The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Orange CuIture-Scmedy for the
blight


Orange CuIture-Hcmedy for the
Blight
We insert below an article from the Sydney
MaiI of May 80. which will be read by every one
with special interest. IL contains what may
be n simple and the only available remedy
for the blight, which has for many years des-
troyed the hopes Of ou- fruit growers, and which
has threatened the determination of this charming
branch Of agricultural industry. The remedy is
nothing more or less than the propagation Of
oranges on the stalks of the sour or wild orange
We have growing here the China and wild
orange. the lime shaddOck and eitron, either of
which may be used, ~ the blight does not trouble
them; but the China Orange stalk will probably
be found the most available for the purpose.
Some years ago, had an item IN the paper
referring to this mode of protection against
blight, which had been suggested as worthy of
experiment. It was tried at the time, but with
what result We have never learned We see no
reason why graffiHg should not be attended with
the same results here in other places. The
popular idea is that the stalk producing sour
fruit cannot By grating be made to produce
sweet fruit Yet nothing Is farther from the
truth, for this has long been Practieed by horti-
eulturists in other Countries, and the best of
frulC. nave Deen IEuIueesl lEDLA wiz hp-
pie, Wild cherry and other trees. In every part
OF this group, the China orange tree grows well
and produces abundantly, and If il cnn be used
here for the successful propagation of the sweet
orange ~ IS done in other countries, referred to
IN the article below, our fruit growers have the
secret for which they have 50 long been searching
Let che experiment. be faithfully tried IN various
parts Of the group, and the result be published,
whether successful or not.
orasge CsIfsr~-
(Frou the sydney Mail, May 30th. tsss1
The orange creeping into favour. Every
wear wpiens the under Its golden promise. /
Those who cultivate it seem very well satisfied
with the yield il gives and as the market for the
fruit also extends, we may naturally suppose that
it will continue To give increased occupation to
the population. a visit To Of the best orch /
ards at Par-Rmatta Will prepare any body re I
ccive Nr. MOore's assurance that the orange
growers of New South Wales have little or moth .
ing te learn from those OF Spain AMI Portugal. .
The chief suggestion which he makes, a. derived .
from what he IN those countries. has been
forestalled- It will BE- remembered that Mr.. Moore.
in relating how Improvement has been forced
upon the backward Spaniard by the disastrous
attacks OF disease states that whereas attention
used % be paid To the culture propagation of
the plants, the growers now perfectly alive to
the Importance OF both, and are doing their best
find those varieties OF the orange which least
susceptIble to the mealy bug, the brown scale, or
the other insect fungOtd enemies He says
that although .he SEaniard IL ayer-e To change,
yet the tact that the trees stocks of the bitter
orange were seldJm or never touched by the dis
ease, could not tail % hx his attention." The
consequences has been that plants prOpagated IN
this manner ha '-~'@ht into great demand.
Several instnns - the
State rad Man
in spain Jnd
ratiJn where
the exception
Seville or
= Hitherto
a. iu the Mu.
cent Of the worked orange
stocks about per cent upon Lemons,
were the FIRST attacked by the disease. were the
lemon trees Themselves And again, only
about per cent. upon the bitter orange,
arising from deeply rooted belief that this kind
of stock would give degree Of bitterness To the
fruit Of any other variety which might be worked
upon It," This is point Of great importance,
bat II seems thar Sir. Pye quite prepared for
II : fIr- in visit recently paid TO his orchards.
We found several thousands Of bitter orange seed
Ing one and two years old, growing up for this
experiment. Nothing could be better than their
appearance. We GdrTSs khs orange gr0trsrS 10
gIrs this eycmstaace thar early attention. for not
only fs rae disease escaped By graftiHg upon this
6sr stock, bt1 fhs IrgVr Of the GDprOrsd rarieftes
Of orange IS rathsr i1sprOrsd than deterIOr0fed.
Nr Pye dO,- not Seem % be- under any necessity
d adopt this plan. IL Is merely precautionary.
He orchards are entirely exempt from any serious
tntcatlOu Ot disease, AMI 10 i not little aston
ishIng % fnd such sOund health amid 50 much
disease j. o. be fJund in the neishbOurhO1d.
The bark OF the trees j. perfectly clear, the leaves
beautifully fresh, except IN one two cnses.
which were Hn4er medical treatment. The indi-
vt!rIal- Ot his orchard seem o. be ~ carefully
watched as the psit<ree % short-hOrn cattle.
They are tenaIei with infinite care. \ slight
change from n vivid % paler green - noted nj
once. and detetic treatment y at once re.Ortei to-
To keep thousands Of trees IN full bearing
eonditIJn requires tact, patience, and attention.
In the hrst Place nothing need be attempted upOn
the wrong soil-yOu might well hOJe 70 r5ur-
Ish u whale on thisties. an orange upOn -oIl
from which its roots cln extract no food. SJme
kinds of soil will be found yield foliage in
abundance. bat fruit. In good many -itua-
tons tree will DO well fJr time and then ftil
Gttsriy-ths root having got down into n DELE
teriDus subsoil. When the soil - right the po-i-
ton has b be studied. The orange loves shelter
and likes the sal not O. be too dry nor too wet.
The roots. we believe. crowd % the surface and
require FEEDING. The food that i found % answer
hest - guano- This guano. however. must be
epphei with Judgment. While the tree i healthy
lh aPperance and prolific, there exists no need OF
more bod than the roots obtain but when the
-'i-he-t change j. Observable then il the time 70
administer the stImulativs or tonic do-e-not
muehr but -enerally when the need u this supple
mental portion - shown it must be continued
anf slightly increased in proportion 70 the abours
9t the tree. DEFEND upon 10. there j. n great
ue',l % De learned IN a vel managed Orangerv
lll tno-e whD are about % plant will do well TO
LNi-e with men who have become masters Of
'NsiF business before they launch their money and
wastei