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Show ;the number of fruit growers who recognize the efficacy of spraying spray-ing aud a corresponding increase in the quality of fruit put upon the market. . - . i Secretary J. A. ' "Wright discusses dis-cusses pear blight as follows During the spring and summer of 1902 the writer was horticulturist horticul-turist at the Agricultural College of Utah, and had . practical ex--. perience with the blight. The . first;apparance of diseased twigs j and leaves on pear trees was I noticed on June 21th. Immedi- j ate steps were taken to cut cut and burn every diseased portion, j the cut being made fully six ia-' 1 ches beyond the blackened bark. 1 The stub left by each cut wasi then covered with coal oil. The ' ; oil killed the stub, but by so do-' I ingthe microbe of the blight was i nroiimitD dnincr further ininm ' I A 11 pear trees wrere kept completely com-pletely covered with Bcrdeaux j mixture. The blight continued ; to make attacks through July and until the fruit ripened in August, Hut constant cutting prevented it by serious damage. It is recommended that every grower of fruit pay careful attention at-tention to the bandiog of bearing trees, by placing a band of bur-, lap or old cloth around the trunk of tree. ! Take burlap or cloth, fold to' make three layers, place arouadj trunk of t ee just below the iimbs j and fasten with a tack. ! In order to make the work thorough, and that it. may not be neglected, it is a good plan to take one day of each week, from the first part of June until fruit is gathered, and remove each band, using care to destroy all worms found and . replace band as before. By thus destroying the larvae, yoa diminish the crop )l moths A VALUABLE REPORT. . The annual ' report of . the j Utah board of horiicultura has reached our desk and is ai, valuable val-uable document to our 'orchard -ists. It contains the results of ' ' many experiments long continued contin-ued on the production of ' apples and other fruit. Regarding the codlin moth the report says: , The worst enemy Known to Utah orchardists, not even ex-1 j and consequently, lessen the next crop of orms. '" . Tfte - following Tegardi ng the use of white arsenic as a substitute substi-tute for Paris green is taken from a bulletin by Prof.' C; P. Close at the Utah Agricultural College and is fully endorsed by this board : White ?rsenic, one pound. Sal soda (washing soda,) four pounds. Water two gallons. Put the white arsenic, sal soda i aud water in an i:-on kettle and j boil for tifLeen or twenty minutes, ' when the arsenic should be dissolved. dis-solved. Some water will oe lost by boiling, so enough more must be added to replace the amount lost. Two quarts of this, stock solution with two or four pounds of freshly slaked lime, will be ! sufficient for fifty gallons of water. cepting the pernicious San Jose scale, is the codlin moth, . which lays eggs that produce the apple worm. The dry summers in Utah are especially favorable to the hatching and propagation of the apple worm. The most careful care-ful observation has determined the fact that there are no distinct broods of the worm, but that hatching is continuous after the temperature reaches about sixty-five sixty-five degrees at night. As a re- suit it has been necessary to impress npen the minds of fruit growers the importance of spraying spray-ing every twenty days throughout through-out the season after the blossoms fall. Because of the very general .adulters tion of the Paris green as found In the markets, this board has concluded to recommend recom-mend the use of white arsenic as & poison for the codlin moth. A formula for the preparation of the arsenic is given in another part of this report. Reports from orchardists who have followed instructions given by this board are to the effect that fully eighty per cent of the apples may be kept free from worms by spraying, some growers grow-ers even claiming ninety-five-per cent of perfect apple. There is : annually a gratifying increase in l" ' ' : . |