Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-08-28

Washington. II. e.. Aug. 2>.-kitChcn
and truck gardens in various parts Of
the South are being damaged severely
by root knot. also known aS root-gall and
big root. the cause of which is Il microS-
J -opic animal which al one stage il worm
like and for this reason has been called
an cclworm. The animal belongs 10 the
class called nematodc>. and this partic-
ular and destructive member If the
family. bc-au>c il produces CALLS. il
often called the gallworm. The de>truc-
ticv effect hi this nrmatudr on truck
gardens and certain field crops has clear
IL been established and because of its
habits in gardens Of large size il was a.
be expected that or,e il got into kitchen
gardens and even certain flower beds il
would also cause their plants To make
poor notwithstanding them. reducing
the Weld az even killing them prcmn
turcly. Where the infertion j. very bad
the roots are found To ~ masses of.
swollen abortionS covered with ,kontS'
scarcely recognizable rs roots.
Mysterious Damage Reported.
Numerous letters from home garden |
crS i'm different sections Of the South
have reported 4 mysterious damage tol
%'crtain vegetables and flowers which
are known "a ~ especially susceptible
tD this parasite which lives in soil and
attacks practically all truck vegetables
cultivated berries. certain kinds Ot|
lawn grass and certain trees. a. well a.
many field crops of the South. MANY .
the writer's sent samples If plants thu
had been DESTROYED. and examination
showed clearly that they had been at
tackled by this gallworm.
The following is 4 list Of gardcI
crops and ornamental plants c>peciall
open 20 attack from this ncmatodc:
Asparagus. bean. cantaloupr. carrot
celery. cucumber. eggplant garden beet
garden pea. Irish potato. lettuce. musk
melon. ukra tUMir. onion. pepper. ~al
>ify. spinach. sweet corn. pumpkin
sweet potato. tomato bcennia. c%inerari
clrmatiS. coleu~. dahlia. holly hook. w
onN. rose. sweet pea. eladioluS. naStga
tinm. violet. ginseng. goldenScai.
Raspberry Seriously Affected.
of the bush fruits the raspberry i,
seriously affected, and Of other fruit
the cherry, fl. peach. mulberry. am,
Old World grapevine are very Su>ccp
tihlc to attack. OF lawn plants. clover i
especially susceptible and Kentucky blue
grass il more or less subject "a injury
Rape. frequently raised for chickens.
among the Su> cplihlc plants. The ncma
tCdc also attacks the following Shad
and nut trees: Catalpa, European elm
almond. pecan. Icr>iun walnut. anG'
weeping willow. Many weeds are III
tackled. often very severely. Such weed,
Id or around j garden are \ constant
menace AZ they serve 10 support ncma
tolrS in the soil, and il drainage runs
that way they can ~ readily washed
'-om the soil of q wccdv field into that
ri a garden.
Starving the GalIwOrm is a Remedy.
This ncmatude MAY be- looked for in|
the South and Southwest. particuarl,
where the soil does not freeze 10 a depth
IL i foot. In colder climates the ncma
todc >rcmS not d withstand the severe
winter freezing. but il j. found and j.
4 serious pest III many northern green
houses. Fortunately III greenhouses the
gallworm can he killed hv removing the
plants and either introducing new soil
or stcrilizing the soil i'm the greenhouse
beds hN steam introduced under the
soil IN perforated pipes and used until
the soil * thoroughly heated. Where
sell r. removed the benches must To-
WhitcwlShcd with u oiling hot fresh
y hitcwa~h before the new soil j. intro
ducr:i. For outside gardens III The
South the only remedy i To StarVe ont
The pest IN renewing MI plants on wl.i'h