OCR Text |
Show iR TREATMENT FOR PEAR BLIGHT fs .Mw an unuMial I a vrar ami ', -n I ludv earo- ' irJ f om Pi it. t I lie division d pathology, i ii ontagloiis .- f i' car and nlllil t , unci r willy wire ' fr"1"'' "'", , rims drwn In k, th i limbs and .. M I the b ic- i U tin leaves it i king the ft inu it nmn, , th 1 liralir'htH , I. The II, u i "' ot" to ,, ,h h on whl.li klw,tut m attached wiiink s til piomln- -ii i int I ' of the tico fcj ,t III"! '"f'1 Sj c lid tiunk 3en thr in k rf a limb Is to, llir i dies '"it rtinslim c idled by the ,, mi iu I i' ci ngalu -n ai - t All o the point he " luilthl no unlit , t 'i uiulf'cteel u . u, f 11 l.llBhtcd "killed h 11 ' glidllng if ju v ) minute ili. I ni The mrnvei I hy I'ruf T, J j il i I i ti to science r im i Th follow - Fin r ' r f tiii' it n 1 Th nuriohes me r i! numl i nf fleshly i . th r n be taken lellrt an i rulllvntetl In trrl I 'I wa inn be tu aim li Inocii-uhc Inocii-uhc n ii with these din jj 1 1 ned, 4 In Utt I tlio inlcinbes uro In ariun 1 ctfor the til rise may bo tso gen tu heads 1 a aim to put the tree III a to tei i blight or to jble to tne liseuse, nnd fir ttternii ting the nil-iltlrli nil-iltlrli If of Hi tlmpoitnnie I cut IjII there nn bo 1mtho under the firm infflri nil Ik dlrec ted tactic klni, the Km" Hi of therefore nio undesirable i slier It I thought that eif-n'unll Ket he) on I or hir 1 n It i tht head 'Pi-id w h fu or or hln-dit hln-dit a thr i nia be, t nt a r unlng fertl-illon fertl-illon I hrigntion but t 1 to IV neetl not bo tithe in in rellunee muni h'oily na ly hntlsfnctory ntrolll r ih disease that mlnal on of the microbes it t r,, particle of blljjht should b cut out and burned while the treenare dormant not a sin Ele active ai I elng nlloued to annlie the w Intel In the oichard or Mthln a hnlf mile oi so from It Mery tiee of the pome family Im hiding the an. pic peui quince Slbeilon unli apple wild crab upple the mountain ash ser Meo DTrj, and all the species of I'ru Inc'Biis or h ivwhnms, should le exam Incil lor Ihe pmpse the bllqht lielnc; the sime In till rhe oir-hnrdlst shoul 1 not rtop of absolute destnn Hon of every ev-ery case for a few overlooked may ko a Ions waj towaid undoing all his I work ( uliInK out the I light may be clone at anj time In the winter or spring up to the pei lo 1 when fcicmth begins rho best time howmr Is undoubted ly In the fc-ll. when th foliage Is still on tie tiee unl the conliust between that on the blighted and lint on the health) limbs Is n great that It Is an easy mutter to tlnd all the blight It Ii linpurl mt to cut out hllnht whenever It Is roid even In the ginning seas in At tlmt llnu of the rar howovei, It inn not be hoi ed to make much head-wnj head-wnj -ignlnst the disc u as i eiv c ise constantly occur which ale not sufficiently suffi-ciently develoied to be Keen when the cuttlrg Is done ln uichards where thie are nnl n few trem and the owner Ins sufficient time to go over tin m dully In will he able to save iow which would otherwise be lost However when the trees stop forming new u o I, the campaign should begin In eiinrM Of course the greater part of the blight can be tnken out the Hrst time the tiecs am gone over If this should bn In ml Mummer the trees should nil be iigaln carefully Inspected In the autumn, au-tumn, just before the leives shed, so as to get every case that can bo seen nt that tme After thli a careful watch should be kept on the trees and at least one moie canful Inspection Riven ln spring before tho blossoms open. It wouid doubtless be well to look the trees ovei several times during the winter to be certain that the bllKht Is complete!) exterminated In order to do the Inspecting thoroughly It Is necessary to go from tree to tree down the row In tho case of huge trees to walk up one side of the row and down the other as In slniplj walking through the orchard It Is Impossible to be certain cer-tain that every case of blight has been cut out The ubove line of treatment will be moie efficacious In keeping unjffectel orchirds free from the blight A careful care-ful Inspection of all pomaceoua trees shoul 1 lie made two or three times during dur-ing the summer and a shaip lookout kept for the llrst appearance of tho I light It usually takes two or three tars for the disease In nn orchard to develop Into n serious epidemic but the early removal of the llrst case will prevent this and save n great deal of lahor later and many vnlunble trees In doing this work It must he remembered remem-bered that success enn he attained onl) b the mon careful und rigid attention to details Watch and study the trees, nnd thero In no question that the tlmo thus spent will lo amply repaid |