Official Report of the Fruit Growers Convention of the State of California, Issue 9Superintendent of state printing., 1888 - Fruit-culture |
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Page 13 - Dresden, each having a dog for the "near horse" harnessed, while the "oil horse" is a woman, with her left hand grasping the wagon tongue to give it direction, and the right hand passed through a loop in the rope, which is attached to the axle, binding her shoulder; thus harnessed, woman and dog trudge along together, pulling miraculous loads in all sorts of weather. I mention this merely to show the difference between our American system and the system of some other countries. We quite frequently...
Page 116 - Heat the solution of soap and add it boiling hot to the kerosene. Churn the mixture by means of a force-pump and spray-nozzle for five or ten minutes. The emulsion, if perfect, forms a cream, which thickens on cooling, and should adhere without oiliness to the surface of glass. Dilute, before using, one part of the emulsion with nine parts of cold water. The above formula gives...
Page 117 - In the coast counties, where more or less damp nights prevail, London Purple and White Arsenic did some damage to the foliage, and for this reason the Paris Green is more preferable; also its effect is most lasting. Strength to be Used. For early ripening apples and pears, spray once with one pound of Paris Green to one hundred and eighty gallons of water, when just out of bloom. For fall and winter apples it may be advisable to spray ten days later with an application of one pound to two hundred...
Page 10 - ... being profitable, were objects of great beauty. Those of the Pearl, French Hock, and Wagenmakers Valley, were especially famous. To-day this is all changed, and except for a few dead stumps, these fragrant groves, and this valuable asset in the country's wealth, have disappeared. Not so the Dorthesia; it is still advancing steadily, and leaving destruction in its wake, and will continue to do so as long as suitable food is within reach. ' Now, my fellow-citizens, will you adopt some radical measure...
Page 8 - Auckland is prohibited because of the fear of the cpdlin moth. My attention has been called to a new and quite novel mode of destroying this pestiferous and destructive insect, which, I incline to believe, is unknown in the United States. A plant called physianthus is recommended for planting in apple orchards. The plants twine and grow up the trunk, and spread through the limbs. It would not damage an apple tree to plant this near the root and train it up the trunk and through the branches. The...
Page 41 - States Congress be petitioned for an appropriation of not less than $50,000, to be used by the Department of Agriculture, for the purpose of sending experts to those countries where the baneful insects are known to have originated; to discover, if possible, their natural enemies, the parasites, and introduce them to this country; also that the Department of Agriculture be enabled to make actual experiments here in the field, to, if possible, overcome these injurious insects, etc.
Page 119 - ... liquid form. After the lime is thoroughly slacked, add fifteen pounds of common stock salt while the material is hot. When the salt is well dissolved, mix the two lots together, with sufficient water to make sixty gallons of spraying material, which will then be a thin whitewash. The material should be strained after being thoroughly mixed — a good piece of burlap answering well for the purpose. Apply the mixture with a spray pump, using a rubber plate in the nozzle instead of the brass plate.
Page 19 - Sixty of them proved to be the soft-shell variety. The balance I sold at one, two, and three years of age; part of those proved also soft-shell. This walnut, like all others, should be planted in deep, rich, sandy soil to insure the best results. The soft-shell is a little later starting in the spring than the common nut, and blooms about ten days later; and I have expected it would come true from seed, but I find they sport some; yet, at the same time, I have found none that deteriorate, and all...
Page 3 - Fresno, Commissioner for the San Joaquin District. A. BLOCK Santa Clara, Commissioner for the San Francisco District. BM LELONG, Secretary.
Page 10 - Port Louis it still exists in loathsome masses on the handsome Talipot palms. About 12 years ago it was noticed for the first time in the Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, and most probably arrived there from Mauritius with plants sent to the Botanical Gardens. During the first summer it spread about three miles into the suburbs along the railway. Its fearfully destructive character now became evident, for the orange trees, the Australian wattles, the pittosphorums, and the blackwoods became loaded with...