Report of the Plant Pathologist to July 1, 1906 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Report of the Plant Pathologist to July 1, 1906In the spring of 1904 pear blight appeared very extensively in the Sacramento Valley. Much alarm was felt by the growers, knowing the history and result of the disease in the San Joaquin, and the Experiment Station, the various County Boards, the State Com mission of Horticulture, and the U. S. Department of Agricul ture were called upon for advice and relief. This Division being new at the time, consisting of the writer alone, nothing could be done dur ing the summer of 1904 except to determine the extent of the outbreak by much traveling about through the whole northern region, and to assist the growers as much as possible by advice as to the nature of the disease and the best known treatment, and by inspecting their orchards. The blight developed extensively that summer and invaded most of the important pear districtsfi In March, 1905, appropriations of the Legis lature of that session made available to the Station about for the investigation of pear blight during the succeeding two years. Meantime, Professor M. B. Waite, the leading authority on pear blight, had been sent to California by the U. S. Department of Agri culture, to lend all possible assistance to the growers. Considerable activity was also being displayed by the State and various County Boards of Horticulture in a desire to do what was possible toward suppressing this disease.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.