October, ipip 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 15 



Timely Topice and Advice for the Fruit Grower 



Xot\vithstanding the oft repeated advice in 

 regard to spraying, many orchardists fail to 

 provide correct spraying outQts and give atten- 

 tion to the proper methods of spraying their 

 orchards. A neglected or poorly sprayed orch- 

 ard becomes an incubator for insect pests and 

 plant diseases; a menace to the orchard of a 

 careful neighbor, and loses money for its 

 o\\ner. If nothing else is dt)ne to an orchard, 

 it ought to be thoroughly sprayed. 



Any system of tenantry on an orchard which 

 results in the depreciation of the soil will 

 event uall>' have to be abandoned, and it is 

 safe to say that any form of tenure will not 

 be permitted in the future which does not in- 

 sure the highest possible production perma- 

 nently. It is well said, that of all forms of 

 conservation, conservation of the soil is the 

 most important. 



Melons, it is well to turn to the advertising 

 pages and see who has offered these promis- 

 ing introductions for sale. This is not written 

 to decry or discourage new productions or 

 condemn everything new, but as a warning to 

 go slow in accepting as gospel truth everything 

 written by the amateur plant wi/ard who may 

 sign himself Horticola, Agricola or ("ococola. 

 It is best to try new introductions furnished by 

 reliable and well known seed houses or 

 nurseries which have carefully tested what 

 they recommend, and then to consider if it is 

 actually adapted to the situation where it is to 

 be tried. 



Cranberries arc usually grown on reclaimed 

 salt marshes but will not be a success In such 

 locations until dykes are constructed which 

 prevent the flooding with salt water. In order 

 to put the bog in condition for planting sufll- 

 cient time must elapse to vash out the salt, as 

 the plants will stand only a limited amount of 

 saline matter. Salt marshes treated with fresh 

 water flooding develop into fine cranberry 

 land, provided the soil matter is of the cor- 

 rect nature. 



What They Are Doing in 

 California 



An experimental drier for the purpose of 

 effecting a method of saving the California 

 wine grape crop was installed recently at 

 Davis by the State Department of Agriculture. 

 Experiments in drying wjne grapes in the sun 

 are also being gone into for the purpose of 

 turning them into raisins as well as a method 

 that will allow them to be cured and shipped 

 out of the United States for the making of wine. 



Quack tree doctors are said to be working on 

 the Coast and a warning is issued to orchard- 

 ists to be beware of their operations. Federal 

 inspectors have recently seized several ship- 

 ments of concoctions which were being sold on 

 the Pacific Coast as cures for all the ills of 

 trees; therefore, fight shy of the tramp tree 

 physician. 



According to Prof. T. .T. Headlee, experi- 

 ments show that the most practical method of 

 controlling appleophids consists of the applica- 

 tion of winter strength lime-sulphur, to which 

 40 per cent nicotin has been added at the rate 

 of 1 :500, during the green liud stage. At this 

 time the maximum number of lice will be 

 hatched and will be killed by the nicotin, and 

 the unhatched eggs will be in their most sensi- 

 tive state and will be destroyed by the mixture. 



It is reported that the majority of growers, 

 packers and fruit handlers in California see in 

 the new state standardization law a means of 

 bringing the fruit industry of that state to a 

 much higher level. While some resentment is 

 being shown by a small percentage of those in- 

 terested, the great majority of the growers are 

 loyally cooperating with the state department 

 of agriculture in enforcing and observing 

 the law. 



Dr. S. 1. Kuwana. entomologist for Japan, 

 arrived in Sacramento recently. Dr. Kuwana 

 brought with him a number of beneficial para- 

 sites of the Japanese mealybug. 



A belter article of dried peaches is the aim 

 of the California Peach Growers' Association. 

 The peach growers' association will adopt the 

 plan of the apricot growers in improving their 

 output and advertising it to the consumer. 



Fads and fallacies, says the California Agri- 

 cultural Bulletin, are sometimes exploited in 

 the columns of rural publications, and they 

 frequently deceive those who are inexperienced 

 in horticulture or farming. It is well to look 

 askance upon some of the theories and alleged 

 experiences which are related by people whose 

 fanciful and romantic conception fit them bet- 

 ter for fiction than farming. When we read of 

 the staggering crops of Phenomenal Phodder 

 Plants, Spineless Gooseberries or Miracle 



California is adopting the plan of turning 

 over to the charitable institutions of the state 

 fruit that has been condemned as unfit for the 

 public markets. 



During the height of the grape shipping sea- 

 son nearly 200 carloads a day were shipped 

 from Lodi. 



A Clovis woman who started putting up a 

 fancy pack of figs and nuts four years ago is 

 now operating a big brick warehouse in which 

 2.'j people are employed to handle the output, 

 which this year wilf total about 25 tons. The 

 first year she shipped only 250 pounds. 



Tin* H.Mlcii.k Lean \ulonK)tic- Oicliard Disc, which is attracting a good (l(';il ot 

 atlention in Ciiliiornia. w lu'i i- it is being tried out extensively. In this iUitslin- 

 lion the disc is being pulled by llie l-"ordson tracloi-, for which it was designed. 



R. L. Nougaret was recently appointed by 

 Director Hecke to take charge of the Viticul- 

 tural office of the new Department of Agri- 

 culture. Mr. Nougaret has had a wide ex- 

 perience in this line and is looked upon as a 

 very valuable addition to the staff of the de- 

 partment. 



The experiment of shipping ladybugs to 

 Modesto from Tuolumne county will lie tried 

 for commercial purposes the latter part of this 

 week, when f(uir sacks will arrive for distri- 

 bution to bean growers at $2.75 per sack. If 

 the bugs are in good condition, arrangements 

 will be made for shipments in larger lots. 

 Assistant l-\\rin Adviser Roy D. McCalluni re- 

 turned from the strawberry section last week, 

 after having arranged with George Conlin to 

 ship ladybugs to Stanislaus farmers. He also 

 brought back 3^ sacks of bugs, which will be 

 distributed in the bean fields where the lilack 

 aphids are numerous. McCallum inspected a 

 number of fields where the bugs were used and 

 found the aphids completely destroyed. About 

 a sack and a half to five acres are required to 

 combat the pests. 



California is rapidly becoming the "greatest 

 home in the world for peaches," according to 

 a statement made at Riverside by Homer B, 

 Fairchild, promological expert with the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C. 

 "The peach crop of An-erica this year will not 

 be more than ,'50,000,000 bushels." said Mr. 

 Fairchild, "and of that amount California will 

 produce 10,000,000 bushels. What with peach 

 yellows and curly leaf, Delaware, Michigan, 

 Ohio and parts of Indiana and New Jersey will 

 not have a quarter of the crops they used to 

 have, while California has an immense field 

 and the demand is proportionately large. 

 Every dollar California has spent vanquishing 

 horticultural diseases and insect pests will re- 

 turn ten-fold, and then some. In ten years the 

 crop of (ieorgia has fallen from -1.200,000 to 

 2,700.000 bushels, all because of the yellows 

 which have slowly sapped the life out of the 

 trees. It is almost the same in Virginia. Cali- 

 fornia is more nearly free of peach tree dis- 

 eases than any other state in the Vnion." 



The American Fruit Growers, Inc., recently 

 absorbed the American Fruit Distributors, a 

 $50,000,000 corporation doing business in 

 Southern California. It is expected that Braw- 

 ley will be the headquarters of this new- 

 branch of the organization. 



Nursery stock in California is reported to be 

 almost as short as it is elsewhere and peach 

 trees are quoted at 40 cents apiece for 1 or 

 1,000. Grape cuttings have risen in price 

 from $10 to $30 and $35 per thousand. 



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