Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-02-24
! SAYS CEDAR RUST Is
MENACE TO ORCHARDS
: Harry Darlington Writes to
Senator Long FavOrlng
Bill in Legislature
N BAN ON CEDARS NEAR
APPLE PLANTATIONS

Support Of the Long Tin to save the
orchards from devastation by cedar
rust. by destroying all the red ce-
dars within one mile Of any apple
orchard.
Philadelphia. Feb. Is. 1917.
Mr.. ira Laydeld Long. care or Senate
Chamber. Dover Delaware.
Dear Sir
] am in receipt Of your valued ia
yor Of the 18TH inst enclosing a copy
Of an act introduced IN the state SEN
ate. providing for the control and
eradication of cedar rust in the State
Of Delaware.
fully approve of the language used
IN the act. The provisions thereof are
simple and easily understood, aud
provide for compensation for trees
Destroyed.
Cedar Rust IS not menace TO
orchards in the northern part Of the
State. but IS more prevalent In Sus-
sex county. Tho Federal Bureau OF
Plant Industry have watched with in
crest The campaign in Virginia for
he control and elimination Of the dis
.aso. which has been provided for by
4 Legislative act I'm that State the
lct has been approved by the Supreme
Court of the state. and is now vel
somed as one OF the most practical
pieces OF legislation ever passed by
ho Legislature
The act which YOU have given me,
must sooner or later be adopted by
Delaware and other apple growing
states where cedar rust damages the
rop The disease attacks foliage as
eell as fruit on the apple tree. bctray-
ng MS presence by bright yellow or
.range-yollow spots. IN cases of Sc
ere Infection, the leaves show yellow
q a great distance from tho tree. ard
ficn FAN prematuroly. as though cut
III bv n midsummer frost The tree.
he fruit buds and the apples all sut-
pr. Worst of all. the apples present
SORRY appearance when put on the
Aarkct They look as though they
ioro suffering from an aggravated
asc OF smallpox.
During recent years cedar rust has
ccome a positive menace to the APP
le cros I'm lower Delaware. Virginia
nd contiguous States. Spraying has
oi proved fentircly satisfactory as a
.-ea,cdy. scr cedar rust is n disease
7 Ahf must be controlled by destroying
Y source. And the sources of cedar
3sf is the cedar trec-th red cedar
-which inhahits the Delaware apple
pnds.
rho rust-infected apple develops
ftle cuplike protuberances that pro-
nce spores These reproduce their
ind The same development takes
lace on diseased apple leaves But
nst spores from a diseased apple or
tpple leaf will not produce rust SIM
Nv hy coming in contact with the
ther leaves and other fruit They
must spend year ON the cedar be-
ore they are prepared TO reproduce
heir kind
4 Late IN the season wind carries the
< pores from the fruit and leaves TO
edars. on these they pass the vim
err The following spring they pro-
luce galls-cedar apples In which
billions Of spores are at work all
hummer. when spring comes again
bcso millions OF plague makers arc
brown 20 the four winds and swooI
non the orchards.
Professor N. b. Waite. of the Fed
rial Bureau OF Plant Industry. con
lucted "a cooperative campaign o
ducafion years ago with the Virgins
Experiment station forces. The grow
MS responded and co-operated an
pread the truth about cedar rus
p.
lerst0od the problem. After niue
fork IL WAS evident that the cedar
must go. But how? The codars wer
d the Virginia hills before the appl
richards; a man might destroy IN
edars bordering his orchard and We
lave his fruit infected by spores car
led from cedars on another man
and a milo away. That man Nigh
ave no orchard. How could he bl
directed 10 destroy HIS property FOL
he protection OF anOther's? Tn,
orchardist Of that State got behind
ne Legislature. They printed tho
Nory of cedar rust. they collected
ieuar twigs that bore cedar apples
wa apples infected by cedar rust
enen their bin was called nm for CON
tuereuon every Legislator had he
VIC MIN on his desk. the little nrint
ioioer, twig bearing "a codsr an.
re model York Inneri,l "a =,
ouhn apple OF the Same var,ot,. -,
"onsh 70 per cent. of ibo ~. "'iu
Pts had no interest in anrioe ''','N
'e'schal or their constuuc,t
legislation passed. 'h'
The act which you have ro.,,..,
ne tor examination very closet. ~,
ows the Virginia act. which has NJ
'assed upon by the highest trihnn.
# that State. I am interested. 4, an
levelopment Of Sussex county N,
I'm Interested in about 2OOO acres
rnit orchards therein 70 is of Nj,
interest TO us that we have permano
'elief along this line. 7 would
flad to show you and your associat
be damage that has been dore TO {
Il Swan Creek Orchard Company. n,
Hillsboro, Delaware AT this point
have a 300-acre orchard. and last y,
IA he cedar rust destroyed at least OF
lhird of our foliage Many others
>ur orchards are affected in sir
ar manner and If VIC are not affoi
ID relief as suggested in the a
which you have enclosed me. we a
ikely to suffer a loss that cannot
sfimated.
1ffurther data is necessary for q
Massage Of this act. 7 will be glad
nrnish you with the same
Very truly yours.
HARRY DARLlNGT0'