The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-02-09
The Care Of the Orchard
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then 'iay again two or three times
for 'h' hcond brood II the orchard
closes D season with only two or
three pscent wormy or even ave per
cent R'ill be fairly safe to cut tho
early Sayings down TO one and then
watch q the movement of the worms
as beioa to see II later sprays should
be give
Don't lave this car with the idea
that 1--we said that one spraying
will cosrol the sodling moth. !
know teens OF orchards that have
not Dee sprayed more than once a
year 10 four or Ave years. but be.
fore thr time every one OF those or.
chards MS sprayed from three to i've
times ~ was banded. In order TO
get the worms down to number
where hwould be safe to stop with
one spWing. Any method OF spray.
ing whtA reduces the number OF
worms d the orchard each year be.
low thai which occurred there the
proviou year is successful. Any
method Of spraying which allows tho
worms 70 Increase In an orchard or
which ,hly holds tnom stationary
when tley are destroying from 10 to
20 per ent OF the apples, is failure
Ms far 4 western conditions are con
cerned, because that 10 to 20 per cent
that Ia destroyed will be the largest,
finest. and most highly colorcd fruit
on the tee. while the little. inferior,
uncolore1 nubbins that grow down
undemerh will be tho ones that will
be free rom worms.
Ia a good many sections In this
state considerable trouble was expert
encd tbs past season with tho
worms ind many an orchardist tina,
felt that be had solved the problem
with spying before this season II
alarmed at tho number OF worms In
his crop this year. and Is looking
around for reason for the increase
Most OF them. however. are looking
In the wrong direction for tho cause
Some think the pump was no good
Others are sure the poison was no
good. but have discovered no one
ms yet that has even suggested that
the man vas detcrlorating. and yel
the fact remains. that very larg,
perceniage OF our growers have be
come oycfconndent In the past tive
or three years.
The cooling moth runs In cycles Of
dostructiyeness-as do all other In
sects. Some years Il will be wors,
"a good deal worsc-than others
Eight or nine years ago the ayorag,
OF the orchards OF the state was two
TO three worms 20 an apple. Two o
three years ago. as the result OF
coblnaiion Of almost universal spray
Ing and certain unfavorablo climati
conditions, that number was reduce
to thAminimum. AZ the same tint
the nugtet OF sprayfnrS-was also r,
duced. tho bands were left on. IN
codling moth began to increase 1
numben. and an exceptionally favo
able Rason for their multlpllcatio
resulted In n heavy damage last yea
And yd, last year there were dozen
OF orchards In the state OF Utah thH
went through tho season with n slngl
spraying and one would have I
search some time for n wormy appl
In the orchards. think. howove
that tbs lesson viii have n good e
feet In the end-better put on an o.
ira spay and work on the band
when they do not appear TO be doln
much good than TO repeat the exper
enoe q the past season. There is n
pront In wormy apples. and there
no satisfaction in them either.
TO be Continued)