I9I5 



of the most susceptible varieties grown 

 in tlie Pajaro Valley includes the Yel- 

 low Newtown, Yellow Bellflower, Smith 

 (Smith's Cider), Missouri (Missouri 

 Pippin), Esopus (Spitzenberg) and 

 Gravenstein. The varieties that are 

 less severely attacked are the White 

 Pearmain (\\Tiite Winter Pearmain), 

 Winter Pearmain (Red Pearmain), Red 

 Astrachan, Rhode Island Greening and 

 Langford. Details regarding the prepa- 

 ration of the iron-sulphid mixture and 

 spraying schedules, as well as pruning 

 methods, are given in the bulletin, 

 which apple growers to the west of the 

 Rocky Mountains in regions affected 

 by mildew should find profitable read- 

 ing. It may he had free for the asking 

 as long as the Department's supply 

 lasts. 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page 27 



Don't Spray in Bloom 



By Jolin Pashek, The Dalles, Oregon 



SPRING is on the approach and the 

 spraying season will soon be here. 

 And the old story ever new is now in 

 place. A word to the wise is sufficient; 

 and I hope that our orchardists and 

 fruitgrowers will take to heart what I 

 offer here. While it is true that I am 

 in the bee business, and that my heart 

 and soul are in that industry, no one 

 who has studied the matter can deny 

 that the fruitgrowers need the bees as 

 much, if not more, than the bees need 

 them. But what I want to make clear 

 is the importance of spraying the fruit 

 trees in their proper seasons. There 

 are still a number of fruitgrowers in 

 this vicinity who still spray their trees 

 while in blossom, thus not only poison- 

 ing the bees and other necessary fer- 

 tilizing insects but practically killing 

 the goose which lays their golden 

 eggs — their fruit yield. 



In speaking of the evil of spraying 

 trees while in blossom. Professor H. A. 

 Surface, among other things, very de- 

 cidedly says: "No trees, shrubs, bushes 

 or vines of any kind should ever be 

 sprayed while in bloom. Please tell 

 this to your neighbors. Please tell it 

 to the editors of all the papers. Pro- 

 claim it from the housetops. Let every- 

 body learn that to spray a tree while 

 in bloom is liable not only to injure 

 the fruit and thus help to destroy the 

 crop, but also kill the bees and other 

 insects that are absolutely essential in 

 carrying pollen from fruit to fruit and 

 thus help fertilize the blossoms and in- 

 sure a crop. If there is any one thing 

 against which there should be definite 

 and emphatic legislation in this state 

 at the present time it is the ignorant 

 and absurd practice of a few persons 

 who yet appear to spray in bloom. 

 Please help us to educate the people 

 against this practice. Education as 

 practical and rational as this would do 

 much more than legislation, as grow- 

 ers, if educated on this jioint, would 

 understand it is greatly to their disad- 

 vantage to sijray while in bloom. Tliis 

 fact should be placed before each 

 school teacher and kept on the walls 

 of each school room of the state. Let 

 us make it strong. Tell every school 



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