The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-04

THE TOMATO BLIGHT.

throughout the Geld by leaf eating
insestn which movo froni one plant to
another eating the foliage and tender
shoots Of the plants, and carrying
with them on their jaws the fatal
germ which is hence introduced into
The TISSUES q the new plant where it
takes effect.
OF these insects We have at least
two that are instrumental In this
respect and both Of which are fortu-
nately within cur control, these being
the Northern tObaeco worm tPrOto.
parce celeuel and the Colorado
potato beetle, both Of which 40 con
siderable damage to the plarts other
than the spreading OF the disease. A
very eifeetual method Of keeping
these insects Ia check is 70 allow
chickens, turkeys or other similar
/ fowls 20 roam around az win 10 the
/ Geld where they can carefully exam
I inc every vine and free it from these
/ Insects This ia heWever poor
/ practice to continue after the fruit
begins to riPen; but, il IL is has been
practiesd during the early growth Of
the plant there will be 20 need Of
PERMITTING them to run in the patch
I aftel the fruit begins 20 ripsn aG the
early and complete destruction Of the
| first broOds of these insscte prevents
or very severely checks exposition,
hence there 10 little danger Of aubso-
/ Quent broods doing much damage,
and il the diseased vines wera care.
( fully removed and destroyed when
the disease first made Its appearance
there are good reasons te believe that
there will be but little trouble re-
ceived from the effects Of the blight.
Hand picking is also quite offeotual
/ in the destruction Of the above in
sactn. whore it IL not practicable to
allow fowls to roam IN the garden,
/ but it is both tedious and trouble.
some and farmers are too often apt 10
neglect this work until too late or
until the blight aG we'll as the insects
have gotten we'll under hoadWay and
/ hence the accomplishment OF the
work ID next to impossible.
Despite various protests or recon.
meudations to the contrary. the
Plantsof two varieties Of tomatoes on
this station we're duly 12) SPRAYED
with Paris green after the blooming
season had long since begun. An
immediate relief from the attacks Of
insects WIS noticed, and although
deleterious effects on the plants were
daily expected they have aa yet in no
ease presented themsel res, ana the
plants are at present thrifty and
| growing vigorously and entirely free
from the above mentioned insecta
while the rows next in succession are
continually giving trouble.
The blight first made its appear
ance on this station June 30 and has
spread with great rapidity since that
time, being worse on some varieties
than on others In the case Of the
stone tomato there are vet so aigps
/ whatever 0L hngnt WhIlo on a0ms
ether varieties there are az many az
/ % per cent. Of the plants either dc
atroyed or badly effected.
Parties desiring to SPRAY or to
otherwise use chemical fungicides In
connection with this disease will il
4 they apply bo given formulas recon-
msnded by other stations for its pre-
vention as there is no record Of any
results being obtained here on the
aub-station worthy Of much con-
mendation in this respect,
@. d. MEAD,
Sept. Sub Experiment Staten,
| JUly %, 1899. Aztec, N. NJ.