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fident this fungus, which so seriously threatened apple-growing: in 

 Western and Southern Oregon the past few years, can he controlled 

 if Prof. Cordley's suggestions and advice given in that bulletin 

 are energetically followed. 



Prof. Cordley is without doubt the first entomologist to correctly 

 describe the fungus and suggest to the apple-grower a practical 

 remedy. 



That his investigation and study of the fungus is of practical 

 value to the apple-growers of Southern Oregon. I take pleasure in 

 recording. 



Eisman Brothers own an apple orchard of 35 acres near Grants 

 Pass, which, in 1901, was so badly diseased with anthracnose that 

 they were about to dig it up. Every tree in the orchard was 

 diseased with the fungus. Nearly half of the tops of the trees 

 were dead or dying. The vitality of the orchard was so low that it 

 did not produce apples enough to pay expenses. The brothers 

 worked faithfully cutting out dead spots and dead wood during 

 early spring months, but the fungus continued to increase. 



At my suggestion Eisman Brothers began spraying with bor- 

 deaux early in the fall before the leaves were off the trees, as sug- 

 gested in Prof. Cordley's bulletin. 



The benefits of their first fall spraying were very pronounced. 

 The spring following showed but very little new tissue affected 

 with the fungus. It was evident the early fall spraying had caught 

 the spores of the fungus as they began germinating and destroyed 

 them. 



Eisman Brothers followed up their spraying in the fall of 1902-3, 

 and today their orchard is very vigorous and free of the fungus. 



As a reward for the energy and pluck of the brothers, this year 

 (1904) their orchard has produced 10,000 boxes of as fine, clean, 

 healthy four-tier apples as were ever grown in any apple district 

 in the United States. 



From this crop they sold 7,000 boxes, four-tier. Yellow New- 

 town and Spitzenburg, at $1.50 per box, $10,500 worth of apples, 

 and have 3,000 boxes of Ben Davis and Winesaps left that will 

 bring them from $1 to $1.25 per box. 



William Hellwell, of Yoncalla, in Douglas County, had the same 

 result with fall spraying for anthracnose as had by Eisman 

 Brothers. 



