The daily sentinel., 1914-01-02

tions can be sprayed alike and pos
sibly no two orchards-hence the
Importance of individual study. II
the eggs are beginning to hatch then
the apple should be kept coated with
the poison, especially in the months
OF May and June while the first
brood of worms are getting busy.
This Is the critical time as If we can
Kill the first brood there will be no
second and third crops to sting the
fruit in August.
The further important factor is
TO thin the fruit so that no apple or
pear shall touch any other fruit or
tree limb by which the poison can
be rubbed off. The Gimple orchard
was apparently thin on the trees and
the spray was more surely applied
TO every part of the fruit. The main
work in fighting the codling moth is
to catch the worms which live
through the winter by using the
bands in the fall and by scraping the
bark from the trees. The grower
who can keep his fruit clean until
the first OF June is pretty sure to
have an extra fancy crop in the fall.
This can be helped great deal by
hard thinning in June and the total
destruction of the fruit taken from
the trees by the thinners. If drop
ped on the ground the worms will
not die.
There is scattered over the valley.
patches of the notorious San Jose
scale, the most pernicious of all the
pests If not given radical attentions
and at the same time is one of the
easiest naGfg NJ 20 xxrha -
taken in time The application of,
the lime-sulphur spray is effectual,
and it is an excellent thing for every
tree in the orchard. There will be
strenuous campaign against this pest
next spring and William Harrison
has promised that every orchard in
which there are signs of this insect
shall be attended to properly. He
has plenty OF law so that IL the own
ers or agents refuse he can do the
work and charge it to the land. The
growers who are alive are going to
see that the dead ones are looked
after.
1t now looks as If the Palisade as
sociation would bee absorbed by the
Grand junction organization and the
western Slope body ought to take the
same step. 1t is said that it will in
sist on the box charge for handling
fruit and this should be done by all
means. Nothing will encourage the |
production of extra fancy fruit so
much as this step. The good grow
ers ought to have the benefit of their |
work when 1t comes to selling. and |
not be compelled to pay for the SELL
ing of the lower grades. The elm |
ination of non-growers from mem-
bership in an association can be ar
ranged later by providing sinking
fund for the purpose of taking over
the stock in their hands.
We are just beginning to raise
fruit in this valley; that is, the in
dustry will be in the hands of real
fruit growers and not spectators
who set out orchards to sell to tender
feet. 1t is Just like any other busi-
ness; the true business in all lines
survives and the visionary and inn
practical man fails. There is Just
as many failures in any other line
as in the fruit business. Given the
right soil and location with the
right care the orchard will yield a
good return one year with another.
and 1t is going to be the largest sin
gle industry in this county. other
lines Will be taken up where fruit
will not succeed. There is no need
to "knock" on any single avenue of
work in order to make any other line
a success.