The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1906-01-23
Diseased Trees Must Go.
And Diseased Fruit also
What the Law says-Or-
chardists must Spray.

Wormy fruit cannot be sold in
the Corvallis market this autumn,
and thereafter. If displayed in the
markets for sale it will be con-
demned and destroyed. Further
more infested fruit trees in Benton
county will have to be relieved of
the diseases that affect them, or
they too will be condemned and
destroyed. The law says that these
things must be done and an officer
has been appointed for the purpose
of seeing that the law is put into
effect. The way orchard owners
will have for avoiding these conse-
quences is to spray their trees so
that the diseased conditions of both
fruit and trees will be removed.
The wormy apples can be elimin-
ated almost entirely by spraying if
it is attempted. Last season SO
per cent of the fruit in the Meeker
orchard OF College Hill was free
from worms, which means that only
two per cent or two apples out of
every 100 were affected. Spraying
did it. The treatment was under
the direction of Prof. Cordley, and
five applications were made. In
the years before spraying was re-
sorted to, half the fruit in the Or
chard was wormy.
Law REQUIRES II .
The enforcement of the law re-
quiring no affected fruit to be sold
and requiring diseased trees to be
either cured or cut down, Is In the
hands of the fruit inspector of Ben
ton county, and he is Prof. A. B.
Cordley. He has no alternate but
to follow the law. and the law is
stringent. 1t specifies his duties,
and declares what must be done.
What the statute provides is to be
found below.
Goblin Moth and San Jose scale
are the most prevalent diseases.
Both affect the fruit, which means
that hereafter no fruit from such
! trees can be sold in the local mark
ct. Either is considered easy to
control. A good spraying of the
tree with lime-sulphur-sal so1u'
ton between now and budding time
3 will control the latter for the sea,
son, if not actually eradicate the
disease, though perhaps for the
latter, another spraying may be
D necessary next year. A double ap.
i. plication now is likely to be fairly
effective for eradication.
t Can Eliminate Worms
' Destruction of the worms re
quires more labor. Four or fv'
applications of spray are required
to do a first class job. If followed
up in good shape, there is nc
j.. doubt but that the worms can b.
controlled to such a degree tina
q there will not be as much as a fv
per cent loss on their account
Ie There is no doubt but by resort t
spraying, the increased amount Q
= marketable fruit will more thar
make up the cost of spraying. Es
epecially will this be true the com
ing season, when wormy fruit vii
not be allowed to be sold in tn
market, and must be a loss.
As it is to be done in Benton, s.
It is it to be in all the Willamette val
ley counties. Fruit inspectors ar
giving notice in all of them of tn
o requirements of the law, and of tn
plan for strict enforcement. Pub
lie meetings have been held i
many of the counties, notably i,
. Polk. Yamhill. Washington AM
elsewhere. The movement is gen
It eral and it means that the old or
o chards will have to be cleaned u
and be made healthy or they vii
have to be destroyed.
Ell 1t Is believed that 80 per cent G
the fruit trees in Corvallis are affect
ed with San Jose scale. On sue
IS trees as the old leaves of last seasoc
still hang to, the scale is almos
sure to be found. The presence G
the leaves now means that the dis
ease was so manifest that there wa
y not enough vigor in the branch E
n the proper season to shed the Leaf
An ashy appearance on the limb
ID is another sign of the presence {
scale. Two college students hay
fitted themselves out with sprayin
lie appliances and are to do sprayin
IL as required, for a consideration
lie This is one of the easiest, cheape:
= and best ways to get the work done
< The boys will operate under th
r direction of Prof. Cordley. Tt
l. law under which the new regul;
lie tons are to..be applied is as follow
1e What the Law Says
Section 4IS5. It shall be the duty
U the several members of the Board an
OF the secretary or the county inspec
3 ors, under their direction, whenever The
shall deem it necessary, to cause an i
le1 spection to be made of any orchard
i'd nurseries, trees, plants. vegetable