The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-26
The PEAR BLIGHT.

Good Results from the Use Of Prof.
.. Waite's Remedies.
10 the Editor of The Post.
The pear orchards of The coast country.
as rule, show fair crop Of pears on the
heiiers and but few on the La Coutc trees.
The fost has published articles on the pear
blight recently, aud the report If Prof NJ
Is. Waite of the agricultural department Is
promised IN July to be sent to us. which
viii he very interesting reading TO the or.
ohardlsts Of the coast country On Nav
~ The Pest, at my request, published the
Former letter Of Prof. Waite with extended
clippings from the two reports on Pear
Slight the professor had made in 1896 and
4bVV l sent this copy Of The Post to him
at washington and requested MIN TO in
FORM me " In the article | had expressed
bis meaning in culling items from his two
reports as was not an expert In pear cul-
lure ana we desired to make no mistake ia
the matter. The following is Prof. Wute's
reply:
MI w B. slosson, Houston, Texas.
Washington.- d. Clear Sir: Your let
on Pear Blight from The Houston Post
Is at hand. Please accept my thanks for
sending me the publication
You asked me Ii You have used the ma.
tcral correctly In the reports which have
sent you, and IN reply viii say that you
have In the main, but | regret 10 say Won
nave 'hnlNSeu tue treatment OF pear blight
with the treatment of pearlcaf blight The
spraying Of Bordeaux mixture ut regular
Intervals, which You described. Is directed
against The dungeons diseases. pear scab aud
pcarlcaf blight, and not against the regular
pear blight. although II has some beneficial
effect on this disease.
The little paragraph which you wrote on
instructions for spraying trees should have
hccn put at the end Of the article. and g.
treatment should have been recommended
for the tuhgouS diseases and not for the
blight. Yours very truly.
Pathologlst In Charge of Investigations OF
Diseases of Orchard Fruits.
II seems that In the article referred to
IN The Post there was not sufficient dis
tinction made between pear blight aud pear.
leaf blight While the spraying with the
Bordeaux mixture is sometimes beneficial
To pear blight proper, 1t should he directed
and would almost invariably cure or dc
stroy the pcarleaf blight. In conversation
with one of WebSter'S intelligent growers
today, Mfr, j. A. Morley, he Informed us
that his Keifers are bearing well this year
and scarcely any fruit ON the La Conto; the
FIRST, Refers. not having any blight TO
speak of, while the la Contcs have the
tree blight and the leaf blight ms described
In the above letter OF Prof. Waite.
I was also informed recently by the cd.
itor of the Alvin sun that in November last
Prot Waite spent some time In mn orchard
near Algou, south of Alvin. on the Santa
Fc studying the blight question and apply
ing the remedies he recommends and the
same was done with such gratifying result
that today TINT large orchard was the most
free from blight Of tree or leaf. and would
bear this year the most fun crop of any or
chnrd it the const country. I wish now 10
move that the able editor ~ the Alvin Sua
he appointed committee ~ ono 20 further
investigate this AlCua orchard and 10 report
~ his paper the results attained ny Prof.
waite for tho bencht Of pear growers in the
ConSt country.
Ii would be we'll now, rs the fruit Is ma
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