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BETTER FRUIT 



Timely Topics and Advice for Fruitgrowers 



rr"inE blight, the most fatal of all fruit 

 r^ tree diseases, is reported to be making 

 its appearance in some of the fruitgrowing 

 districts of the Nortliwest and growers are 

 being warned by horticulturist experts to 

 watch the situation closely. Control of this 

 disease can only be obtained by cutting out 

 and destroying the diseased parts of the trees. 

 In cutting for blight, cut below .nil visible 

 evidence of the disease to prevent its spread 

 and burn the cuttings. Tools used for this 

 purpose should be disinfected with corrosive 

 sublimate 1-1000. Small quantities for disin- 

 fecting purposes may be made by dissolving 

 two tablets in a pint of water. The solution 

 should be kept in a wooden or glass recep- 

 tacle. 



may save many dollars, due to weather or 

 other conditions that fretiuentlv bring with 

 tlicm uncertainties in getting the fruit crop 

 lilti) tlie packing house at the right time and in 

 the best condition. 



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If your orchard needs fertilization from 

 green plant life bear in mind the planting of 

 your cover crop and do not neglect to get it 

 111 at the right time. Alfalfa, clover and vetch 

 will answer this purpose in most instances in 

 well watered districts. For nnirrigated dis- 

 tricts anil where the rainfall is light vou 

 would ilci well to coninuinicate with the agri- 

 cultural experiment station in your state as to 

 what kind of cover crop to use in semi-arid 

 regions. 



Growers should remember that to obtain the 

 best results in ridding orchards of anthrac- 

 nose they should be sprayed before the fall 

 rains set in. The spraying should be done 

 early in the fall just before the fruit is picked 

 or just after. If the weather remains dry it 

 will be better to spray just after the fruit is 

 packed, but if not spraying should be com- 

 menced at the first sign of rain and be con- 

 tinued between showers if necessary. The 

 sprays that are most effective are the Bor- 

 deaux and Burgundy mixtures. 



Have all your arrangements for the fruit 

 harvesting season made well in advance of the 

 time to commence picking and packing. If 

 you have the proper amount of equipment, 

 see that it is in repair and easily available 

 for immediate use. Engage your pickers and 

 packers. If you are compelled to purchase 

 equipment, do it as early as possible as indi- 

 cations are that the demand for orchard equip- 

 ment of all kinds will be very heavy and 

 may run short later in the season. By being 

 prepared for the harvesting season early you 



ff you are thinking of doing any fall plant- 

 ing, you will have to get your orders in early. 

 Nursery stock is both scarce and prices are 

 rising. Stocks of some varieties of fruit are 

 almost out of the market and others can be 

 obtained only in limited quantities. 



If your orchard is not bearing well, although 

 the bloom was heavy, you should investi- 

 gate. You may find that while vour trees are 

 apparently in a healthy condition, they are 

 lacking in the proper kind of plant life nour- 

 ishment to form fruit. In many instances 

 this can be remedied by the application of 

 nitrate of soda or some other equallv good 

 chemical fertilizer. Pollenization may also 

 be deficient in which case pollenizers should 

 be supplied by top-grafting and the process 

 also assisted by the introduction of bees and 

 other methods. Pollenization is not a matter 

 of guess work any longer. Experimental work 

 carried on by C. I. Lewis, horticulturist at 

 the Oregon Agricultural College, and other 

 leading men engaged in this work, shows 

 conclusively that lack of pollenization and 

 also proper fertilization can be remedied if 

 progressive methods are adopted. 



Peach leaf curl may have appeared in your 

 peach orchard and you are wondering what 

 you can do to eradicate it. You can do noth- 

 ing at the present time as the period has 

 passed for treating it. The control of peach 

 leaf curl is simple. It can be prevented by 

 a single thorough spraying in the later winter 

 or early spring before the leaf and blossom 

 buds begin to open. H. P. Barss, plant pathol- 

 ogist at the Oregon Agricultural College, says 

 that the first favorable opportunity to spray 

 for this disease should be taken advantage of 

 and that Bordeaux mixture is the most effec- 

 tive. This spray should be applied at a 

 strength of 6-6-50 and every bud on the tree 

 should be covered thoroughly. Very good re- 

 sults have also been obtained in controlling 

 peach leaf curl with lime-sulphur, one part 

 of the concentrated solution to eight parts of 

 water. If there is San Jose scale in the 

 orchard as well as peach leaf curl, growers 

 are advised to use the lime-sulphur, as Bor- 

 deaux will not control the scale. The best 

 time to do this work is in the latter part of 

 February. 



Probably the best wash for apple tree borers 

 IS a thick coat of paint made from raw lin- 

 seed oil and pure white lead. Bemove the 

 earth for a distance of three to four inches 

 from the base of the tree, scrape off the dirt 

 and loose bark scales, and, after worming, 

 apply to the exposed trunk a thick, uniform 

 coating of paint to a distance of about a foot 

 above ground. 



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The late full during a period of dry weather 

 is the most advantageous time to spray for 

 Jose scale. Effective work with the sprayer 

 in the late fall will control scale just as w'ell 

 as if applied in the spring. Lime-sulphur at 

 a strength of 1-8 should be used and every 

 part of affected trees should receive a thorough 

 coating. On account of the ground being in 

 better condition in the late fall or early win- 

 ter for spraying operations many orchardists 

 are now applying the spray for scale at that 

 time instead of wailing until spring when the 

 mud and rains interfere seriously with the 

 work. 



What They're Doing in CaUfornia 



The California State Horticultural Commis- 

 sion has grown to such an extent that it is 

 necessary to have an expert to look after the 

 various funds and H. W. Levers has been 

 appointed to that position. 



New Zealand fruitgrowers have adopted the 

 standard berry pack of California, prompt- 

 ing the horticultural commissioners of that 

 state to remark that our fruitgrowing friends 

 in the Antipodes are not slow to take to a 

 good thing. 



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Many counties of California are taking up 

 rodent control along systematic lines suggested 

 by the state horticultural commission. In 

 Madero county the board of ' supervisors has 

 appropriated .$10,000 for this purpose. 



Grasshopper control has become a matter 

 involving the necessity for organi.zation in 

 California. In Sutter county two organizations 

 have been formed for this purpose and 15 tons 

 of poisoned grasshopper bait are being utilized 

 in this particular section which comprises an 

 area of 9,000 acres of pasture and grain fields 

 bordering on fruit lands. 



R. S. Wolgun of the Bureau of Entomology, 

 State Commission of Horticulture, has per- 

 fected and published a new dosage schedule 

 for the use of liquid hydrocyanic acid on 

 citrus trees. Mr. Woglun was the pioneer in 

 advocating the '-gassing" of citrus fruit trees 

 which has resulted in a saving of many mil- 

 lions of dollars to the fruitgrower. 



\ weed control campaign started by the 

 California State Horticultural Commission last 

 year was so successful that reports from a 

 number of districts this year where it was 

 instituted state that few if any weeds can be 

 found. The good work was accomplished by 

 a lorce of men which thoroughly covered the 

 districts destroying all noxious weeds. 



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Codling moth injury to the extent of 15 per 

 cent IS said to prevail this year in some of 

 the pear shipping districts of California. A 

 rigid inspection, however, is reported being 

 made in these districts and all infected fruit 

 vithheld from shipment. Owing to the largely 

 increased crop, the percentage of moth injury 

 IS reported to be not any greater than in for- 

 mer years. 



Heavy plantings of all kinds of fruit are 

 reported from California, owing to the high 

 prices Iieing offered by canneries. In San 

 Joaquin eounly the planting of pears was 

 nearly double that of previous years. The 

 total number of all fruit plants set out was 

 200.000. The requirement of the State Horti- 

 cultural Commission that all nurserymen must 

 be registered is said to have resulted in a 

 fine grade of stock being furnished and few 

 trees had to be condemned. The diversity of 

 fru.t gir^\n in this county is shown in the 

 report of the plantings, which is as follows: 

 Ornamental, 15,700 trees; berries, 3,937 vines; 

 pecan, 145 trees (two acres); loquat,' 21 trees; 

 nectarine, 367 trees (five acres) ; quince, 195 



