The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-04-21
ESSENTIAL
IN TREE CULTURE
horticultural Board of County
Advises Use of Pumps That
Have Been Tested.
TWlG PRUNING DISCUSSED
WAR ON INSECT PESTS ON IN
EARNEST.

no one mas ever QenleQ Ine statement
that the spraying of trees is essential
in fruit growing. That is, no one has
denied this statement since the time when
scientific tree culture became general and
the haphazard methods of the olden times
were discarded. War IS now waged on
the insects and bugs with the same pre-
cisiOn and vigor that an army wages war
on it's enemy. In these days the de-
struction of the cooling moth, the red
spider and the bOrer is of prime import
ance to the orchardist; in the days when
most of the adult population of this state
were boys and girls these pests were per
mitted to grow and multiply and kill fruit
trees by the millions
Spraying the Potential Factor.
A fruit tree that is free from insect
pests of one kind or another is rarely
rarely found. These pests are of vari-
Gus kinds and species. Some Of them fly,
some of them crawl In their multiti;
dinOus numbers they ruin an orchard
within an amazingly short time.
The method adopted by hOrticulturists
in their battle with the insect pest is
the spray. Poisonous liquid IS spread up
on the branches, leaves and fruits. The
liquid does not contain poison enough in
solution to affect the apple, the pear or
the peach with reference to human con-
sumption, but it is fatal to the little bug
that raises Cain iith the fruit.
Larger Pumps Advised.
The horticultural board of Salt Lake
county met yesterday in the city and
county building. ]. Woodbury. presided
The attendance was satisfactory, although
the officers say that many who should
have been there were not present. The
discussion at the meeting was. in the
main. confined to pumps for spraying and
to systems of pruning. 1t was suggested
by Mr.. Woodbury. that. where the orch
ards are small, four or five owners should
cooperate and buy a spraying pump that
experience has taught those interested is
an economical and effective apparatus.
The official action of the board was that
the Bean pumps should be used The
Bean pump No. is powerful machine
and is particularly serviceable for larger
areas. The Bean No. was adopted by
the board for orchards of two acres or
less.
To Instruct Orchardists.
The speakers at the meeting yesterday
followed out the line that people waste
money in buying smaller squirt pumps
1t was decided to instruct the deputies
to inform the people in their districts re-
specting the use of sprays and pumps
and also with reference TO pruning.
Charles Hemenway was for cutting down
old apple trees TO a height of ten or
twelve feet or less, and leaving the lower
branches on the trees instead of cutting
them off. Some of the tops OF old apple
feet. John T. SOrensen, the inspector be-
lieved that the old apple trees ought to
be cut off at the roots ana new ones
planted.
Those who addressed the meeting were
Charles Hemenway, Charles Nokes. ]. NJ.
Smith of Draper, Thomas Walker and
Mr.. Sorensen.
In Good Condition.
The fruit trees in this district are in
good condition, according to the reports
from different sections. The codling moth
is prevalent in nearly every orchard and
the borers attack peach trees The woolly
aphis a particularly offensive pest eX-
lists to a marked degree, as does also the
red spider Fortunately, the San Jose
scale has not yet made it's appearance
in this vicinity to an appreciate extent,
and the hope is that this destructive lit
tie mite will not be permitted to gain a
toe hold here Those who are interested
will find profitable information relative
to sprays in the report of the state board
of horticulture. Formulas are also sent
for the asking by the county board. Now
is the time when spraying is most eff