The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-25
m. POWELL WARNS
OWNERS OF TREES
n;str;ct Horticultural Inspector
EXPLAINS Some of the Pro-
visions of new State Law

Tho new horticultural law has gone
80 effect and this notice applies te
the people who live in town as well as
.hs rancher. The following diseases
~ nests are named in Sec. 5: "The
-..ts Injurious to and diseases Of nur-
ssrv stock, fruit trees, shade trees, or
n.mental trees and shrubbery, horti-
cultural plants, fruit and vegetables
- he guarded against, controlled
.reated. removed, eradicated and dis
Injected for, as in the next preceding
.ection provided, shall be all bacteria
diseases, including fire blight of apple,
near and ounce, crown gall or root
call. and hairy root; all fungus dis
ssses. including black spot cancer, the
near scab, apple scab, apple powdery
mildew, peach leaf curl, peach mildew,
brown rot of peach, cherry and prune,
chestnut blight, potato wart, powdery
scab Of potato and peach twig blight;
all insect pests, including chewing in
sects, such as bud moth, peach twig
borer, caterpillars, pear slug, fiat
headed borer, round headed borer, i'm
ported cabbage worm, potato tuber
moth. potato nematode or ell worm,
Mediterranean fruit fly, lesser apple
worm, tusso k moth, gypsy moth,
brown tail moth, codling moth and the
larva of any thereof, and sucking in
sects. such as San Jose scale, scurfy
scale, oyster shell bark louise, aphids,
near leaf blister mites and red spider,
and such other bacterial and fungus
diseases and insect pests as may be
identified by science and described as
INJURIOUS to horticulture in the circu-
lars to be issued from time to time by
the commissioner of agriculture"
Section of the horticultural law
plainly says that if your trees, shrub
berry, horticultural plants, fruits and
vegetables, ETC., are affected with any
Of the above diseases or pests that it
is the duty Of the owner and of the
lessee Of any premises upon which
they are growing to take the proper
methods to eradicate the diseases or
pests.
Now to be brief and to the point,
let's have clear understanding. This
department does not want to work a
hardship on anyone. If you have any
Of the above named diseases or pests
on your premises, there is just one
thing to do get busy and get rid of
them. Reports are coming into my
Office daily Of people who say they are
not going to spray and when / check
up the report and find your orchard
infested and that you have not taken
the proper methods to keep it clean, /
have no other alternative but to see
that you do do it and if you want to
test the law, that is your pleasure.
All trees, shrubbery, etc., affected
with San Jose scale should be sprayed
at once with sluphur-lime at a
strength Of three degrees Beaume;
with the aphis should be sprayed with
tobacco spray, if it is 40 per cent
nicotine, for the apple aphis spray
With strength Of X of pint to 100
gallons Of water and for peach, cher
y and woolly aphis, use one pint to
loo gallons Of water. For the peach
twig borer spray just as the blossoms
are showing the pink, with sulphur
nme at strength Of three degrees
beaume, spraying well into the crotch
e Of the limbs where the borer lives
curing the winter. If it is too late to
spray with sulphur lime, that is if the
blossoms are out too far, then wait
until the borer begins to work on the
lender buds and spray with arsenate
ol lead, four pounds to the 100 gallons
OF water.
tnls notice does not apply to people
VINO have already done their spraying,
put does not excuse them if the spray
ing mas not been thorough enough to
Do the work.
inns Office will be glad to furnish
any and all the information that it can
- neip the racher in keeping his trees
''ssn and free from disease and pests.
furthermore, we have always point
with pride to this district as being
AIe IN which we have never had to
-o,ce anyone to comply with these
lules Tor the good of the community
AUG sincerely hope that we will never
cailed upon to perform this un-
pleasant task.
LUKE POWELL. Dist.