The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-12

Inc ABOVE uoutcr Ho applleu 10
disease consoea IA oaxtain sections of
Iron County aad especially in some
orchards The Diseased conditions are
first noticed lS ME leaves turning
brown. especially at the tips of the
branches whore tAe leaves and twigs
are tender and most liable 10 be affect
ed. Later in Me summer ii may. and
usually does appear on the short fruit
spurs further down the limb, on the
larger branshss
FIRE BLIGHT Is a bacterial disease
which Is spread by the wind, birds or
insects from twig 10 twig or from tree
10 tree. Tricky planted orchards, those
on rich soils surrounded by woods or
growing under damp conditions seem
to be most readily affected.
The place in which these bactreis,
germs, or as many people call them,
bugs grow and develop is rather diff
cult for some to understand They live
under the bark or inside the leaves
causing the growing part Of the twig
or leaf to die and turn brown. They
spread along under the bark or
through the lsaves sometimes very
rapidly other times slowly. II is there
fore impossible for us 10 kill them by
poisoIs or by any kind of spray as such
materials do not reach or come in con-
tact with them. The one method left
for US 30 employ rs that OF cutting
away the infected parts and destroying
them by burning AS this disease
spreads by being csrTied from one part
TO another, 10 woald be very easy for
us In doing the pruning work to
carry it from twig 30 twig by means
of the tools we were using or by orr
hands. Therefore, in order to be sue
cessful in controlling this disease we
must be very particular about the
tools and in the way we handle the
diseased parts
All tools used for pruning should be
dipped in ISOLATION of Corrosive
Sublimate, of q strength Of one or two
|
may bs made from small tablets that
may be purchased N the drug stores
by placing the proper number of tab.
let's into pint or quart Of water
according to strength 6 tablets pur.
chased. This material should be made
no in an earthen ware or glass dish,
as il reduces the solution by using IL
in tin cans or dishes. Cuts and prun-
ed portions may be washed with this
same solution. This material is
poisonous and care should be taken not
TO allow the children or animals 10 get
hold OF il. Some diseased portions on
large limbs may be cut out and these
washed with Corrosive Sublimate
Solution. II the disease does not
spread further paint with any good
paint
There are a large mtnber Of orchards
in Bates Township. that are badly in.
fected with this disease Isolated trees
in many other places have been MOTTO
ed. This is the season in which the
greatest care must DO taken 10 cleckits
development else ii wiz completely
destroy the trees. All apples and
pears should be carefully watched for
the first signs a the disease and such
parts removed and burned Orchards
containing grass should be moved
at once. Although spraying with
Bordeaux Mixture does not necessarily
check the disease by killing it, il will
keep in more Arfty condition and
thus hold in cheek the blight to some
extend. besides the additional value
of keeping down funans and other
diseases that may attack the trees,
We would advise the spraying by
Bordeaux Mixture m all cases simply
for the benefit that IL surely will do
for checking fanguA and insects II
is made by using g lbs Copper
Sulphate, about 6-s lbs stone lime,
or about PA It's Hydroted lime,
with fifty galsons OF water Direc.
tions for making and using may be
had az the Office OF the County Agri
oGlturist
Many of our orchards affected by
blight IRE thosp sanding ON sod or
heavy grass 1t win be advisable for
all orchardiss 10 pillow the land where
orchards are locsted as frequently rs
possible, leaving tse ground in cult
waited condition dttAng the earlier part
Of the summer s1d later seeding to
something that ~sal furnish a cover
crop for the soil daring the winter.
Most orchards are planted too
thickly. and whsn not thoroughly
purned the litnc sunlight and circula.
ton OF air seem TO be especially
favorable TO the spread Of the disease.
Prime All twiss well of any affected