Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-08-08
STATE COMMISSION
Authorities Have Placed Mir. A. K
Perry In Charge Of Berkeley
County.

County.
BY w. E. Rumsey State Entomolo-
jst)
In accordance with the State Crop
Pest Law passed hy the last legisla-
ture Mr. A. X. Perry has been ap
pointed Inspector of orchards and 9th
er premises in berkeley county
AS a general rule the fruit growers
OF this sect on are well Informed con
corning the San jose scale, peach vel
Iowa and black rot, and their or
chards are kept reasonably free from
these troubles; however. there are
stll many places in the county where
the general farmer and owners of city
and village lots have comparatively
few fruit trees which may be and
often are breeding places for danger
ously injurious insects and plant dis
eases All such places should be
visited by the inspector the premises
carefully examined and, # dangerous
insects and diseases are found ar
engagements made with the owners to
have the infested trees treated or de-
stroyed Any person knowing of a
neglected orchard that is breeding
| trouble for the neighborheol should
report the fact. 10 the local Inspector
who will, as soon as possible take
up the matter with the owner and
have the public nuisance removed.
The paramount question which. at
present confronts the people OF the
eastern panhandle is the best method
of prevent ng damage to apple or
chards by cedar rust. Spraying for
this trouble. has not proven salts
factory means of control. and owing
to the great Importance that apple
growing has assumed in West Wiz.
ginia heroic efforts should be made
TO stamp out this menace to the fu.
ture apple industry Of the state II
mas been proven beyond doubt that
the common red cedar is responsible
for the rust Of the apple. 1t is also
an established fact that this disease
has two host plants namely the red
cedar and The apple. On. the former
the trouble j.. called Cedar apples
or balls" and on the latter it takes
the name Of rust Or cedar rusts
In the spring %. 1891 the writer vas
sent to-, RRrKeieg and jefferson ee,in.
ties by tile, Experiment station 70 eS-
plain to the frliit growers tho serious
ness Of the presence of san lose
scale in their Orchards tofteaeh them
how TO recognize il. and to explain
thei best kHown methods Of control
Twelve years later the Crop Pest
( Commission has sent men into the
same territory, the principle object
of (which IS to enlighten the people
concerning tie cedar rust and how
to mitigate its destructive effect up
on apple orchards IL is earnestly
hoped that this work viii receive as
hearty cooperation from the people
as did the fight against the San Jose
scale.
10 passing we must not overlook
the fact that another plant disease
is threatening the resources Of West
/ Virginia the chestnut blight This
trouble has already been located by
government experts at several points
in the eastern panhandle. The chest
nut bark disease has killed the chest
nut timber in the greater part OF New
York state, in New Jersey. Delaware.
eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland,
and northern Virginia. Besides this,
scattered infections have been located
as far out as southern New Hamp-
shire, western Pennsylvania, and the
northern portion OF North Carolina.
Recogn zing the destructive ness of
the chestnut bark disease the Crop
Pest Commission aud the commission
er Of Agriculture have both set aside
limited amount OF their appropria'
ton for combating this trouble,