The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1914-02-27

ton is enforced, however, a serious
outbreak OF the blight may occur
wnen weather conditions favorable to
IT'S spread prevail during and follow
nag the blossoming period. In such
tases, serious losses may occur; but
It should be noted that under the
same conditions, where 10 adequate
Inspection service is maintained, very
luucn greater losses would result and
The Irult industry of district might
even be entirely ruined.
General Considerations
The Importance OF knowing the dis
ease thoroughly before any attempt is
made to practice the method of treat
ment recommended, cannot be too
strongly emphasized. Fire blight
must be cut out properly. Serious
losses have frequently occurred, due
TO unlntelligent and careless cutting.
frequently more damage is wrought
by attempts to cut out the disease
by persons who do not understand
it, than would be caused by allowing
it to run its course. If fire BLIGHT
appears in an orchard in any form
and the grower has had no exper-
fence with it, then he should send at
ease and who will do the work or will
instruct the grower how to practice
the proper method of eradication. 1t
| is always better, where possible, to
leave the work to some reliable per-
son who has had sufficient exper-
fence to become expert in detecting
blight in all its forms and in prac-
ticing the method of eradication. In
iC hot lo
work of eliminating blight from an
orchard be under the supervision of
some one who knows the disease
thoroughly
In cutting blight from an orchard
it is best to consider as blight all
doubtful cases, and cut them out.
1t is especially important that all
growers realize their responsibility as
individuals in regard to fire blight.
A grower who leaves blight in his
orchard knowingly or on account of
careless inspection, may be respons-
ible for a serious outbreak the next
season, not only in his own orchard
but in any or all orchards in the i'm
mediate vicinity.
Every grower should understand
that for blight to appear in his or
Election on his care or ability as an
orchardist, but to allow it to remain
without proper treatment and a thor
ough attempt at eradication, would
be a discredit Blight is more liable
to appear in serious form in an or
chard that is in high state of Gull
tvation than in one which is improp-
erly cared for or neglected.
Fire h1ioht &c cnrooJ;p~ ,on;lIxx -,
oregon and if adequate measures are
not soon taken to arrest its spread,
we may expect the disease to be pres
ent in very short time in all parts
of the state.
1t is obviously of vital Importance
to all horticulturists living in blight
infected districts, to see that every
effort is made to control this disease.
It is of almost equal interest to hor-
ticulturists in sections where blight
is not now present If blight is pro-
perly controlled in those sections
where it is now present, and every
effort is made to prevent its spread,
it will be much longer time be-
fore it will appear in new districts.
Every year that this blight is de-
layed from appearing in orchards of
the Willamette valley, for example,
means thousands of dollars to the
growers of that district
If it found that present methods
fail to control blight in sections bor
dering on uninfested districts, then
the horticultural interests of both dis
tricts should unite in demanding spec
ial state aid to control and prevent the
spread of this dreaded &tSease.