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Show THE PEAR BLIGHT. While tery grate and well-founded fears hato been felt by Utah orchard-lsts orchard-lsts regarding the pear blight, The Inter-Mountain Farmer and Ranchman Is pleased to state that there Is good reason to believe that the blight can bo controlled. As suggested ln these columns two weeks ago, tho rational treatment nrpears to bo to cut away tho affected branches bb soon as slgni of the blight are dlseotered, all trimmings trim-mings being remoted from the orchard nnd burned At I'roto Mr James Mel-drum's Mel-drum's fine pcir orchard showed considerable con-siderable blight July 1st Mr. Meldrum acted promptly ln the matter of cutting out nnd burning the blighted twlgn, and a report on the orchard by Vice-President Vice-President Bower of the Hoard of Horticulture, Horti-culture, dated July SSth. states that there Is now no sign ot blight ln the orchard. The orchard at the Utah experiment station at Logan had a doxen trees that were attacked during the first week In July Under the direction of tho writer hereof the trees -were carefully care-fully pruned of all affected twigs, all cuttings being put into a sack, carried1 off the grounds and burned. The wound on each limb was covered with kerosene, which is a rretentlte against further spread of the blight, as It kills the wood. The trees are kept well cot-ered cot-ered with Bordeaux. The last of the blight was cut out on July Sth, and there Is today no sign of a reappearance reappear-ance Tho orchard ln question Is making ma-king a tlgorous growth and the water supply tns not reduced, because of a desire to mature tho t cry heaty crop of pears now on the trees. These two Instances go far to prote that tho blight may be checked If prompt and tlgorous action be tnken. Again tho Inter-Mountain Farmer and Ranchman adtlses against the destruction de-struction or abandonment of the pear orchards, and urges that etery known situation Is not hopeless by any means. |
