Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-04-26
EVERYBODY HAS IT.
Apple Scab-AlsO Goblin Moth
Says Mr.. French.

whether you believe it or not,
whether you spray or intend to
spray for it or not, there is eve V
probability that you have apple
scab in your orchard if YOU are
fruit grower, or the owner of
truit trees. Such is the state
ment of Inspector French, for
like the skating craze, every body
has it. While it is safe to say
that three-fourths the orchards
are affected with Goblin moth,
Mr.. French declares that without
exception every orchard has the
scah, which ruins the fruit as
ever, one knows.
Mr.. French is anxious for
Benton county to make a reputa-
tion as a fine fruit county, and it
can be one if people will take
personal interest in the matter.
1t is we'll known fact that
Rogue River and Hood River
are the fruit producing belts of
Oregon and this fruit is world
famous because OF its freedom
from b]emish, kee ping qualities,
fine shape, size and faver. And
why? Simply because The or
cbardists and fruit men of these
sections have fought the Goblin
moth, scab, San Jose scale and
all other pests, unill these 1ocali-
ties have been cleared and kept
clean, The orchards have been
cultivated ard pruned and the
fruit has been brought up to its
present standard of excellence.
It has been a hard fight and q
long fight, but the results have
justified the labor, and today
these sections are famous for
their choice products, and Ben
ton may become SO.
In Rogue River fruit men state
that one good winter spray suf-
fees for all purposes in keeping
the trees clean; but all summer
long the battle has to be waged
against the ccdlin moth. In
spraying FOR the moth all that is
necessary is to add the arsenate
OF lead poison to the Bordeaux
mixture as one would add water,
one spraying answering then to,
both moth and scab.
1t has been ascertained tina
Goblin moth will fly quarter of
a mile in a single night. By
this it is seen that one orchard
lett upsprayed and at tine mercy
of the moth will infect every
other orchard within a radius O
at least a quarter of a mile. Fal
better is it for the owner o. trees
to cut them down if he canno
and will not spray, than to aban'
don them to scab, San Jose scale
and Goblin moth ard spread the
pest far and near in orchards
that have 5een cleaned at much
trouble and expense TO the own
ers. To cut down such trees i!
no loss to the owner, since there
will be DO fruit of any value, i
any at all be produced, while tt
cut them down will be grea
safeguard to other orchards and I
benefit to the county. Such ;
view has been adopted already b,
a number of Benton county citi
zens who had 10 time 10 spra,
and who desired TO assist in tn
great task of improving Benton
1ruit and making a reputation 70
/ fine orchard products.
| It is known asa fact that il
every section of the world wher
apples have been grown for 2
years or more. there is codli,
moth found, and where 4 o fgh
against it is made IS to 90 pc
cent of the fruit is affected by tn
pest, so terrible is the onslaugh
made Dy the moth.
| In Benton county from two
thirds to three fourths the peopl
are willing to spray, and it
hoped that everyone will becom
| aroused n the subject and e!the
cut down their injected trees G
get busy and spray.
One orchard in Bertcn count
contained 40 acres of trees.
was cut into two lots, one {
thirty and the other of ten acre:
One owner sprayed his orchar
and the other did not. In th