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8, .THE DESERE'.T, FARMER Saturday, September is, 1908 . I f HORTICULTURE H This Department is Edited by Prof. R. S. Northrop, State Agri H cultural College. H SUMMER PRUNING FOR FRUIT. H Robt. S. Northrop. H The young apple and peach orch il ards which have been growing rapidly H the present season should get their m summer pruning if it has not already H been given. In case the orchard is m now bearing or is not old enough to m bear to advantage it is better to let M the pruning go, but where a .rapid m growth has been put out on trees four m or five years old or more a checking H of their growth by cutting 'back a few M inches from the ends of the long m shoots in mid-summer has a tondency M to cause fruit hud iormation which H should largely increase the fruit for H next season. B In the case of many young trees H which would have borne the present H yjcar except for frost it is quite H strongly recommended that such a fl pruning be given immediately, for it m is a well determined fact that such m pruning is necessary to throw rapjdly m growing trees into fruitfulncss. Hj THE APPLE AS A VOTE-GETTER aaW M f Hero's a new wrinkle for the politi cs cians, and every, apple-grower in the M country will recommend jt to them: H It is the use of apples to distribute j among voters instead of cigars or H something worse. M This idea seems to be original with H a candidate for Congress in the Kan H sas City (Mo.) district. Just at the H close of a warmly contested campaign m a monster political meeting was held aaaaa H ?ft the convention hall, which was at- m, tended by thousands of the voters. 1 Music was provided, and while the V tfrnd played, a number of barrels of H apples wre distributed among the H voters, and every mnn took several Hf for his own use. Then r. little later m the candidate made his plea for sup- H. pj?rtf and the voters sat and munclcd f their apples during the entire time. With plenty of good apples to e,at, HI tjie men were naturally in u good H hjinnor, and the candidate made a H& good impression. And the result? W1iy-t the tnpple- j distributing cdida& jj, cjeed, m ( with more than 3,000 votes to spare. There's nothing like it. The idoa is not copyrighted, and we recommend it to candidates of all parties-. What variety of apples did he dis tribute? Jonathans. The result might have been different had the apples been of a certain much-abused vari ety, which is hardly presentable so onrly in the season. So the variety was Jonathan. Any other good apple might do as well -but it will be bc-t to take no chances. Use Brother Jon athan, and you're a winner. Hy the way, what's the matter with this Congressman as president of the Arpplc Consumers' League? Fruit Grower. SALT LAKE COUNTY HORTI CULTURAL REPORT. Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 1, '08. To the Honorable Board of County Commissioners, and the Secretary of the State Board of Horticulture, Gentlemen.: In the month of August the Deputy Inspectors1 worked half time, making 89 days vork. There were 721 orchards visittfd, and pear blight found in 177 of them, and in structions how to treat said blight was given. 810 peat trees were trimmed back for blight and 234 trees cut down by the root, and the blight is nearly under control in most of the districts. There were 126 notices served, which were- only done in most aggravated cases, and there arc 310 trees condemned to be cut (town hereafter and burned. Some 60 orchards were sprayed. Fifty per cent of the orchards were found cultivated and fairly clean. I have bem out with deputies part of th time and also directed and assist ed nurs-cry men to cut some 40,000 bud's of choice trees for propogation and the improvement of their stock, all of which is respectfully submitted , as my report for the month of Aug ust, 1908. Rebpectfully, JOHN P. SORFNSEN, Horticultural Inspector. Tht "Deser .. Farmer" need the support and encouragement of every f armer . every person interested in agricultural pursuits in this Jnter mountain country. Send uu a dollar! Let us send you the papr a yr! IDAHO'S HORTICULTURAL LAW. Perhaps the most stringent law against selling fruits infested with in jurious insects or diseases is the amendment which has been adopted in Idaho, and which has- received the signature of the governor. This amendment is intended to strengthen existing laws in preventing the sale and distribution of infested and dis eased fruit. The s ction which has been amended now reads as follows: "It shall be unlawful to sell or dis pose of, or offer to sell or dispose of, or to have in one's possession for sale or barter, any fruit which is or has been infc3tcd with San Jose scale or the larva or larvae of the codling moth and the fact that such fruit bears the marks of the San Jose scale, or is worm eaten by the larva or lar vae of the codling moth shall be deemed conclusive evidence that said fruit is infested1 within the meaning of this section; and the state inspec tor and the several deputy inspectors arc hereby given power to seize and destroy such infested fruit whenever they shall find that the same has been packed, sold, shipped or offered for sale, or where the same has been ex posed for salc or is being held in' any warehouse, store, salesroom, or other place for the purpose of being sold, bartered, shipped' or exposed for sale or barter; and it is hereby made the duty of said state inspector and said district inspectors to enforce the pro visions of this section, and any per son or persons who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by 1 fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than .three hundred dollars, or by im prisonment in the county jail of not more than three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Pro vided that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the utilization of such infested fruit in the manufac ture of fruit by-products where said fruit has not been packed, sold, ship ped, stored, or offered or exposed for sale as fruit." The Fruit Grower. T r REMEMBER. Fully ripe fruit begins to decay very soon after taking from storage, but if picked before fully ripe will last some , $ time after being removed from stor- ' " f . ' a6e . , . ., Perfect fruit is free from all blem ishes, uniform in size and color, has its stem if of the kind that keeps the stem, has the characteristics of the variety and is fn that state of maturity which will .put it on the market in the condition desired by the market. Pears lose quality by ripening on the tree. Pick when full size and be fore fully colored. Best time is indi cated by stem parting from spur. R. S. NORTHROP. 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