June, 1911 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS vii 
FRUIT DISEASE INVESTIGATION 
HE investigation and study of fruit 
diseases have been vigorously 
pushed and have shown a healthy 
progress. The destructive tumor disease 
of limes and other citrus fruits has been 
shown to be of fungous origin and attacks 
oranges as well as limes. The new meth- 
ods of spraying with sulphur compound 
by pathologists of the Department of 
Agriculture has been widely adopted by 
apple growers. The investigation shows 
that fine fruit can be produced and pro- 
tection secured against fungous disease 
without the injurious effect resulting from 
copper compound. Bordeaux mixture is 
still being used, but in the spraying of 
apples it has taken second place. Special 
attention has been given to the experi- 
mental work in perfecting the method of 
using the new sulphur sprays for the fruit 
spot and leaf disease. As a result, fruit 
growers who have used the new sprays 
have secured fine crops of the best apples 
they have ever grown. Spraying has very 
largely prevented the fruit spot and leaf 
disease known as cedar rust, or orange 
rust, prevalent in the Blue Ridge and Al- 
leghany mountain district from Pennsyl- 
vania to Tennessee. The peach growers 
of Virginia, West Virginia and Georgia 
have been prompt to adopt the discovery 
of spraying with self-boiled lime-sulphur 
for brown rot and scab, which has re- 
sulted in the removal of some of the fac- 
tors which rendered the growing of this 
fruit uncertain. The pear blight eradica- 
tion methods have been in extensive use 
on the Pacific coast. 
THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- 
TURE AND NEW FRUITS 
HE attention of the Department of 
Agriculture has been called to a 
dispatch published in various Cali- 
fornia papers stating that the department 
had originated a new type of navel orange 
and that several thousand young trees 
were ready for distribution this month 
throughout California. These _ state- 
ments as published are misleading and 
are apparently based on a misapprehen- 
sion of the facts. The department has no 
new navel oranges nor new citrus fruits 
of any kind for distribution in California 
at present. Experiments in the breeding 
of new navel oranges and other citrus 
fruits have been under way for several 
years, but these experiments are still in 
the preliminary stage. None of the new 
sorts will be distributed until thoroughly 
tested under the auspices of the depart- 
ment and found to be of promise. None 
of them has as yet fruited, therefore it is 
not known whether any will be of com- 
mercial value. 
DEW WATER 
HE ancient “dew drops” of England 
have their modern counterparts on 
the Rock of Gibraltar, where drink- 
ing water is obtained by the condensa- 
tion of the abundant dew in especially 
prepared basins. The primitive process 
consists in making a hollow in the ground 
and filling the bottom with dry straw, 
over which is placed a layer of clay. On 
a clear night the clay cools very rapidly, 
and the dew is condensed into water in 
the basin. The pond is improved by put- 
ting a layer of asphalt or Portland cement 
under the straw. At Gibraltar the pres- 
ent practice is to use wood instead of 
straw and sheet iron instead of clay. 
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