"What can be done to save our trees?" was the cry from the
people of the southland. What they did was to bring from Australia a
different visitor, the dainty bug called the ladybird. She was eagerly
welcomed. No one dreamed of bidding her, in the words of the old nursery
rhyme, "fly away home." She was carried to the diseased orchards, where
she settled on the scale, and as it was her favorite food, she soon had
the trees clean again. In time other pests came to trouble vine and
fruit growers, but it is interesting to know that scientists nearly
always succeeded in finding some insect enemy of the troublesome
visitor, which would help the horticulturist out of his difficulties.
In the business of orange-growing, success is due in a large measure to
care in the picking, packing, and shipping of the fruit--care even in
those little things that seem almost of no consequence. The more
particular Californians are to ship only the best fruit in the best
condition and properly packed, the higher prices will the fruit bring,
the higher reputation the state gain.
The lemon industry comes closely second to the orange.
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