Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-10
FIGHT AGAINST
/ INFECTED FRUIT
-Four Men Arrested This Morning
BY Inspector ]. C.
Stay.
HAD WoRMY APPLES ON SALE
Law H. UnequiyocaI Leaving INSPECTOR
No Discreet lon--iiow TO KIN
Cooling Moth Larvae.

Four men were arrested this morn.
ing for having In their possession foI
sale infected fruit. and thus the war
against the larvae OF the codlng moth
was begun by County Fruit Inspector
J G. Stay. Il Is the midst OF the apple
season when every precaution must be
taken by the officials to prevent the
sale OF Erubhy and infected fruit
Those arrested this morning on com
plants issued by tho county attorney
were the following. John Holt. who
sold a bushel uf crab apples infected
with the larvae Of the cooling moth To
Willard Barlow OF 257 west Seventh
South street; r.. r. Vowel who had on
sale fiye sacks of similarly infected
apples; Hyrum Brady. who offered for
sale II bushels Of worrny apples and
Joe Rotolo who had two bushels OF
infected apples for sale at the Con
tinental market. Brady was fined s.
In police court for selling injected
fruit More arrests may be made to-
porrow as Inspector Stay is determin-
81 to bring the ,hrmors and merchants
10 realization OF the meaning OF the
law.
LAW UNEQUIVOCAL.
The law which is unequlyocol, reads
as follows:
Section Il. 1t shall be unlawful to
sell or dispose of or offer TO sell or
dispose OF or TO have in ones pos
session for sale or barter, any fruit
which Is or has been infected with san
Jose scale, or other scale insects, or
the larvae OF the cooling moth. and the
fact that such fruit bears the mark
OF any scale or is worm eaten by the
larvae OF the cooling moth shall be
deemed conclusive evidence that said
fruit is infected within the meaning
of this section. and the state
and county Inspector and the deputies
are hereby given power to seize and
destroy such infected fruit whenever
they shall find that the same has been
packed. sold. shipped or offered for
sale, or where the same has been ex-
posed for sale, or is being held in any
warehouse, store, salesrOOm or other
place for the purpose OF being sold. bar.
tered shipped or exposed for sale or
bartered, and II is hereby made the
duty OF said state inspector and "a d
county inspectors and deputies To en-
force the provisions Of this section, and
any person who shall violate tho pfo-
In
guilty Of a misdemeanor. provided.
however. that any qualified Inspector or
deputy shall Immediately upon being
notified inspect any shipments OF
fruits. and issue certificate OF release
or inspection. Provided further, that
nothing In this section shall be con-
strued 10 prevent the utilization Of such
infected fruit In the manufacture OF
fruit by-prOducts where said fru has
not been packed, sold. shipped stored
or offered or exposed for sale as fruit
Either fine or an Imprisonment. or
both Is the penalty for the violation OF
any OF the provisions Of the act
HOW To KILL THE MOTH
Concerning the cooling moth which is
responsible for most ot the damage TO
apples, DR.. r. G. Ball and Prof r. G
Titus say:
This insect does more damage than
all others with which the appegrower
has To- contend The worms pass the
winter In tough Cocoons hidden be-
meath the rough bark of the trunk OF
larger limbs. In cracks or knot holes
or under rubbish la the orchard. The
moth Is nearly the color OF the apple
bark and flies with a zigzag motion
IL never flies TO a light and is rarely
seen. The moths hatch out week oI
two after blossoms fall and lay then
leaves. close 10 an apple or on the ap-
pie itself where the fuzz has b e.
rubbed of. The eggs OF the second
brood are nearly all laid on the apples
Tho great majority OF the little worm,
of the first brood go In at the cnlyN
while Of the second brood about halt
go In at the side OF the apples. Tn,
worms remain in the apples about
20 days ana then crawl down the tire,
and hide under the rough bark II
takes about 80 days for one complet,
generation, and there are but Nv,
broods In a season in most sections OF
Utah. The worms OF the second gen
GRAFTON remain in the cocoons over
winter.
Remedies: Spray with Paris greer
or lead arsenate as soon after the
blossoms fall as possible. Repeat ID
Q 10 Il DAYS. n the orchard has beer
badly infested OF is Within a quarter
Of a mile Of other infested ones from
which moths may ny in. spray for th'
second brood 70
POOLING" THE INSPECTOR.
An amusing side TO the condcmna-
tion OF fruit by Inspector stay Is the
fact that when he takes apples to the
city and county building 10 give them
the usual coating Of coal oil he has
20 leave the wagon standing for p
UlltlhAf OF ST. 'NANAiAf W INV llf hNfH ~
hts office on the third floor TO get the
offensive llquid. and during the few
moments that he is away there Is a
rush from the shorifs onice and from
other offices on the ground floor 20 tht
wagon where In the greatest OF speed
waste baskets ana every available
pastcboard box are nllcd 20 the brin1
carried back on a record homo run
and the rest uf tho DAY served ont
freely To- an visitors alike, everyone
eating the LARVAE" apples with avidi-
~ and apparent unconcorn over the
infection"
MUST SORT APPLES.
Inspector stay saws that farmers
have been IN the habit Of sorting their
apples al homo bat now they have
begun 10 send them TO market without
previous sorting, depending upon a
chance sorting 20 be done at the
wholesalers or NJ the general market
the idea being probably that some fruit
can be sold before any sorting Is don,
~ an. MT. stay saws that he not only
win destroy the fruit and will not per
NIT res0rtng ~ the markets but hs
will have every offender arrested nm
less reformation takes place Inn
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