Show FRUIT TREE INSPECTOR AXlTliL REPORT STmMITTED TO THE COUNTY COURT I is ot Interest io AH Hortlcnltn rists in tie State Larrs That ArC Needed County Fruit Tree Inspector Fred W Price yesterday submitted his annual report to the county court The document docu-ment will be read with interest not only among the horticulturalists in this county but all over the state in view of the demand for proper laws to protect the fruitgrowing interests in the state The report in lull is as follows fol-lows In comoliance with the request of your honorable body I herewith submit sub-mit for your consideration my report The horticultural law has demonstrated demon-strated beyond a doubt that it is the one thing needed to protect the horticultural horti-cultural interests of Utah I is one of the most beneficial laws ever enacted by our territorial legislature For the first time I believe in the history of the state we have been able to suonly I our own market with apples pears etc as well as having shipped some to other states The average proportion propor-tion saved where the trees have been cared for has been from 85 Ito5 Del cent In a few isolated cases there have been complaints that the spraying spray-ing has not done the amount of good claimed for i In all such cases T have found that the work has not been done properly Squirting a few quarts of water at a tree as you go past > 3t is not spaYing A tree is thoroughly sprayed when i is wet all over on all branches and on both sides of the leaves An insect is not killed until the poison is placed where the insect is BUSTS do not search for the poison in order that they may accommodate the orchardist by committing suicide The one spot which is not sprayed may be the very place where one of the many pests is getting his dinner Where the work has been done thoroughly and honestly magnificent results have been attained I cannot Jay too much stress upon the proper pruning and cultivating of the tree I is of equally as much importance im-portance as the spraying The winter work unfortunately has been retarded wor by the decision of Judge Merritt A large number of progressive orchard ists have gone ahead with the work notwithstanding the decision of the court but complain greatly that their neighbors cannot be compelled to do likewise Th only practical time lkewIse Thp to fight the sapsucking insects is in the late fall winter or early spring before the buds swell or any time while the tree Is dormant because then you can use poisons a great deal stronger than ax any other time and also place coatings coat-ings over the myriads of eggs that are laid in the fall thus preventing them from hatching A few seasons work would practically exterminate that class of insects The fruit imnorted into the territory terri-tory upon the whole has been good with the exception of the early peaches and apricots that were shipped here from California They were generally In bad condition being covered with shothole fungus birdseye fungus etc and all sold to the unsuspecting consumer There is only one remedy for diseases of that character and that is fire but the law makes no provision pro-vision for such a cure I have kept a comparative table of the results obtained in two of the staple fruits apples and Dears and find that Salt Lake county raised 43 470 bushels of apples in 1894 as compared com-pared with 90000 bushels during the year just ended In 1894 the number of bushels of pears reached 1665 while the yield last year was 4000 bushels Fully onehalf of this ha gone upon the market and the balance has been converted into cider and vinegar I wish to call attention at this time to the nursery business of this county We have as fine nurseries right here at home as they have in any other state and we can furnish the horticulturist culturist with any tree or shrub de sired This is a very important matter mat-ter a the fruitgrower not only buys trees that are acclimated but also prevents the introduction of sea sand s-and nests from other sections of the country There was sold by the various vari-ous nurseries of this county a total of 570000 trees Tee imported into this county a total of 83000 trees most of which came from California Oregon Ore-gon and adjoining counties There were planted in this county during the year about 1200CO trees outside of the nurseries Most of the trees planted were one and twoyearolds and i will be but B short time if the proper and beneficial laws are enacted when this county and state wH rival any county or state in the union for the excellence and quantity of her fruits Before closing I wish to call the peoples attention to the fact that they cannot expect the spraying to be an unqualified success if they do not keep up their arsenical spraying throughout the entire season or as long as the thermometer registers a temperature of 60 degrees at night There is no necessity ne-cessity to commence arsenical spraying spray-ing until all the trees are through looming because there is nothing to fight No leaf or fruiteating insect puts time in an appearance until after that timeI I also want to caution the public against certain unscrupulous sprayers I you cannot attend to your ow orchard or-chard inquire very closely into his record re-cord as a sprayer or better still make him produce a certificate from the county court or the fruit tree inspector before allowing him to work The law should be so altered as to compel all sprayers to get a certificate and give a bond for the faithful performance of their contract thus giving the people some protection against such sprayers as shower unclean water upon the tees and then collect 10 cents per tree for doing the same |