Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-01-30
APPLE CROP DAMAGE.
Cedar Rust Unusually DestruC-
tive in 1912 Season.
aeadIns FUNGUS Diseases Of Fruit In
Certain seetlons-Nuts are Very
Concentrated Food-Potato an
important Food.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agrieuiture.)

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment of Agricuiture)
The cedar rust or orange rust OF the
apple, which has its alternate genera
ton on the red cedar, was unusually
destructive during the season Of 1912.
especially in the Appalachian fruit
belt, and resulted in severe losses to
apple growers in the autumn of that
year. The main facts about this dis.
ease have been worked out by inves-
tigators and known to science for
several years.
The remarkable increase of the ce-
dar rust, apparently due to its new
adjustment to the Mork Imperial and
other commercial varieties of cult
waited apples which has taken place
within the last eight to ten years, has
caused this to be the leading fungous
disease of this fruit in certain apple
growing sections. Lime-sulphur solu-
ton, the standard fungicide for spring
treatment of the apple, will kill the
Fungus, but on account of weather
conditions and repeated infection Pc
RODS during the time of leaf forma-
tion, it is difficult and usually imprac-
ticable to prevent the disease by
spraying.
For several years the bureau Of
plant industry, department of agricul-
ture, has been recommending the de-
structiOn Of cedars in the vicinity of
large commercial orchards which they
tnjure, as a result Of which consider
able cedar destruction has been ac-
complished. The unusually severe out
break Of 1912 and the poor results
of spraying in that season, however,
emphasizes the necessity of cedar
eradication more than ever before, and
the last year this was taken up more
actively by the growers, particularly
in Virginia and West Virginia, the de-
partment and the state experiment
station Psychologists lendiig their aid
and advice to the movement
The results of this work proved
remarkably satisfactory during the
spring infection period Of 1918. In
the valley of Virginia, where heavy
losses we're sustained the previous
year, orchard after orchard recovered
completely In single season after
having the cedars cut down with a
radius of one or two miles. In order
to insure thorough infection and thus
make the effect Of eradication stand
out prominently. cedars we're in some
eases allowed to stand in the vicinity
OF certain orchards From the result
obtained in the work during the past
year, it appears satisfactory to cut
the cedars within a radius Of IL
miles, even though hillsides were COW
cred with cedars beyond that dis
lance.
Nuts az a Food.
The department of agriculture says
that nuts are a very concentrated
food, even more SO than cheese, but
when nationally used they are well
nssimilated and may form part OF
q well-balanced diet Nuts are a very
valuable source Of protein and fat,
these two nutrients being the charac-
teristic constituents of the more COM
mon nuts, of which the walnut and CO.
cuanut may be taken as types. In
nuts, like the chestnut, carbohydrates
are characteristic constituent. For
most families 1t is undoubtedly wiser
to use nuts as the regular diet than
rs a condiment or supplement to an
otherwise hearty meal.
Vegetarians and others who use nuts
In place Of meat should not depend
upon them as the main food supply, but