December, 1900. 
AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
Tree Pests, 
BITTER ROT 
By r "I ‘ ■ Km iif. for _s idim loan i'mui 
; tii*l Vngmtile Journal 
Among fruit grower*. perhaps men- r 
.Illy other UulllHiry, there urn it 
IJIIOHlIOUS to UtlSWof ,111.1 
problems to *olri . lor over r-.rlv v.„r, 
tin- memlors of tin- \ii-*mri n - 
cultural Soeletjr, n t tfjetr meeting* 
hail I" tackle some question *>r try i . 
not vo 8 oioe problem; and In some 
those 'liostlons have tram-. I im. .,r 
most or our nolentlst* it do*’* ,*,,01 
with 1111 experiment Mutton to ovoi v 
itr.d territory, iin.l vastly more bs.re.d 
perhaps iimfij effloloiit *.<->. id , -*h I loin a. 
over hml. that wo. nr rrtilt gr-wi*. 
slioii til ho [iL-miltterl to follow out owr. 
culling and not 1 m. expect.-. I to o, , n .i. - 
our valuable time Irving to >olve Mi,> 0 
loins Hint are cotlHtantly- coming op, i.ui 
Imre xve arc again, fan- to face «|t • ,.1. 
ot the toughest iituoitlons that cv. 
fronteil ns, of nil tiio dcstnn ii .■ ... 
thutevor visited our apple nr*-ln» . >1*. t),*- ,o.o 
to l>o most dreaded ami the mu- »* . km < 
least about. Is the hitter rnt. Th* i 1 .«- 
case has prevailed III II greater or Ins- o\ 
lent over the principal apple glut* In. I eli 
of the -Mississippi v ill Icy for lie lost llirve 
years, increasing oucb year at r|„- rale r 
one liiinilreil per l ent, until In tie |wi*o ; ■ >■ o 
Hie erop of entire nrelKiiilh Unit pmmi-e.t 
a full crop In June was totally dcHtK.»ed. 
Its first appearance In our orclmnl* wu 
earl in July, anil tip to Ilip tlrst or 
tcuihei thirty to fifty per rent w,** n>- 
ntfoyerl; some varieties iilumvt entirely 
iiinl others only partially. About tlit- time 
ti sc ■, n,| attack appeared which 1 
more nr less to all vprfetlea and finished 
up Hen DftvlB allij tlftuo, no that nut Oil' 
per cent were tit to pkk These two ‘ .1 
rietii's 1 Iso suffered most frxini the first 
at lark W Idle tile vnrielh' suffering least 
Well' lounthnn anil l.rlmis. I<ut they acre 
picked and shipped hefniv the sc. ..ml c 
inel; uiis fully on, and I am ni'cimed 
lhi>t Urey went down luidly Ur e-.M -''i'- 
ll go ami had In hr repo, l.ed and su'd 's- 
lore II,.' ISI.lt ol Nu\ e miter. AllllMoi t. 
rinjion. Homo llennty. Smith, Ingniiu. 
W ine Sap amt Maiiutmiilh ttlack To)'.- ' 
fens! about the .-nine to the extent • •• ’ 
loss ot eighty per rein, l ire fruit >! ol<f 
iioc! suffered most. I11 an orchard ihirtt.-n 
year* planted the dlsea*** made tt» first 
Hppenrame Ihrec years SgO oil 1 Ben 
Hints tier and ih*s -rojet) more than Urtlf 
Its fruit. The next year (last year) it had 
Hpl’i'itd over the enlliv oivluird of one hUU 
tire, | acres, ami de.ttvyed ntry per cent 
of Hie I lop. and the past Mfiwm not an 
apple wa* picked from that orchard n> 
though (as above staled) in Jr use It pr- a 
U.'.l wa ll for a foil crop 
This orchard wu« sprnyetl three tln» - 
.•a. Ii y.-at wltli Boid.-aux Miximc. .it 01 
spiny in.' fro * flb ami codling mot!, w«- 
ure through spraying about the time «•' 
should h. iftn f"l hlttpr rat 
Ii * pcrloi|M a fact that oustant 'tuny 
lug with II, oil. m x Mixture, hc.lio.m. 
elirlv enough, and Ms-pl»it thr true < •'* 
eiint With II" mixture letig '-m>ueh, 
disease may In- kept off; t'Ut It would ■ 
i|tiir> nioii' apniylii- than the »T< 1 •'<’ "i 
e.uildlsl t* willing to do If 'he spr-.yi'.. 
Is neglected for a short time or th • 
■ 'Ottl.l wash th,. mixture off. the, .hmc- 
may ' xpaud sod |c:iv.- Imre ;■-! - .... 1 *• 
“pores T.. IlCM and . .raWWiee «gr 
w ork of deatrurtlOD Tli- 
v ry small and re,|n«r.- only a small si ,„t 
on an apple f,.r n start , tVey an is rra a* 
•erred lo . »,,ytud anpte hf ike prick of 1 
• It'rttwie needle ri,e also',, -..mill ..n. ar- 
J'-om tlw- average that t h»«# nl^-er. <d 
luflfitf lliu . L. . 
" n'liu r>tk In Is. 1 hi ted iriam ||lt" t»-ni 
iw«l rro|w alnK-'t (U-.ir of totter no the 
h ;l *f ‘••neon, in, | tf u . ,,n. •ilr>« t*. -il M .,<> 
v-t It worse a«xt tear’ and will thl* i'r-t 
BORERS Iff TREES 
A t 
will It. like many other t 
It.illy appi-ar li 
•true trie, 
We t, 1 vc Imd grass 
,-loiuli I.o.’h .Mli.-rp 
l*fl»ntw Iniirs, rag wee 
- V mi Ii li«'i 
•Ui i . vNMhU- Wi- 
ir*rni»in‘ v' 
vU'-t u rv tin 1 r*vi?ra 
Ui» dlw-ii»e; we L»r. 
|l.at warm, damp w« 
■ . 1 
a sjsire ml 
develop, it, 
that *1 • h 
lia-ten t 
Mlde t» ■ 
1. and do vo 1 
or illy in - • - • 1 tii.ni 
a hfi-cse lo !•!••« li 
NOTHING MADE BETTER FOR THE PRICE 
noimimj mu k fo* x wniffi vr 
Pfftct 
Mk.ao 
cst«iiu0i ttv»ti«t eo.. *f W *t*ti it, 
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