THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
73 1 
Hmong experiment Station 
Workers 
CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No. 203 
This pamphlet is an exceedingly interesting one containing as 
it does the report of the Plant Pathologist who is also superintendent 
of the Southern California stations. The writer is interested in the 
diseases of orchard plants. 
Pear Blight: —A considerable portion of this bulletin is de¬ 
voted to a description of a campaign carried on in the pear districts 
' of the Coast for the prevention of that most serious of diseases—- 
j pear blight. We learn that a force of from six to twelve men was 
kept in the field for two years under the direction of experts in 
I cutting out and destroying of diseased trees or parts thereof. 
Over 750,000 pear trees were carefully inspected several times. 
The writer states that this was demonstrative work and the experi¬ 
ment stations have proved that the disease may be controlled by 
sanitation methods. He, however, is certain that pear blight “has 
by no means been eradicated from California, nor is it likely to be.” 
The future of the industry is in the hands of the fruit growers. If 
neglect prevails pear growing is likely to become a thing of the past, 
j If cooperation and persistence are practiced the disease can be 
controlled. The Bartlett pear is the one variety which is most 
effected and many times the infection takes place on suckers which 
| spring from the trunk. The recommendation is made therefore 
that the Bartlett should be top-worked on a variety which does not 
sucker and which is resistant to the blight. LeConte is one of the 
most promising varieties for this purpose. 
Walnut Blight and Culture: —As in the case of the pear so 
with the English Walnut blight is its most serious enemy. The 
disease is not susceptible to treatment by spraying methods and 
investigators now look for relief along the line of grafting on blight 
t immune varieties or species. The so-called English (Persian) 
walnut as grown in California may be propagated on a number of 
different stocks. Both northern and southern forms of the Cali¬ 
fornian walnut provide congenial stocks. The Eastern Black 
; walnut is also used and various hybrids between Californian and 
Eastern forms have also been employed. This line of work is new 
but it gives promise of considerable possibilities. In the case of 
orchards of varieties specially susceptible to the disease the recom- 
. mendation has been made that this be top-worked with varieties 
which are more or less immune. Whether this will effect per¬ 
manent relief is in our judgment an entirely open question. 
Obituary 
HENRY JAS. BOWDEN 
Henry James Bowden, an expert accountant and interested in 
the nursery business of this city for many years, died early in 
August at the family residence, 32 Meigs Street, Rochester, N. Y., 
after an illness of four weeks. He leaves a wife, Mrs. Elizabeth 
Jackson Bowden; a brother, Edward Bowden, master of languages 
in the Modern School, Bedford, England; a nephew, Ernest J. 
Bowden of Vick Park B, and four sisters, all residents of England. 
Mr. Bowden was bom in Bedford, England, in 1848, his father 
being an instructor in the Modem School, where his brother now 
teaches. He came to this country in 1871 to visit relatives, but 
liked the country so well that he decided to remain. He entered 
the nursery business with Chase Brothers, in whose employ he 
remained for nine years, leaving the firm to start a business of his 
own. He formed a partnership with D. H. Patty, with whom he 
was associated at the time of his death. In 1873, he was married to 
Miss Elizabeth Jackson of Auburn. He was a member of Christ 
Church and was identified with several clubs. 
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