Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-13
the root Of the trees are the cause of the
evil, and one large grower has bacteria


the root Of the trees are the cause of the
evil, and one large grower has bacteria
theory.
j. G. Brown Of Wyoming, Del, an
extensive grower, cited several instances
to prove his theory of some sort of a
microbe that attacked trees weakened
from any cause. Trees, said he, planted
just before the cold winter of 1881 are
badly affected, while trees that were in
bearing at that time and did not make
such a vigorous growth the previous
season are escaping. Young trees
often make growth of 40 inches in u
single season, and if cold winter fol-
lows, much of this new wood is killed.
This, Mr.. Brown believes, weakens the
trees and make them susceptible to the
attacks of the yellows micrJbe, If there
be one.
Farmer Hanson, near Wyoming,
claims to have remedy which he says
he has tested and found effective. 1t is
in the form Of Il powder, to be applied
to the roots of the affected trees and a
liquid to be applied beneath the bark.
A. theory that finds pretty general
acceptance is that soils that have grown
peaches continually for many years
become exhausted of certain ingredients
or qualities necessary to the trees
healthy growth, and that the lack OF
these gives rise to the disease. But
when young orchards miles away from
old peach growing districts become
affected this theory falls also.
The most practical growers, like DR.
l1idgley of Dover waste no time on
theories or remedies. They pull the
affected trees up and destroy them, and
present facts to prove that this treat
ment, while not preventing the spread
of the disease, checks its advances to 9
greater or less degree.
Many stories are told Of the destruc
ton wrought by the severe frost of thu
first week of May in the lower Eastern
Shore counties of Maryland. Tn,
foliage on many trees was blackened
and as late as the end of June the new
leaves that sprang out afterwards coulC
be seen above the blackened leaves tina
were killed by the frost. A large vine
yard near Princess Anne, Somerse
county, had formed embryo fruit, and /;
large yield was assured. The deadl,
frost blasted every leaf and bunch ii
the vineyard. Since then the vines hav
made a second growth, and few grape
are expected.
wITnAL A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
The farmers of the Peninsula will
find, when all of their crops of grain
hay, fruits and vegetables have beel
harvested and they have counted tn
returns, that the Peninsula has not ha,
such season of good crops and conse
quent prosperity for many years
Strawberries were plentiful and brough
better prices than usual, early vegetable
have brought worse prices in othe
years. There has been good yield 0
wheat and the tall, rank, deep colore
corn fields attest that they will brin
forth q bountiful harvest. The PENN
sula never saw larger crop or bette
quality of apples and pears.
Notwithstanding all that has bee
written about the peach crop and tn
inroads of the yellows, it will prove tn
largest crop since 1888, and in all Of tn
Maryland counties, on account of til
increased acreage of bearing trees, tn
largest ever known. In short, afte
several successive years of poor crops {
various kinds, nature has seen fit thi
season to smile on the Peninsula as c
old.