The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-06-11

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THONA~lIIE. GA., june ! In response -
several iet'r, il, m per gtoAc., ara from ibe
chief officials OF he Say tuEaA, Florida ~
Western railway, stating that :tn unknown Gl--
ease was damaging TIE LeConfe pear groves o.
South Georgia and North Florida the writer
was commissioned bv the secretary ut agr;cul
ture to investigate the matter. Accordingly the
writer has been a. work in The pear groves with
microscope and sc4pel. AS far as the cause ri
the disease is concerned satisfactory conclusions
have been reached. The affirmation is gwen
through this medium il advance Of any governs
ment report on account ei the SPECIAL present
demand for information his subject. Hon
Edwin Willetts, the Assistant Secretary OF Ayr
culture, who has charge Of the scen'i ic work
Of the department, said 10 the writer when start
ing: 81 desire particularly to aid the growing
industries Of the South and The Yves, and a you
are going south be sure and make yOur nVtsl
cations thorough possible. Give Al the
information you can concerning The difficulty,
end assure the people that the department o.
agriculture a; Washington i willing to al ! 'hem
in every way in It's power. wish 10 thank
the people where | have been Tor the many Il
vors received and am under special oby,tIO2
10 the Savannah, Florida AMI Weston railway
for opportunities Of III Akug this investigation
thorough
THE MALADY.
The disease which is damaging The LnConte
pear trees IN o'o'h Georgia ana Norm fI"rida
is the genuine pear LgM l. IS the same obscure
apd destructive disease thai has been the b4ue Of
pear growing in the Eastern States for nearly 4
century, and that is now known 70 occur more
or less wherever tue pear Is grown in the United
States.
""Al = ran b''''"1
he . Igh' 10 Tue par rec ana 4 -" otlcr
reated nun IS spechc dl'c'sc. i : NE "pih
oi mlcr1oe' IN owner "ofis, II l. cue - :.
snfcics q bacteria which, lives The rn.r tai
ana Dark as d >rne parasite anu Ailis as result
OF us presence. ne terms bigh'. rust an@
dic Ddch are oiicn Used rtlhcl YtGu"!E o
name any OF ne diseases or injuries 10 vegci#-
uoh. b5H III ms case we are 'eal'"g WIN =
sPecnc 'iSgasc "n'ch : PeclIlar =" me Ieal ana
Iis aI.ic'. ms i ~ - means NE cnIy diStase
VI .he peai un 'pA h.nith' '"lHth o''a.
ulS,i enumerated t"ei'E-'Afrc epFccs q lnn4l
lna' are Known - pcce! On me pear. =. fhe-e
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PROBABLY no G,scase q ? t'> LIS Je"n o."'e
discussed ana Wf'fcn abyu' l.aa neaf bl-hl
ne Il = p1sl'lFc record - VIZ: occ21ret.cs ~
THIS oIs .se : on ne highland q; ne Hudson IA
1893 ne h'sf American ~ On iIult culture
published III ISL contains 4 chtpier on blight
I'D he PEER Sihcr ina lmt liIeIe d = hetn 10
emo o. afUclts 10 not''c0i u iai eI' book- aad
tbeorrs and snrc',I,,,nn. hsve Lcc, ind,',ea -
hI hor,icu}.uta'ists and fr,,,, ,u..r. cn,,.r,
i1g the canse Of ne disea.r ~. ,hcu,,ns .r.
usually ac different - NE iniividu.iY j., ,,jno,
brain: ,bcy orio;na,ed : ,,, ,,ril,.; !; ,
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G'uoc ~ V12n,' ihn ne Ga III looV. Ilo:
o"iilll .1'il't NJ "'9'o'ciy VI t"c OaC'eiia'
ha.ufe Oh 'hls dls'a>c forever put AN END 10 The
wiz speCu'aliohs ana tneorlcs concerning II ana ,
pricucalIy canc' lea all mat had been written
previous concerning The cause OF blight. The
poeeIFa'ohs 81 lhe olhcr WRITER'S as 10 mode 81
occurrence and distribution siiI rem lin Of value.
In 1898 l>Iof B1rTll published name and de-
crlpli0h i"r MS new species OF mcrobe. l. Is
now known to bof2nlsis rs .HtcrocDccus dhayuu0-
rus, BulillL FROM 1884 to 1897 Prof. Arthur
OF the Ne" ok experiment station conducted
q very caiclnl scfits OF experiments IN the study
Oh pear tllght lie July coliobnrated Prot Bur
mis- WORK, ana discovered valuable lew facts
about HE disease. Prot. AriLu" ca ried our his
experiments with more completeness than had
been done bciOrt, and as a result the proof that
the microbes cause the blight is as perfect Is any
biological demonstration can ever he. Sail, in
the light OF these dscOv' RIGS, The only rem
edy known Is TO cut out The diseased parts