Report of State Board of Horticulture. 51 



EEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



FOURTH DISTRICT. 



FIRST QUARTERLY REPORT, APRIL, 1901. 



The Dalles, Oregon, April 3, 1901. 

 To the President and Members oftJie State Board of Horticulture — 



Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report for the months 

 of January, February, and March. 



I have visited different portions of my district, especially 

 those that were affected by the San Jose scale. I have notified 

 those growers, either in writing or verbally, to spray the trees, 

 as this is the proper time of year to spray. I have not had 

 much trouble with the large growers, who i*aise fruit on a 

 business basis, but the small growers, who have only a few 

 trees, can ill afford to buy spraying apparatus, so I have two 

 gangs of men working and spraying all those small orchards 

 in the vicinity of The Dalles. 



I was under the impression, a year or two ago, that the San 

 Jose scale was disappearing from my district, but I have found 

 out that I was mistaken. We have a great deal of the San 

 Jose scale yet ; but the fruit growers understand the handling 

 of tlie scale better, and they can easily get rid of it by spray- 

 ing at least once every two years. If the codling moth was as 

 easy to get rid of as the scale, we would not have much trou- 

 ble in raising good fruit. 



At the present writing the prospect for a fruit crop is excel- 

 lent. The peach trees, almonds, apricots, and cherries are in 

 blossom, and they show good signs for a splendid fruit crop. 



There have been a great many trees planted in the last three 

 months in my district, principally apples and peaches. The 

 fruitgrowers are beginning to learn that it pays to plant good 

 fruit. In the apple line, they jDlant mostly Yellow Newtown, 

 Spitzenburg, and Jonathan, as they are late keepers, and there 

 is more money in them than in any other kind of fruit. There 

 is another apple, very sparingly planted in my district, that 

 I think would be a good apple for some of the fruit growers 

 to plant, and that is the Red-cheeked Pippin. I would not 



