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the Orient appearing in 1ST::, and the codling-moth from Europe, by 

 way of the eastern states, in 1874. Unable to cheek the inroad of these 

 the orchardists of those sections became discouraged and, one by 

 one, dug up their apple orchards, so that by 1880 there was scarcely 

 an apple tree Left of over a million thai originally had been planted. 

 With the decline of the industry in the sections mentioned, dealers 

 began to search for apples in localities in which the pests had not 

 secured a Eoothold. tip to 1876 no fruit pests had put in an appear 

 ance in the Pajaro Valley. bu1 codling-moth was brought into the vallej 

 in old boxes shipped in in 1877. San -Ins.' scale made its appearance 

 in about 1880 and probably originated from nursery stock brought 

 from San Jose. The struggle againsl these insect pests and diseases 

 was a hard-foughl cutest, the outcome varying at times from hope to 

 despair and without which struggle, ending as it did in a means of 



Fig. u. 



A well packed box of apples showing a 3 inch bulge at the top. 

 (After Ceo. P. W. Idor 



control over all those pests, the fruit industry of the Pajaro Valley 

 would have been reduced to insignificance." 



As the struggle to control insect pests and diseases could only be 

 overcome by spraying the trees, the early experiences of the progressive 

 growers along these lines were almost disheartening, as the packers for 

 several years refused to buy apples where the trees had been sprayed. 

 claiming the fruit was poisoned, and the grower who sprayed saw his 

 neighbor, who did not spray, sell bis inferior fruit, while no buyer 

 could be found I'm- bis perfed fruit. However, perseverence won the 

 .lay. for it was aol long before buyers appreciated the improved condi 

 lion of the apples as a resull ..I' spraying and the demand for clean 

 fruit at better prices, in preference t.> the poorer quality, was the 

 reward I'm- the additional cost and effort put forth in the proper care 

 of the orchards. 



While the foregoing refers more particularly to the pests and diseases 

 experienced in the culture of apples, if the work undertaken had not 

 been well done there would have been no call for the standard apple 



