Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-05
BILL To SECURE
CLEANER FRUIT
Judge Wood Discusses the
Features Of Measure
In Senate

The horticultural bill now before the
senate is of great Importance to the
and to all others who
take an interest in promoting the in
dustry. It has met with the approx
ally of practically all the men engaged
In the business, the subject having
been discussed at the meeting of the
State Horticultural association, save
the Boise Statesman.
Judge Fremont Wood, president of
that association, discussing the pur-
poses of the bill yesterday, made this
statement:
II consider the passage of the horti-
cultural bill now before the senate as
vital to the future success of the fruit
industry in this state. The horticul-
tural law as it now stands prevents
the sale and shipment of infected fruit
but it has been impossible to secure its
enforcement on account of questions
of construction which this act make
clear and specific.
Apples Must be Sound.
Worm infected apples under the
present law cannot be sold or shipped,
but the inspectors have insisted that
the APPLE must first be cut open to as
certain whether or not the worm is
1Sl,s - Ina To- n
declaring the same infected fruit with
in the meaning of the law, where it
has been worm eaten.
"The same condition was true as to
the San Jose scale. Partial attempts
have been made to eradicate the scale
by wiping it from the apples. These
attempts have always been ineffectu-
al and scale has always been spread
wherever an attempt was made to
eradicate by wiping the apple. The
act if passed win guarantee clean orr
chards.
Benefits of Spraying.
"It has been clearly demonstrated
that for every dollar expended for spray
more than ten fold benefits resulted
The proposed law then means clean
fruit and it's greatest benefits will be
protection to the new orchards in new
sections of the country now being set
tied up.
THE coddling month and scale dc
not travel considerable distances but
must be carried in some way to iso-
lated orchards and new sections of the
country. If we are permitted to grow
and ship fruit that is norm and scale-
infected every new orchard and every
new section of the country containing
orchards will become badly infected
before producing fruits in paying
quantities.
Will Build Up Market.
Again, the proposed law i'll not de-
stroy the market for infected fruit. L
will, on the other hand, make a market
| therefor, as 1t is specially provided
that such fruit may be used for the
manufacture of fruit by-products. A
present vinegar factories and Gamer
les and evaporators cannot be estab-
lished because they cannot secure suf-
ficient fruit, the reason being that the
poorer fruits are all placed upon the
market and sold at a slightly higher
figure than the canneries or factories
can afford to pay.
| THE passage of the proposed act will
insure the coming of such factories
evaporators and canneries, and we will
thereby be enabled to use our entire
fruit product and at the same time
prevent the spread of the coddlinl
moth and the scale.
Act Unanimously Endorsed.
This proposed act has had the prac'
tical unanimous Endorsement of thu
horticultural interests of the state. Th'
features relating to the scale and thu
coddling moth were first approved b!
the state board Of horticulture and
Professor French of Moscow was di
rected by the board to prepare thu
necessary amendments.
1.-THE proposed amendments wer'
unanimously Endorsed by the Stat'
Horticultural association at its meet
ing at Payette. and the act as draw
has had the Endorsement of all the
members of the state horticulture
board, including DIR. Ustick, the presi-
dent, and Mr.. Mcpherson, the secre-
tary, and it also has the approval OF
Mr.. Hit, the inspector, and all of the
district inspectors so far as have as
certained.
Strongly Establish Industry.
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