The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-30

TIE CITRUS FRUIT cArSISER
By Fredene 81 HaskIn

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pec9ed point. Each of these PLANTS IS
carefully Inspected by1men Grained Tor
THAT work The plants are shown at
4close range N order that ever one
may see Just how the canker iootSs
iupon thesIeaYes and stem OF me: Pan
la plant with even a single Affected:
tleaf is-pronptly consigned to the hre
iReadinS notices and figures are pre-
isenred telling how great loss can
!be brought about by permitting ;d i1
leased plant TO be carried INTO the
icountry The Offices from which the
fpIant. inspectors go out are also pre-
tsented- Over hundred inspectors
are seen preparing for their Gays
work TO which they depart upon BIZ
cycIes or motorcycles, Their work
| IN the field then follows. sYonng reeSI
are burned with the knapsack OIL
sprayer. a whole orchard is. shown
after destruction and the burning OF
nursery OF Injected young trees Isl
also depicted.
The Office of the sdepartment+ OF as-i
ucuIture in this campaign has beeni
merely as an assistant to the enorts
being put forward by the locale organ
izations. The local committee del
cides upon the region into which the
inspector should first be-Seur- II also
selects the inspector The department
pays either the travelling expenses or
salary, as preferred, from the appro-I
priat:ons made for that purpose by
ConGress In Dade county, Florida.
a force of fifty men are now at work
at an expense of $500 per month
The allotment from the federal gov
eminent for this work is only $1,000
per month and the balance Is being
made up entirely by local subscrip-
of about 100000 trees week, de-
stroying all those having the slight
est Infection
No arrangements have been made
as yet to recompense the man whose
diseased trees have to be DESTROYED.
The matter IS under CONSIDERATION. but
as vet no satisfactory estimate OF thei
value of an orange tree, especially
young. non-bearing tree. has been
made; 50 the loss must be borne by
rhe owner, which is necessarily a
hardship. Notwithstanding this. the
campaign of. education has resulted
in so strong feeling of community
good that the inspectors are welcomed
to- every grove, and the unfortunate
owners OF a stricken tree submits to-
! its destruction without a protest He
knows that the precanuon taken now
Will prevent greater destructoa
later.
The citrus fruit products of the
southern states are rapidly becoming|
tan importcnt factor in the food re-
sources of the nation. Last year they
appropriated sI4.Geo.ao0 n Florida
alone. and were second in importance
| only to the field crops OF the state
They have more than doubled since
1910. and as the demand IS also IN
tcreasing the growers have abundant
reason for speedy action against a
disease menacing so important crop:
The grape fruit and orange growers
lin the same state produced over 90
| 100000 crates of fruit last year They
expect to double that within the next
! five years. providing the present pest
Idoes not destroy too many young
itrees.
one of the new developments OF the
citrus fruit industry is the extension
| of the season by the introduction o.
new varieties OF fruit which VIII eth
| er r:pen later than the stock now N
service, or which will begin TO ripea
several months earlier The Lue San
Gong orange meets the last CONDITION
admirably and its growth is being
rapidly extended. It begins to rpen
IN August or September, and is upon
/ the market before the older varieties.
are ready for picking Several varde-
ties OF oranges and at least one OF
/ pomelo or grapefruit, do not fully
mature until June or July This prae-
tically extends the citrus 3r1lt PICK
| ing season throughout ten months OF
| the year. which Is an advantage to the
4 .c.ai.r nv lefNs
p.Iblic who are now able to secure It
throughout the entire year at a reas-
lonable price, because they no longer:
have to pay for long storage charges
/ Grape fruit has made tremendous
strides in. popularity during the last
wears and the department OF aSrfc'll-
| ture. as well as the growers, have:
done much to improve the varieties:
! a still greater popularity IS hopet
for. A movement S now upon to2t
TO establish Grape Fruit Week
which is to be as widely advertised
land exploited throughout the country
as is "Orange Day in California.
Rice Day in the southern states AID
Apple Day" in other localities Il
rs suggested that the week between
/. December 10 and % be taken for this
/ exploitation of the grape fruit, and a
/; wide advertising campaign be 1naus-
urated during the sumner.
The use Of grape fruit juice as "a
beverage offers new possibility IN
THE way Of non alcoholic drink for
the summer hostess in localities IN.
! which the law has curtaiied other re-
sources The departmene&ofea gr:cul-
tures has Just issued bui1cti1 giving
directions as TO the best Leans OF
preserving chs liquid eitne- In ihe
home or for commercial PURPOSES. "A
fnumber OF grape fruit growers are
adding boiling and canning racfii-
! ties to their packing plants THIS
tenab1es them to promptly utilize TIE
| fruit which is slightly damaged IN
/ handlins,sor in some way falls rbelo: