The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-04
EXPERIMENTAL STA
TION REPORT is OUT

The report of the Hood River Branch
| Experiment Station was sent out last
week. The letter of transmittal from
| Director A. B. Cordely to President
Kerr, of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, says:
Central office and laboratory quar-
ters were rented in Hood River, ade-
quate equipment provided, and the ex-
pertinent station was organized by the
appointment of G. c. Starring as hor-
ticulturist, and J. K. Winston as plant
pathologist. Provision was also made
for some chronological investig gatons
which have, for the most part, been in
direct charge of Leroy Chids, assistant
entOmOlOgist of the Oregon Agricul-
tura College Experiment Station. In
futiIIment of the agreement with the
county court, the heads of the depart
ments of horticulture, paint pathology
and entomology at the Agricultural
! College have assisted in outlining all of
the work and have bad general super
vision over it.
Owing to the fact that the appropria-
| tion did not become available until the
| latter part of May. very little was done
before July !, 1918. This report, there
fore, covers,but little more than one
seasons work, and it is almost need
less to add that none of the results can
be considered conclusive. The principal
pOrpOse of the report is to show some
thing of the nature of the work that
has been done.
Orchard problems that are easy of
solution have, for the most part, al
ready been solved. Most of the re-
mainder, many of which are important,
can be solved only by careful scientific
Investigations, which must extend over
period of several, often many, years.
The department of plant pathology
was somewhat handicapped during the
first year of the establishment OF the
station by the failure to obtain a plant
path0gloglst for the work until mid
summer. This difficulty had not been
f0reseen, and no temporary work was
begun until in the spring of 1918.
The services of j. R. Winston were
finally secured, and he began work in
July, 1913. Mr.. Winston is a graduate
of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
having specialized in plant pathology.
Later he took graduate work at the
Pennsylvania state college, where he
secured the degree of Nj. S. He has
since served as assistant plant patholo-
gsit at the North Carolina experiment
station. from which position he re-
signed to come to Oregon. Mr.. Winston
came to us with good general training
and thorough knowledge of his sub
ject. and has had special experience in
the study of eastern apple diseases.
The work Of the department has been
outlined along the following projects
|. Investigations of so-calIed winter
injury or die-back in apples. 2. A
study of apple fruit spots and rots. 3.
Studies of the mushroom root rot of
apples and other trees and plants. 4.
General observations and preliminary
Investigations on plant diseases in gen
eral. 5. Experiments for the control
of apple scab.
At the present time a detailed report
is being made on the last-mentioned
project. This work has taken greater
part of the time of the local patholo-
! gst, and it has been possible to make
only limited study of the other pro-
jeGts. Valuable data concerning these.
however, are gradually being accumu-
lated, and reports will be made as fast
as the progress of the Investigations
warrants.
Grateful acknowledgment is due
Prof. l.. F. Henderson, former botanist
of the University of Idaho, for efficient
assistance and counsel in connection
with the experiments for apple scab
control and for his kindness in critters.
ing the manuscript of the portion of
this report covering that work.
Subjects touched on in the report are
as follows: Experiments for the Con.
troll of Apple SCab," II. S. jackson and
}. K. Winston; Miscellaneous PathoI-
ogoical Projects" H. S. Jackson and
j. r. Winston; horticultural Investi-
ACTIONS. c. |. Lewis; THE Farm and
Vegetable Garden" A. G. b. Boouet
chronological Investigations. " W. F.
Wilson and Leroy Childs. Experiments
were conducted by j. r. Winston in the
orchards of Graf Bros, the Apple
Land and Orchard CO., the Davidson |
Fruit Co. and Woodworth & Loomis. |