The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-01-29

from the Agricultural College come up
to Hood River and work in cooperation
with them and considerable assistance
is given in this way. to meet the prob
lens that the erehsrdists are confront
ed with.
The pathological department of the
local station is in charge of j. R. Win
ston, who came here last year from
the North Carolina Agricultural Col
lege, where he had been doing horti-
cultural pathology work. He is a
graduate of Virginia Polytechnic lnsti-
tute, where he secure his B. s. degree.
He took pathology work later at the
Pennsylvania State College, where he
was granted an M. S. degree.
In speaking of his department MIR.
Winston says:
''At present the department of plant
pathology is working on the following
diseases: Dry rot or core. rot and fruit
pit, little leaf or winter injury. apple
scab and mushroom root rot. As con-
ditions warrant other diseases will be
| studied.
"Dry rot and fruit pit have received
more attention up to the present time
than any of the other diseases. The
nature Of the work being done on these
diseases is as follows: A study of the
gross appearance of the dry rot spots
of all kinds, the differences in any and
all types on the different varieties of
fruit as well as on Individual trees.
and the texture of the affected apples
as compared with healthy fruit. The
location in trees, comparing fruit from
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branches, inner branches with outer
branches, etc. The relation to the
winter killed branches on trees par
italy affected with winter kill. A his
tological study Of any and all types of
dry rot spots from different varieties
of fruit. Scions from trees presenting
sll degSsss of infection from per cent
to 100 per cent to be grated on appar-
emily healthy stocs. The study of the
condition of the fssaling rootlets en-
affected and hsaltAy trees and tina rela-
tion to other troubles, such as winter
kill, root rot, abn0p@al poot condition,
blastins, ebe.
Little leaf, which by virtue OF its
nature, falls in the same category as
\ physiological diseases, calls for ane is
receiving somewhat the sama kind of
study, which is as follows: The s&udy
of the external and intsrnal appear
ance and characters of the disease in
all its forms both microscopically and
mscroscopically, the condition of term
inal and lateral buds and spurs on af-
fected branches, adjacent branches and
on healthy trees, the internal condition
of the bark cambium and wood of dis
eased branches in contrast to that on
healthy branches. Periodic observa.
tions are made on individual branches
affected aBd healthy on certain trees, q
study of the conditions of the soil, cul-
Il tivation, n0@tuse, drainage, irriaa-
ton, subssil and Of the relative suscep'
tibihty of the differant varieties.
Attempts are haing mada to isolate
any causatine organism in hoRs OF
getting soma additional light on the
subject. To determine the possible re-
lation of heart rot to winter injury.
Affected and apparently healthy
branches have been tagged from which
scions vill be cut and grated on
healthy stocks and the condition of the
feeding rootlets of affected trees are
compared with rootlets on healthy
trees.
1.-The control of apple scab is receiv-
ing its share of attention and will oc-
cupy the attention of the patologist es-
pecially next season. The station is
endeavoring to find some spray mater.
dsl suitable fos the peculiar conditions
in the valley which will hold this dis
ease in check and st the same time re-
duce to the minimum the danger oil
spray burn. Tests are being made to
determine the amount of damage done
to fruit in storage by the development
of scab on previously infested fruit as
we'll as apples on which scab spores
might have been deposited during pick
ing a@ harvesting season. Certain
dips for the control of this trouble are
being tested. Mushroom root rot IL
receiving no little attention and it il
hoped that numerous experiments may
be arranged in order to try various
methods ana chemicals that might bs
cheaper than the method now in vogue
"An accurate and thorough study OF
these diseases requires time and the
department is doing its woga as rapidly
as can be done with occuracy. The
station will make public its ees4lts ac
soon as they are accurately detsssainsd
but wishes to pursue q conservative
policy and not record hastily drawn
conclusions
The irrigation problems of the locaI
, experiment station are in charge of c
c. Starring. Both he and Nr. Win
ston, although held in ske hishast ss
: teen by hoftieultural ssEepts in tn,
northeast and wherever they hav,
worked, are young men. They havt
: made many friends since their resi-
dence here and are popular With al
local folk.
MIR. Starring is o native of lowe
From the age of IL to l8 be was on |
market garden in South Dakota. He
!, took his under graduate york at th'
South Dakota Agricultural College
under Prof. NJ. b. Hansen, one of thu
foremost fruit breeders of the Unitet
, States and agricultural explore
for the United States Department o
Agriculture. Mr. Starring graduates
there in 1911 and came west to work il
the Lewiston orchards. During dh,
: winter following he was at the Uni
vefsity OF Idaho. In the summer o.
} 1912 he allied himself with the section
I of special research of the Oregon Agri
cultural College Experiment Station
carrying on work in the irrigation ex
periments in the Rogue River valley
During the winter of 1912 and 1918 b
pursued graduate work at the Oregon
Agricultural College. Mr.. Starring
came here May |, of last year.
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