The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1907-10-01

here. / nave Deen mere SIX years and
have yet the first wormy apple to
find. l know orchards that 1 have had
apples out of that have never had
sprayer in them"
T.
In answering these inquiries I wish
to say that it is difficult to give speci-
fed reference to what is best to plant
in any locality without a pretty init
mate acquaintance with the surround
ings. Langley is in Island county, if
am not mistaken, in the lower Puget
Sound country. I have never been
in that county but l had a long talk
with Mr.. S. G. MARYLAND, of Langley,
last spring about fruit growing. l
would advise the seeing of Mr.. Mart
land about the fruits adapted to that
island 1 noticed not long since in one
of our exchanges that Prof Thornber,
of the State College at Pullman, was
asked about the kinds of fruit to plant
in certain locality and whether frosts
were bad there in the late spring He
advised the inquirer to consult his
neighbors on these points That was
wise answer. Cherries would doubt
less do we'll there and also some pears.
Some apples, such as Baldwins, North
ern Spys, Winesaps and Huberston's
Nonesuch, would do well. l would
plant the sweet cherries, such as the
Royal Ann, the Bing and the Lambert.
The Bartlett, Flemish Beauty and
Clapp's Favorite among pears can be
recommended. But, above all, consult
anyone who is raising fruit on the is
land and follow his advice.
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| am not surprised to know that
there is no codling moth there. Some
good authorities claim that the cod
ling moth will go wherever apples can
be grown. That may be largely true,
but I do know from most thorough
investigation of the matter that it
will not be bad in some localities and
the Puget Sound country is one of
them So good an authority on such
matters as C. A. Tonneson, of Tacoma,
says that Vashon Island is practically
free from this pest. But if there is no
cooling moth or practically none in
the Sound country, it does not follow
there will be no need of spraying. The
oyster shell bark louise, the green
aphis, the black spot canker and, gen.
orally, fungous diseases will need the
careful attention of the fruit grower
and the use of the sprayer. Don't
f1atter yourself that you can say good
bye to the spraying machine In one
section one pest prevails and there
eternal vigilance is the price of a
fruit crop. But in another section
some other pest prevails and it must
be fought in the same vigilant way.
No section is exempt, or if it is, it
will not long continue So Someone
has said that the fruit grower must
say, of spraying, in hoe signo vinces-
''in this sign we conquer" The man
who expects to find place where
spraying will never be needed is in
about as fruitless hunt as the Irish
man who said that if he could find
place where people never die, there
he would end his days.
F. N. White, of Anacortes, Wash,
under date of August 26, asks the fol
lowing questions: (Which is the best
time to use commercial fertilizers on
strawberries, blackberries, raspber-
ries, currants and gooseberries-fall
or spring? And can you tell me what
it was that troubled my black raspber
berries last summer? 1t was their
first crop and while they were ripen-
ing some of them would be fine large
berries, and the next bush would have
berries only about half as large. l
could not see any signs of blight on
the ones with the small berries, though
it might have been there and l did
not know it, This years growth on
the bushes with the small fruit seemed
just as good as on bushes with large
fine fruit and stood from to 6 feet
high. Can you tell anything of this