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The J. B. Holt 

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I invented this picking sack and have used it In 

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I am convinced it is the moat practical and con- 

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 bruise the apples. It is not in the way of the picker, 

 like a bucket. The picker can reach the higliest 

 limbs without inconvenience. It empties into the 

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penetrates into the wood and part of it 

 is deeply buried, wliilc the living part 

 of roots is the cambium layer just be- 

 tween the bark and wood. The way 

 carbon bisulfid spreads and works in 

 the soil may be illustrated by one ex- 

 lieriment. A row of holes were bored 

 with a small soil auger one foot apart 

 and about fourteen inches deep. One 

 ounce of carbon bisulfid was poured 

 into each hole and it was fdled and 

 tamped with the heel at once. This 

 row of holes passed just at the edge of 

 the branches of a good orange tree. 

 After a little more than two months 

 part of this row of holes was dug out. 

 Roots near the surface of the ground 

 were found dead a little more than a 

 foot on each side of the holes, while 

 the deepest root,s (less than three feet) 

 were killed nearly three feet from the 

 holes. There was no way to guess how 

 deeply the material was elTective, but 

 evidently it would be for a good way. 

 Wetting or covering the soil after in- 

 jecting the carbon bisulfid will prob- 

 ably be more important than the 

 amount used. We have taken a treat- 

 ment of injecting one and one-half 

 ounces at one and one-half feet each 

 way as a sort of standard for experi- 

 mental purposes. I am convinced that 

 the treatment is worthless if the mate- 

 rial is injected into dry, loose soil. I 

 do not yet have a precise method 

 worked out which can be depended on, 

 but there is much hope of getting such 

 a treatment in the future. 



Ways of utilizing the infected areas 

 are by planting annual crops or re- 

 sistant trees if they can be found. Such 

 areas have sometimes been used by 

 well-meaning growers for nurseries. 

 The nursery would probably grow very 

 well so far as could be observed, but it 

 will be clear that such planting is 

 highly undesirable. I have found 

 spring replants badly infected the fol- 

 lowing fall. Of resistant trees the peai- 

 is decidedly the favorite in California 

 and I have no definite data to oppose 

 to this view. However, I understand 

 that the pear is not entirely immune in 

 the states north of us nor east of 

 the Rocky Mountains. Black walnut, 

 cherry, apple and fig probably all pos- 

 sess decided resistance. I can only ad- 

 vise caution in replanting diseased 

 areas with supposedly resistant trees. 

 The strain of heavy fruit bearing and 

 occasional bad seasons may reduce re- 

 sistance in some cases. I would urge 

 at least that a large hole should be dug 

 and the soil not used to fill the hole, 

 but spread out to dry around it and all 

 roots gathered up. The best (juality of 

 soil, free from pieces of sticks or wood, 

 should be used to fill the bole in which 

 to plant the trees. The line roots, I 

 believe, are less liable to infection than 

 the lart'er ones, so that in this way re- 

 sistant roots will be given the best 

 chance to escape infection. 



I cannot close this article without 

 calling to your attention that here has 

 been suggested, on the basis of cxperi- 

 menlalion, one definite way, the ditch 

 method, for stopping the spread of oak 

 fungus disease. The work suggested 



is not unduly difTicult nor expensive 

 and should be practicable under some 

 conditions. We hope in the next few 

 years to be able to suggest treatments 

 more adaptable for large trees, such as 

 walnuts. In starting in to treat an oak 

 fungus area, first make sure that the 

 oak fungus is present and that you can 

 recognize it on the roots. A piece of 

 suspected root may be sent to the uni- 

 versity if there is any uncertainty. 

 Next, make a map of the area and locate 

 every tree which has the disease and 

 indicate these on the map. Condition 

 of the trees should also be indicated. 

 Then the map can be studied and it can 

 be decided exactly what .should be 

 done. I advise deliberation. The prob- 

 lem is one which may take years to 

 solve, but if worked at consistently I 

 believe may be solved in time and 

 without extraordinary expense. 



[Editor's Note. — The article referred 

 to in this paper on "The Importance 

 and Prevention of Wood Decay in Fruit 

 Trees" will appear in September issue 

 of "Better Fruit." Oak fungus, in the 

 Northwest and some other sections, is 

 known as mushroom fungus.] 



Arsenite of Zinc vs. Arsenate of Lead 



Arsenite of zinc has frequently been 

 used as a substitute for arsenate of lead 

 in spraying for the codling moth be- 

 cause it is cheaper to use, being a 

 stronger-acting poison and said to be 

 as effective as arsenate of lead. 



Some fruitgrowers report injury to 

 the foliage, while others report no in- 

 jury and good success. The same con- 

 tradictory results from the use of this 

 insecticide have been secured by agri- 

 cultural experiment stations and sug- 

 gest that this poison as manufactured 

 is not a stable or uniform product. The 

 occasional injury to foliage from the 

 use of arsenite of zinc may also be due 

 to soluble arsenic being formed when 

 it conies in contact with the carbonated 

 wafers always present on leaves of 

 trees after rains and dews. At any 

 rate arsenite of zinc is not as safe to 

 use as arsenate of lead for spraying for 

 the codling moth, and when used 

 should be combined with bordeaux or 

 lime to prevent burning of the foliage. 

 It should never be combined with soap 

 or lime-sulphur. 



Arsenite of zinc can be recommended 

 for leaf-feeding insects on shade trees 

 and for potato beetles and cabbage 

 worms, as it has better adhesive quali- 

 ties than paris green and will not in- 

 jure the foliage of potatoes and cab- 

 bage. — T. H. Parks, Field Entomologist, 

 Idaho Experiment Station, Boise. 



The Hayes Fruit Company of North 

 Yakima is endeavoring to secure a suit- 

 able warehouse at Zillah to handle this 

 year's croj) in that district. 



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 Used to handling labor. Six years manager 

 of fruit orchard and teaching: practical fruit 

 growing, pruning, grafting, etc., at high class 

 college. E^xceIlent references. Aged 40. Ad- 

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