The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-23

all of life but effects lasting protection
against further attacks If applied cuttings
would be kill the Instantly
strength not be injurious cutting its
action would that point Its action quick and the
over in is so ex-
furnish protection cutting after
planting A carbozed cutting once in the ground would be
just subject attacks OF spores the ground had
treated the other treatment with
Bordeaux Mixture leaves cuttings coated with protective
substance that lasts many weeks noticed that
when Bordeaux cuttings dug up after many weeks
the ground they comparatively good state OF
when compared with untreated cuttings
This however does apply cuttings already diseased
only way to guard against their to eliminate
them by of a thorough inspection according the
methods described in the Bulletin the inspection and Dis
infection OF Cane Cuttings.
AS before remarked have forced the plant
productive condition subject to disorders that
little known its wild This susceptibility
be met in several ways.
disease yet high their percentage of sugar
tention in growing regions The guiding princ
pie in the work should be that expressed by celebrated
hang many 1t probable that thousands OF seedlings will
have be examined find offering advantages the
proved breeding resistant varieties good
qualities may be sacrificed The resistant
NONRESIDENT ones when at their best How
that this has been in the past is why it
always so, fact the chances distinctly
once nouctive and resistant The point made here is that
that end may be the most sangune among
At the present time it would seem to be the vvsest panta
policy give thought better
present good varieties leaving the experiment
the rearing and testing
of variety be the p1anta
and should always be ready any
new varieties of which the reports are favorable
Any trials varieties for their be
by the system preferably, the least
pots) being made pass many different
physical plantation affords In testing for
against Root Disease for instance long of the
variety should stretch fields known be infested
fungus should have standing
standard varieties checks. The object of
arranging the plants in is them
great variety of conditions possible Comparisons
should be made only between adjacent and in most
will not be wise to come to final conclusion until
after trials lasting several years.
In the seeding varieties would be well if
the plants could be OF known paentage as IN tins way 1t
possible definite results Chance seedlings
position, their hereditary nature, that remain in
the dark to the way in which we might duplicate their
great thought given by all interested
the subject of immunity All marked cases OF appar-
should carefully study the and composition of
an varieties in order possible to arrive at definite con-
ct1sions to the causes OF Immunity
do know what may be the outcome OF your delibera
tons question labor your plantations. have
suggested among the possibilities that the scarcity
of the right OF labor lead the abandonment of
portion OF the land that under Should
there is prospect of securing labor at future date
be again put under may
wise to such land the smitten
and reduce the of disease those lands After
period of the right of treatment the reduction
the of disease would be sufficient in degree
compensate for the loss due its lying aow Or If
n1anent reduction of necessary then
an alienation crop method of check
of number of the diseases OF
1t is sometimes asked whether plant diseases have
enemies aid might be invoked. Unfortunately
comparatively few sc enemies known though there
friends through whose agencies they are
spread.
greatest aid in the fighting of diseases spread
through agency of soil sunlight and Both
sunlight and powerful agents in combating many
fungi few hours Of sunlight fatal most forms OF
fungus myceium, spores found in the soil The
condition of such myceum and such renders
the action of the The action OF the
confined particularly the evaporation caused by
its movements Drying the myceum of fungus often kills
it. Spores do terminate readily dry surfaces Neither
nycelium thrive dry situation Moisture OF the
essential conditions for the thrifty growth of fungus Cone
during the
the attacks of fungus pests All those methods of planting cult
vatn caring crop that tend expose to plenty OF
sunshine will reduce the losses due to disease
OF these methods will with soil and climate The
plants should not be small promote
of Frequent
and while the plants