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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1912
O Some Cocal
TIME IS HERE TO
TREAT GROWN ROT
Crown rot of the apple tree la caus
ed by a toadstool. This toadstool la
ooe of the many fungi that give the
farmer much concern.
The structure and growth made by
thla toadstool ahould be thoroughly
understood aince a thorough know
ledge la neceasary In case one at
tempts to combat it and la success
ful. The so-called vegetative part or
the toadstool and the part which cor
responds to the roots, stems and
leaves of a tree for example, consists
of minute but Invisible threads which
live in the soil or in vegetable mat
ter either dead or living. These
threads may be simple or branched
and when abundant in the soil form
strands of almost countless numbers
which are enclosed in a special cov
ering of a black color. When occur
ing in this form these bodies are
known as the shoestring fungus.
These shoestring-like strands attach
themselves to all sorts of vegetable
matter in the soil, among which are
the roots of the apple tree. When
the strings become attached to the
tree they usually grow and finally
develop the fruit which is as we know
it the toadstool.
If the strands are allowed to remain
in contact with the roots they will
gradually work their way through the
bark. Soil conditions have a very de
cided influence. on the activity of the
threads, the more compact types be
ing the more favorable. Should the
bark of the roots be Injured In any
manner so that the shoestrings may
reach the unprotected wood, the fun
gus becomes a parasite, growing In
to the wood and attacking and des
troying the more tender part between
the bar and the wood.
The entrance of the fungus Into the
tree is characterized by the presence
of cankers which most commonly are
located at the crown and on the main
roots where they diverge from the
crown. Unless special search for the
Infested treea is made it commonly
happens that by the time the top of
the tree shows that something is
wrong with the root the tree is so
badly Injured that it la only a case
of time until It dies.
At thla time of year the toadstools
are forming . The location of these
toadstools usually reveals the loca
tion of all infested materials both
decaying and living. One should go
over every portion of the orchard and
note if there are one or more brown
mushrooms attached to the crown of
the tree. It Is a good plan to do this
work at least twice during the next
Ave weeks. Be sure to mark every
tree and the location in the orchard
away from the trees where mush
rooms put In their appearance.
After the trees have been marked
every mushroom should be collected
and burned, for several reasons, prin
cipal among which is that they are
the fruiting bodies of the shoestrings
and produce the seed like bodies
(spores) that start the fungus grow
ing in new locations in the orchard.
After the mushrooms have been
removed the dirt should be dug from
the crow and large roots of these
treea and the bark examined to see
If there are any cankers in the bark.
In case of cankers cut out all dead
portions of the bark, leave the wood
exposed for a few days and then coat
the wood with thick Bordeaux mix
ture. The dirt should not be placed in
contact with the wood for at least
a year. A burlap sack loosely wound
around the Injured part will be suf
ficient winter protection. Trees
that have been entirely girdled
should be bridged grafted the follow
ing spring. Care should be taken to
prune the top so as to remove as large
a portion as necessary not to overtax
the vitality of the tree until the flow
of water and the movement of plant
food throughout the tree becomes nor
maL
There is good proof that a mixture
of air-alackad lime and dry sulphur
(1-2 by volume of each) placed around
the crowns of trees on which shoe
strings are attached will kill the shoe
strings and will not Injure the tree,
The above mixture should be placed
on the exposed crown and bases of
the large roots and then covered with
oil.
W, H. LAWRENCE,
Plant Pathologist.
WOULD MAKE APPLE
NATIONAL FRUIT
Four northwestern states are ex
I tried to observe Apple Day, Novem
ber 18, as a holiday , and the Ides of
the occasion will be made nation
wide. W bare the national (tame, the
national antbera, the national bird
and tbe national this, that and the
utbt tblntf, and with the Interest
that U manifest la the culture of the
Apple Tall O
XX
WOULD ERADICATE
LAST OF SCALE
San Jose Scale la only founi? on a
very few trees in the Hood River
valley. Fire blight, which is a much
more difficult disease to combat; has
been eradicated at least there is not
a single canker known to exist in
the valley at this time. With the
co-operation of all concerned the
same result can be accomplished rel
ative to the San Jose Scale.
During tne past monin or more
an inspection of a large number of
orchards shows that the scale is very
rare within the orchards. There are
however, trees of all descriptions and
varieties, both old and young, stand
ing near houses, barns, outbuildings,
in fence rows and fence corners, in
hedge rows, along ditches and flumes,
seedlings standing in the pastures
and along the creek bottoms, as well
as such trees as the red alder and
the wild haw that are well plastered
with scale. This scale attacks a
very few of the wild plants, principal
among which is the red alder and the
wild haw.
The apple growers no doubt have
carefully labeled all trees found to
be Infested at the time the fruit was
gathered. The further request is
made that each rancher make a care
ful survey of the ranch and destroy
all plants in the out-of-way places
that will carry scale and clean up
such as he wishes to save. This
search should include wild plants as
well as the tame ones.
It Is also requested that the peo
ple of the city of Hood River co-operate
in this work by digging up and
burning all unsightly fruit trees and
pruning and spraying those they wish
to save.
The campaign to eradicate the scale
has been under way for several
weeks. Kindly attend to such work
as will facilitate the inspection de
stroy worthless trees, prune and de
stroy those that are worth saving.
Kindly do this work at once.
W. H. LAWRENCE,
Inspector for Hood River County.
EDUCATIONAL SIDE
OF SHOW FEATURED
The educational side of the Huo-
kaneshow will consist of dallv confer
ences from 10 12 aud from 2 4, three
days of which will be devoted to cul
tlvatloD, pruning, spraying, harvest
Ing, financing, etc. Wednexday will
be devoted to by-product: Thurs
day to storage and traiiHportatton;
Friday to marketing. The bent men
of the Northwest will be used for one
half of the Conference time, mid the
other half will be open for general
dlecUHHlon. Stenographic reimrts of
the entire conference will lie taken.
printed and dlMtrlliuted If poHxIble
without charge.
Other educational feature will lie:
A free school to tench packing; the
boys and girl' Judging ronttet, pre
ceded by lriMt ruction on how to Judge;
the tent of power spraying machines
by experts to gather complete Infor
mation la regard to design, construc
tion, performance aud efficiency of
modern spraying machinery ; exhibit
from the StateCollege of Washington
at Pullman and Illustrating by col
ored transparencies of orchard views
throughout the Northwest.
apple, there In no reason why that
fruit should not le given especial re
cognition In the land. But Apple
Day will be more than a mere dotting
of the bat. to the queen of fruits. It
will be made the occasion of a closer
acquaintance with the lucloun mor
sel that tempted man from the Gar
den of Kden, for every man, woman
and child In the nation will be asked
to eat at least one apple on Novem
ber IS. That looks like a little thing
but It Is not so small as It appears
at first glance. Suppose that on Ap
pie Day the people of the United
States would eat Just one apple each
for breakfast. If 90,000,0)10 of our
people were up In time lor breakfast
there would be an even million empty
apple boxes to carry to the basement
for kindling wood when the meal
was over, as a box of standard pack
contains !M) apples. Fifteen hundred
freight cars would have found em
ployment In transporting these ap
ples to market, and an army of men
would have earned the price of break
fast lo handling the fruit from the
tree to the table.
And that Is for but a single meal.
It la better than an even break that
if the apple served for breakfast was
a Hood Itlver Spits or Newtown, the
ration would le doubled for dinner.
Hut we will stop with figures Ix-fore
we get Into a maze that will cause
the price of apple land to soar to
something like Its true value, and be
sides there would have been no Hood
River apples left for dinner.
Head the News. It tells It all.
FRUITS GROW WHERE
MERCURY FREEZES
')ver two years ago Frauk N. Mey
er, explorer for the Tutted States
Departuieut of Agriculture, was seut
to Central Asia In search of cold-re
sisting fruits for the benefit of the
people living along the northern edge
of the I'ntted States, and especially
the upper valley of the Mississippi,
mo he traveled Into Siberia aud Mau-
churla as being likely regions, states
Harper's Weekly. That his trip was
a success. Is proved by the fact that
Mr. Meyer has recently sent to the
Agricultural IH-partmeut at Wash
ington, several specluieus of fruit
that will reelst a temperature tar lie
low xero.
Mr. Meyer, dressed In native attire.
ate aud lived with the uatlves of the
dlffereut countries he traversed aud
was seldom heard from except when
some rare and curious plaut or seed
frotn some distant part of the world
was received through the mall.
Two of the best discoveries made
lu his search tor cold restating fruits
were an apricot that stands a teiu
perature of 15 degrees below xero aud
a Siberian cherry that grows out-of
doors where mercury freexes and al
cohol thermometerM have to lie used
to record temperature. The apricot
Is a small, cold stunted tree, but, al
though the fruit Is not much to boast
of, It Is nevertheless au apricot and
cannot be killed by cold weather.
It Is claimed that It this fruit Is
uot good enough to suit the A inert
can palate now. It Is only a matter
of grafting and breeding from the
hardy stock to develop any klud of
taste desired. While the apricot Is
considered a good And, the oue that
promises to be the most popular aud
more valuable Is the Siberian cherry.
riil fruit grows on a tree that never
gets a chance to grow more than
two feet In height, owing to the win
ter temperature of forty degrees lie-
low zero, where It flourishes. The
fruit Is only about the size of a
huckleberry, but the bush fruits In
In profusion.
2250 APPLE PIES
RAKED PER HOUR
Apple pie baked at the rate of 2250
per hour lu an oven 65 feet long aud
served by 75 well known Spokane
residents will be served tree on the
opening of the National Apple Show,
November 11 to 17. This will lie the
penlng event of the Enakops, the
amusement feature of the apple ex
hlbltlon. The apples will first be
made Into sauce In a huge kettle
weighing 1S00 pound. Oas will be
used to cook the sauce, It being esti
mated by experts of the Spokane Gas
Company that 4.S.C70 cubic feet of gas
per hour will tie required. Five hun-
Ired bushels of apples will be cooked
at a time. When enclosed In a crust.
the pies will lie placed on an eudless
chain In the bake oven. Eduardo
Kampan. chef nt Davenport's, and
H.Cantrll will direct the cooking,
while the populace will te served by
leading men ol Spokane as waiters.
It Is expected this novel undertaking
will give the apple still greater favor
as the king ol fruits.
WENATCHEE CROP
RELOW ESTIMATE
About four-fifths of the fruit crop
of the valley has been shipped say
Wenatchee reports. Railway offic
ials expect the daily average of ship
ments to decrease from this time for
ward. A larger number of cars pro
vided with heating facilities will roll
after freezing weather sets in than in
any previou s season. This is due
partly to scarcity of labor and partly
to the present demoralization of the
apple market.
The Wenatchee valley apple crop
was overestimated. Instead of 4000
to 4,500 carloads of all kinds of fruit
it Is about 3,700 cars. This Is divid
ed into 3000 cars to Wenatchee and
700 from Cashmere and Peshastian.
Only 600 cars remain to be shipped
from Wenatchee the total last night
having reached 2,490.
That the total shipment will now
fall 300 cars short of the estimate is
explained by the fact that growers
were a little slow In their picking
and were caught by the first of the
regular fall winds. It is said that
this caused Just about 300 carloads
ti. C.JOHNSON
Carpenter and Builder
Third and State Sts.
Phone Shop 3 I J Res. 87-L
Regular Sunday excursion to Park
dale. Pleasant trip for yourself and
friends.
Special Harvest Dances will be help
at Hellbronner Hall every Saturday
night from 9 to 12 p. m. Everyone
welcome. 39tfc
of windfalls, which had to be class
ed as culls but which would have
graded 70 per cent, extra fancy.
Fifty cars were destroyed in the can
nery fire.
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Farm Purposes
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Private Plants
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All parties who are interested in pumping water and h
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ADDRESS THE
Oregon
Corns From Up-Rlver
Up-river shipments along the Col
umbia have been coming down stead
ily. Boat officers say about 10,000
boxes are now on landings and will
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ery dollar.
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Implement Company
Selling Agents, Laursen Automatic
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or two. Reports are that many ap
ple trees in the upper country have
not yet had their loads of fruit pick
ed, lack of help belugthe cause.
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there very shortly, the season being
several weeks earlier than down hero
and it is feared that quantities of ap
ples will be lost In this manner.
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