American homes and gardens . Nelson House, the Residence of Governor Thomas Nelson of Virginia, Who Commanded the Virginia Militia at the Siege and Directed the Fire ofthe Gunners at His Own Mansion Under the Supposition that it Was Lord Comwalliss Headquarters 176 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS September, 1906 A New Apple-Tree Pest in California By Enos Brown. jHE Parajo Valley, which embraces portionsof Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties,constitutes the greatest apple-growingdistrict in all that part of the country lyingwest of the Rocky Mountains. Its con-tiguity to the ocean and the richness and
American homes and gardens . Nelson House, the Residence of Governor Thomas Nelson of Virginia, Who Commanded the Virginia Militia at the Siege and Directed the Fire ofthe Gunners at His Own Mansion Under the Supposition that it Was Lord Comwalliss Headquarters 176 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS September, 1906 A New Apple-Tree Pest in California By Enos Brown. jHE Parajo Valley, which embraces portionsof Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties,constitutes the greatest apple-growingdistrict in all that part of the country lyingwest of the Rocky Mountains. Its con-tiguity to the ocean and the richness andfertility of the soil render the conditions ideal for appleculture. The fruit grows to such astonishing size and at-tains such surpassing flavor that it is largely exported. Inall there are 1,000,000 trees growing on 812,000 acres ofland and 100,000,000 pounds of the fruit are shipped everyyear. The culture of the apple has been extremely profit-able. The orchardists reaped large returns until the intro-duction of the codlin moth from the east, when the orchardsbecame badly infected with the devastating insect. Theattempts of growers to extirpate the pest proved futile andthe aid of the general government and the University ofCalifornia was solicited and obtained. The life history of the moth under California environ-ments was carefully investigated
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