment stations from one end of
our country to the other are engaged
in this work of fighting the cooling
| moth and the confession is freely
made that it is the most difficult OF
all insects to control and that 1T does
more damage than all others COM
bined.
The question of the prospect of
the fruit crop is vital one. The
fruit journals come to us from all
parts of the United States and some
from Canada. Thus we have pretty
good chance to know what is said
about the outlook. From these sources
we learn that the crop in no respect
is phenomenal one. Peaches in the
Northwest are decidedly short. This
indicates that they will be high. At
the time write July 81 early peaches
are selling in Seattle higher than |
have ever known them to be. The
same is true of early apples. Alex
ander peaches have been selling for
Is cents to $1.00 per box and Duchess
and Yellow Transparent apples from
$1.75 to $3.50 per box.
The peach crop is not up to a full
crop in any part of the United States,
but if it were in the east or south
it would not affect our sales on the
Pacific coast. Take good care of
your peaches, send them into market
in good shape and you will realize
large profits on them l have never
seen the commission men in Seattle
so hungry to get fruit.
Late reports in our eastern eX-
changes show that the early reports
on the apple crop have to be mate
rally changed. The crop is much less
than was at one time anticipated. On
account of the damage to the crop on
Snake river and the Palouse country
the northwest will be short on apples
and the prices will be high. The Yak
ina and Wenatchee valleys as we'll
as the Entiat valley and the Chelan
country have good crops of apples and
will make good money on them. l
have never had as good crop of ap-