Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-12-14
Prot. sanderson Makes Address.

Under date of August 18th. Mr. ID.
Cold Miller, of Gerrardstown, called
My attention to resolutions of the
Berkeley County Horticultural So
ciety concerning the eradication Of
cedar trees, from which the apple
rust disease spreads to apple or
chards.
1t is reliablf stated that in the pres
ent year his loss would be fully $1,000
and that the loss to Berkeley county
this year will reach nearly $4,000,
and our Plant Pathelogist Prof Gid
dings, sassures me that these esti.
mates are very conservative.
1t : we'll known that the apple
rust, or cedar rust, passes the win
ter on cedar trees in what are known
as cedar apples, and that the spores
from these cedar apples are carried
by the wind to the apple foliage the
next spring, where they give rise TO
the apple rust Experiments made
by Professor Giddings this year show
that the disease may be partially con
sprayings applied at exactly the time
when the spores are falling on the
apple foliage. 1t is, however, exceed
ingly difficult for the practical grow
or to determine just what this time
will be in different seasons, and the
amount of spraying necessary for its
control is hardly practicable for the
commercial orchardist. In view OF the
cedar trees which harbor this disease
are of no practical value, it seems
that the only method of Graduating
the disease and thus protecting the
orchard interests involved Is to Sc
cure the general destruction ef cedar
trees near orchards, as it is known
that the spores may be carried by
the wind for at least half mile and
probably for a mile.
Section 3, chapter ~, acts 1907, reads
as follows:
1T shall further be the duty of
said director, through his assistants,
to cause the examination of all or
chards, gardens and other premises,
either public or private, which they
shall have reason to suppose to be
infested or infected with any danger
ously injurious insects or infectious
diseases liable to spread or to be con
veyed to other premises; and for
this purpose said director and his as
sistants are authorized, during rea-
sonable business hours, TO enter into
or upon any farm, orchard, nursery,
garden store house or other building
or place used for growing. storing,
packing or sale of nursery or other
horticultural products.
and for the purpose of examination
of orchards, gardens and other prem
Uses and of ascertaining whether any
such within the state are infected
with infectious or dangerous diseas-
es, said director shall in person or by
/ the aid of his assistants, duly APP
I pointed and authorized, visit each
county or locality where there are
commercial orchards within the state.
at least once in each year, and make
personal inquiry among the citizens
and fruit growers as TO the prevail
ence of any such disease or insects
and examine any orchard that shall
disease
Is said director or his assistant
shall find on inspection as aforesaid
that any nursery, orchard, garden, or
other property or place is infested
or infected with such dangerously
injurious insects or infectious dis
eases, liable to spread or be convey
ed to other premises, TO the serious
/ injury of the property thereon, the
same shall be declared a public nuis-
ance. and he shall notify in writing
the owner or person in charge of
such infested or infected property,
and shall direct him, within a time
and in manner prescribed in such
notice to use such means as shall
prevent the conveyance or spread of
such insects or diseases TO the prop
erty Of others; and such infested or
infected property must not be remoy-
/ ed from the premises after the own
err Or person in charge of the same
shall have been notified as aforesaid,
without the written permission OF
said director or his assistants.
III the person so notified shall re-
fuse or neglect to treat and disintect
said premises or property in the man
ner and within the time prescribed
by the director Or his assistants, he
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not less than twenty-five nor more
than one hundred dollars; and il
shall be the duty of the director or
his assistant to report to the prosecu-
ting attorney of any county when no
I tice is given to the owner of any or
chard to disinfect or treat his prem
ises, and the prosecuting attorney
shall make diligent inquiry to ascer-
tain whether such order has been
compiled with"
have communicated with the
Attorney General Of the state as to
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