Evening journal., 1906-07-05
TO STAMP OUT
THE "YELLOWS"
State Board Of Agriculture
issues Supplementary Bull
Ietin on Subject
snecIal 70 rhe EvenIng Iournal.

DOVER, July 5.-Not entirely satls-
fed with its Saturday admonitions to
the Delaware fruit growers concerning
the discovery Of the yellows, the state
Board of Agriculture to-day prepared
and issued a supplementary bulletin.
dealing with the necessity Of every or
chardist taking immediate action in
his peach orchards.
simultaneously with the issue Of the
bulletin, Orchard Specialist Wesley
Webb was despatched on a weeks trip
through Sussex county and lower Del
aware to locate the infected trees and
raze them.
The supplementary circular, dealing
with necessary action Is as follows:
Dear Sir: Early I'm September last
year the State Board of Agriculture
sent "a warning out about the peach
yellows. as this disease had then APP
peared in many orchards. Fortunately
the disease did not spread to any con-
siderable extent after that date. But
allread this amalady has invanded the
peach orchards throughout Kent
county with unusual violence, and
while only a small number Of trees
show indications of the disease, it Is
feared that unless these are promptly
destroyed, great damage may result.
We. therefore, suggest that you make
an immediate and careful examination
Of your orchards and destroy an affect
ed trees without delay.
This disease can be controlled II the
stamping out" process is an effective
preventative. Cutting out all diseased
trees as soon as discovered will result
IN saving the orchards. The experience
in Michigan for more than a quarter
of a,cenury proves this assertion. The
experience In other States adds further
proof. 1t is now almost unanimously
agreed that the prompt destruction Of
all diseased trees. with rcplantings to
replace those destroyed, results in
keeping the orchards unhroken.
ROLAND Morrill,. OF Michigan, has
rigidly practiced the plan Of cutting
out and replanting; and at the meeting
Of the Peninsula Horticultural Society
held I'm Middlctown, Delaware in 1901.
said: I'VE do not cure the yellows We
simply inspect our orchards evsry
week. and ~ we find a single premature
peach or other signs Of yellows we
dig the tree out, chop it up. pull out tho
root, pile it all on an orchard wagon,
cover 1t tightly and haul Il away TO
he burned root and branch. In the or
chard the following spring we dig a
hole where this diseased tree stood.
three by three and one-half feet and
haul out the old earth. We an up this
hole with new earth to give the new
tree a vigorous start. 1 have never
seen the yellows In tree among my
replants in spite of the yellows we
have unbroken orchards because W,
lreplant as the trees go OUT The Mich.
ligan fruit growers lose less than one
tree in a hundred In each year; whereas
before these laws went into effect
whole orchards were swept out every
year.
A peach tree with the yelows is a
worthless tree. and as long as it stands
lit is menace 10 an the trees about a..
THE United states Government spent
many thousands cf dollars trying 10
! d s-over the nature of this disease and
Ia cure for t. But It did not succeed.
While many investigators have work
ed on the problem no one has solved
it They show that whatever the ma
ture Of the trouble. there is no cure
and the only method of effective con-
troll, IS the immediate destruction OF
! diseased trees. Delaware orchardists
should, therefore make frequent ex-
aminations during the remainder OF
this season, and destroy Immediately
all trees, showing the characteristic
! symptoms of yelows.
The Delaware laws expressly pro-
p, vides that 1t shall be the duty Of the
state Board Of Agriculture to warn
the orchardists of the danger Of peach
yellows as we'll as other diseases and
pests, and authorizes the board to pro.
vide for the inspection OF orchards and
the destruction Of diseased trees.
Very truly yours.
Wesley Webb,
Corresponding Secretary