MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MKDFQBD, OREGON, TinjRSDAT, MAY 19, W10.
PEAR BLIGHT AND ITS CONTROL
UPON THE PACIFIC COAST
This Is tho Tenth of a Scries of Articles That Will Bo Printed Daily
Until Subject Is Completed Every Orchardlst in tho West Should
Save These Issues for Futuro Reference, as They Contain Valu
able Information.
By mOFESSOR O'GARA,
Assistant Pathologist United States
Department of Agrlcuturo. Writ
ten especially for tho Mcdtord Mall
Tribune Copyright, 1910, by tho
Hertford Mail Tribune.
(Continued
from Wednesday, May
18.)
Summer Cutting.
Summer cutting intelligently ap
plied may do a great deal of good in
saving trees which would othorwlso
bo lost. This is especially advisable
of most of tho go.nis accidentally loft
on cut surfaces, it is by no means truo
thnt infection may not tnko piano
from such cases. Furthermore, n
foggy morning following tho cutting
might spoil tho wholo procedure, so
tho only safo way is to always dis
infect. In a recent bullotln published
by ono of tho castorn agricultural
colleges rJio recommendation Is mado
to "disinfect tho cut or wound and
not tho tools." This Is ono of tho
worst mistakes that could bo mado,
and shows that tho author has novor
had any pr. itlcal exporlonco in fight
ing tho disease. Often in using tho
where thero is only a littlo blight in
tho orchard (by this I moan to say tool3f acci,jontai cuts or punctures aro
that unless tho infection is so sc-'mado and lt may happen that infec
rious as to necessitate tho destruc- tlon may bo pi0duced by thoni. As to
tionof tho cntirotreo), and it should ti)Q choice e: a disinfectant, permit
always bo practiced. Tho dry sum- mo to BtatQ onco moro that thero is
tnnco and which has boon mentioned
lioforo, Is tho possibility of working
nil tho non-reslctnnt varieties of pears
and apples on resistant stocks or bod
ies. It hnB been stated that tho Win
ter Nells and tho Kloftor varieties of
pears aro tho most roslstant of com
mercial vnrlotles. Under eastern and
southern conditions, tho Ktotfor po.ir
is really tho only ono thnt has stood
against tho ravages of tho blight. Ily
this I do not mean to say that lt is
wholly immune, because undor ox
tromo conditions it will blight. How
ovor, tho conditions on tho Pacific
coast aro such that if tho Kloftor
woro used as a stock or body thoro
would bo littlo danger of losing tho
tree by root and body infoctlons. Ex
porlonco in California has shown that
whllo Bnrtlett and other non-resistant
varieties havo blighted as far as tho
Nolls and Kloftor stocks, tho infoc
tlons havo usually stopped at tho
graft union. Evory pear growor on
tho const who has had oxporlonco with
blight knows that Wlntor Nolls and
Kloffcr, tho latter bolng very rarely
grown, has notlcod that thoso varie
ties rarely blight seriously, although
they may bo surrounded by a grent
deal of Infection. Of course, wo do
know, on tho other hand, thnt thoy
aro not immuno even on tho const. I
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mer weather of most of tho Pacific I notnlng cheaper nor bettor than bl-
coast country, especially irom soutn-(Cnjorjde. ot mercury, and any substi-
uru urefiun suumwuru, la ceriainiy ( tuto tor jt should not bo considered,
not favorablo for now Infections, but.Aiwayg uso tho proper strength, 1 to
occasionally spring rains occur rnth-10oo, or even stronger, and accopt no
or lato and somotlmos extend Into'UBSmutcs rj0 the work of summer
tho summer and attor the blossoming 'cutting ot blight with as great caro as
time. Until tho present year such j possible; If this Is not done you may
has not occurred In southern Oregon, j rea80nably oxpect to do It all over
but tho past spring has had sover.-.l again, and, perhaps, loso somo very
infection periods In which conditions ; valuable trees.
nave beea extremely favorablo to the , - . . c - -i t,,
. , . . Removal of Water Sprouts and Iiow
, . . .... Fruit Spurs.
case. Under eastern conditions, or
where excessive spring and summer B' far tho srcatcr part Probably
rains-are tho rule, summer cutting is as h,Sh a Percentage as SO per cent
only half successful, and has, there- of tho loss of trecs ln California and
tore, been condemned by most poar E0U"iern Oregon has como from body
and applo orchardlsts as a failure. and 1,mb Infections through water
Summer cutting is a failure, or Is 8Prouts and low fru,t spura- Wator
sprouts coming up irum iuu root
made apparenUy so becauso of the
fact that new infections invisible at
the time the work Is done, may de
velop in a tow days so that a week
after tho most thorough cutting out
of tho blight a new crop of Infec
tions is found thriving. Another
Bourco of difficulty in tho spring v,r
summer time arises from the rapid
extension of the blight infection In
the branches of varieties that are very
susceptiblo to the disease. Some
times, especially whuro tho nfectlon
has roached a largo leader or the
body, tho germs often roch a foot
or iwu oeyona mo aisco:omtion, as
system, evon at some distance from
tho base of tho treo, havo caused fatal
infections. Fruit spurs when located
on tho body or main forks, and be
coming infected, quickly Introduce
the germs into the thick, fleshy bark
which carries all tho sap, and des
truction Is very rapid It tho treo Is
growing rapidly and lt lt happens to
bo a very susceptible variety. Water
sprouts from the French stocks on
which most of our commercial varie
ties are grafted aro very susceptible,
and should be removed with the
greatest of care. It needs no argu-
thn riisPAKo I onmninn. ct mnMin ment, therefore, to stato that tho re-
that the bark has not b.i fim moral ot water sprouts and fruit
discolor sufficiently to ho riofrvi. BPurs wo11 UP n tho 1,mbs ,8 an ,m
-- - w
should offer ns a suggestion that Klof
tor stocks might well bo set out and
nftorwards top-grafted to any ot tho
commercial varieties of pears. This
will, at least, provido resistant bodlos
and roots which will cllmlnato tho
danger ot loss by body and root in
fection. I wish to urgo thnt tho find
ing of a variety of poar ontiroly 'im
muno to pear blight will alono solvo
tho pear blight problem for this spe
cies of porno fruit. Tho samo will bo
truo of any other of tho pomojrult3.
As soon as an Immune is found tho
possibilities ot plant breeding will,
no doubt, evolvo commercial varieties
equal to thoso that wo havo now, and,
at tho samo time, thoy will bo im
muno from disease. This is looking
far into tho future, but it will bo done
as lt has been dono with other plants,
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When ho heard that his pcoplo had
noed ot him,
Straightaway ho camo to us.
As rccolvod, so ho gavo, nothing
grudjcoi1, naught donying,
Not o'en tho last gasp ot his breath
when ho strovo tv u,
Dying for our sakes wltho it question,
ho put flora his all that ho
chorishod,
Simply as any that served him ho
served, and ho porlshod.
All that Kings covet was his, and ho
flung lt asldo for us.
Simply as any that dlod in his soa'-
vico ho died for vs.
KIPLING PAYS HIS
TUBUTEJD KING
Writes Poem Entitled, "The Dead
King," Voicing a Eulogy by the
English Nation Is Masterful Effort.
.Overland Service Postponed.
OROVILLE, Cnl., Hay 19. Ac
cording to information received lioro
today tho Western .Paoifio rnilrotid
will not start its ovorlaud passenger
sorvico until July 1, owing to wnsli-
outs in Utah nrnl Nevada. It wan
first nnnounced thut tho company
would put on pnssongor traiiiH April
1, but n lnmlslido in tho Sierras
cnusod a postponement until Juno 0.
Tho washouts aro responsible for a
second delay.
Medford, Oregen: 'This certifies
that wo havo sold Hall's Toxns Won
der for tho euro of all kidney, blnd
dor nnd rhouinntio troubtos for ton
years, nnd havo novor had a com
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therefore. In summer cutting tho re
moval of tho infection must bo at a
greater distance from the point of in
fection than in ft.ll and winter work.
Experienced men can judgo some
what of tho distance by tho rapidity
with which tho stained l rk blends
off into the normal bark. Further
more, a reddish streak will often
do apparent In the cacbium and
young wood, and by following it up,
a clue may be had as to tho poslble
trend of tho blight. Tho greater the
distance in which the blending takes
place tho lower the cut must be made
and conversely. Disinfection is more
important in summer cutting than ln
winter cuttinc, and, although in tho
dry coast climate the sunlight and
dry atmosphere will usually t:.ke care
portant subsidiary practlco in tho con
trol of pear blight. Much of the cut
ting of water sprouts is dono by farm
hands who remove them so as to
leave a stub an, inch or so long. Tho
result is that soveral wator sprouts
come from tho samo placo the next
year, water sprouts should always
he cut out as far as the wcod, and a
gougo or sharp saw, although produc
ing a larger cut surface, effectually
removes tho spur for all tlmb. Heavy
pruning back of tho tops of tho trees
as generally practiced throughout tho
coast as a means to secure heavy
fruit yields, encourages tho pushing
of theso water sprouts so that tho
problem Is really an important one,
RcsUtant Bodies and Stocks.
Ono matter of very great impor-
LONDON, May 19. In a poem by
Rudyard Kipling, published today,
tho famous English writer pays a
touching tribute to tho lato King Ed
ward. Tho poem is entitled "Tho Dead
King," and vices a eulogy by tho
English nation.
Tho general idea is ono of homage
to tl o monarch and tho climax comes
in the last stanza which runs as fol fel fol
eows: Wo accepted his toll as our right,
Nono spared, none excused him,
When he was bowed by his burden
his rest was rofusol him.
We troubled his ago with our weak
ness
Tho blacker on. shame.
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