P A C I !•' I f r R K E AND \\ X E 



THe Fruit and Flo^ver AA^orld 



The Kniit Wurkl of Los Angeles is re- 

 sponsible for tlie following sUitenient ; 



"The distillate tree spray, which has 

 proved so successful in lighting scale on 

 the citrus trses of Southern California, 

 is now being used on the apple orchards 

 of Watsonville with success against the 

 cottony cushion scale. Stearns Bros, 

 will probably move their battery of ma- 

 chines to the northern fields when the 

 time for lighting codlin moth begins." 



.\pple growers whose trees are infested 

 with "the cottony cushion scale" will be 

 glad to know that the distillate siiray is 

 a remedy for it. .\ny spray of this l<in<l 



jihoricacid in ea.--ily digested shape than 

 any other fruit. It e.\cites the action of 

 the liver, promotes sound any healthy 

 sleep, and thoroughly disinfects the 

 mouth. This is not all; the apple pre- 

 vents indigestion and tliroat diseases." 



< iet out your spray pump, secure a first 

 olass article of paris green, and get ready 

 to commence the annual warfare on tlie 

 codlin moth. Apple trees are coming 

 into blossom, and in a few days more the 

 small fruit will be forming. It is at this 

 time the codlin moth commences its 



rather do good than liarm in the orchard 

 by knocking off sotne of the superfluous 

 fruit witli wliich the trees promise to be 

 loaded, it is just as well not to risk it too 

 much, as nature ia sometimes indiscrim- 

 inating and often takes what we want 

 left. It will be the part of wisdom, 

 therefore, on the part of our orchardiste 

 to sec that their smudges are in readi- 

 ness and keep a sharp eye on the weather 

 clerk during the month of .\pril. 



Coi)ious rains during March have put a 

 clincher on the good season. We have 

 often had seasons of more copious rain- 

 fall, but never one in which the raint 



is worthless for codlin moth, but it 

 miglit be etiective for "cottony cushion 

 scale on apple trees" whenever you can 

 catch them there. 



Great claims are ahvaj-s being made 

 for the apple, and perhaps it deserves 

 some of them. Everybody ought to 

 know that the very best tiling they can 

 do is to eat apples just before retiring for 

 the night, says the "Family Doctor," 

 and further states that "no harm can 

 come, even to a delicate system, by the 

 eating of ripe and juicy apples just before 

 going to bed. The apple is excellent 

 brain food, because it has more phos- 



summer work, and has got to be atught 

 in the act. If left too long the young 

 grubs will be hidden beneath the surface 

 and safe from all attacks of spray pumps 

 and poison. 



■While the greatest danger from frost is 

 now past and danger from that source 

 grows less every day, it will be well for 

 our fruit men to remember that serious 

 freezes nmy, and do often occur until 

 past the middle of April. We are not by 

 any means safe from killing frosts until 

 the 20th of that month, when we may 

 safely assume that all danger is past. 

 -Now, while a frost at this time might 



were more evenly distributed, or in 

 which more benefit has been derived 

 from them. Crops of all kinds are in 

 first class condition, and the outlook tor 

 the farmer was never better than at the 

 present time. 



W A. ROUSE & CO. 



I'KdDUCE COMMISSION MERCH.A.MS 



Dealers in Fruits, Potatoes, Butter. Kggs, 

 Cheese, Poultrv', Etc. 



470 nth St.. 



Oakland, Cal. 



TELEPHONE JOHN 1541 



