The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-11
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pea. blight Tae i-"l.c.- pu,.l, .oca ki...ir
4 ~ ~ II - ~ le.Yla1 IA ,.i " il ae,lrnv
Tie n.rlio pursued oy ne grower, of HE
norm A. b-ca - cl' otit Tie diseased Iilql.,
d .u" ne l. III pr. Thi- l4r- Wy ",I. }e.r.p.
'LcIc aic Only - dead b:aAci,~. b9' here
b "a Is -cti',r,a oxen 'fe" a. a nuaufe.l d.
IrI'ni points Z + ,r.lc.'y p >>,t'c - do ih.-
la }tan4 orch u1- AMI tuo-e s'4lt, Ell. c.cA
MS ~hon ! DE- vigorously carried ou'. y a.
~ possible, in al. ,a~o> II i aavl-ed -
cnt ont and burn All ,ots,d limbs. B.
ca'ci'l - b9fn Ep cv1y limit, ar. II.
~ Going, yon G'>tny The millions If
mcrpbc, coniein'd IN them, and lc~-c1 me
Glance for injection mex season. / seems 70
be the general experience # n p ar grower, Of
this region, aud i has also been in Other S'.tc>
that the heavily manuIed and Ovrr-siimuIaicd
Orchalds are damaged more bv HE blight Than
n r. II IS therefore deemed adv.s bic to use
fertilizers with moderation. Ouiy enough to
h cp mp moderately thrifty growth. No doubt
mu h is 70 be learned as to the best fertilizer
or his tree. With orr present knowledge Of
pear blight The alb We treatment is all that can
be q ne After The microbes get sarted 10
branch there is no hopes u anything ever being
ound t. reach them beside cutting out l.
seems probable, howe yer, that some o. the best
iungcid.s may be sprayed on lhe pear trees be
fore the pelioo Of infection in such way as TO
kill tie microbes when they fall upon il and
thus protect the tree. There is little hope Of any
REM dy being found except preventive one,
IN the short period that has clap.ed since the
true nature Of this disease understood no
experiments with preventive remedies have
been tried 1t is hoped TO determine what the
possibilities are in his line by experiment next
spring. |, is unfortunate that the nature OF the
case makes SO long delay necessary This ex-
pertinent, if successful, would be OF benefit not
only 10 tie people in this region, but to the pear
growers OF the whole country.
TIE OUTLOOK.
How much is This thing going to amount to
is The question frequently asked. OF course no
say definitely. In other parts OF the
country where pear blight has done damage it
has bee much worse during certain years than
others. Like other plant diseases due To fungi
II is IL ualy bad for TWO or three years, and then
begins To disappear, rch1ps To gain increase
after term OF year. Tnere have been SO called
periods OF epidemic OF pear blight which passed
over. Certain orchards are al ways more or less
unr jnrcd l. seems reasonable to suppose then
that Ihe present outbreak will not do more at
the most than damage the LcCOnle pear groves
There are thousands of unir jared orchards and
sill greater numbers of young orchards not
ready 10 bear Are these all 10 be severely
handled nttOrc the disease takes The downward
tread There is still e Cd ground for hope
tor The pear growers in two lines. FIRST, that
III" disease viii run lis course and diminish in
severity. Second that something may be found
which will prevent inttc OF the trees and by
proper attention pears may he successfully
grown even il HE blight should continue. The
pear growers may rest assured that if botanical
science can do anything toward carrying out
the second line, no fort will be spared to ac-
comp,ish it. NJ. B. WAITE.
Department ofAgricnture, Washington, ID C.