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Peach Leaf Curl Disease
And San Jose Scale
Remedial Resources Recommended by the State Board
of Entomology. Thorough Spraying Advocated
—Important Recommendation.
(By R. I. Smith, State Entomologist.)
Peach growers in North and
Middle Georgia were greatly
alarmed last spring by tue unus¬
ual number of peach trees affect¬
ed by the Leaf Curl disease.
Many orchards were injured so
teverely that the crop was short¬
ened trom 25 per cent to 75 per
cent, and an occasional orchard
even more severely. In order
that this condition may be pre¬
vented tiffs year, the writer wish¬
es to sound a warning to orchard
lsts whose orchards were affected
last season. Experiments have
shown conclusively that the dis¬
ease may be almost entirely pre¬
vented by the, application of
proper fungicides in February.
We now know definitely that the
bast results for spraying for the
leaf curl are derived by treating
the trees fully one month before
the blooming period. Hence the
reason why this advice is being
published at this date. Spraying
now, as recommended herein,
will also control the San Jose
scale as well as leaf curl.
PEACH LEAF CURL DISEASE
IS CAUSED BY FUNGUS,
It may be well to explain brief¬
ly the cause of the leaf curl dis
ease, so that growers will fully
understand why the spraying is
of advantage. Leaf Curl is start¬
ed in spring by spore3 of a fungus
which live over winter on the
twigs and around the buds of the
peach trees. These spores are
microscopic in size, and of course
cannot be detected with the na¬
ked eye, even by the most expert
investigators. It is almost cer
t.in, however, that these spores
a e present now .on all trees
where the disease was observed
la it year. In one sense the mat¬
ter of spraying for leaf cuil may
be said to be an insurance,rather
than a remedy, for in some cases
it is ’impossible to forecast the
occurrence of the disease. To
wait until the disease appears is,
however, a disastrous practice,
for leaf curl cannot be stopped
after the leaves commence to
curl.
IMMEDIATE SPRAYING NECESSARY.
It could be clearly understood
why early spraying is necessary,
The reason may be explained
briefly as follows:
As stated above, the sp ires of
leaf curl live over winter on and
around the buds. Applications
of fungicides kill these external
spores. If spraying is delayed
until about the time the trees
are ready to bloom the spores
may have commenced to germi¬
nate, and may have pushed into
the unopened buds. After the
f ungus, arising from the spores,
once gain? entrance to the buds
a id attacks the tissue within, no
outside application of spray will
prevent the disease from devel¬
oping with the leaf. In other
words, the l laf curl fungus may
get its first start- in the unopened
buds and if that occurs the die
ease will appear in spite of the
spraying, Experiments have
shown that eariy spraying kills
the spores of the fungus before
the buds are affected. Where
t-ees are properly sprayed one
month before the blooming peri¬
od the disease may be almost en
tirely prevented.
REMEDIAL MEASURES ADVOCATED.
Either Bordeaux mixture or
lime-sulphur wash may be used
as a spray to prevent leaf curl.
The former is the most easily
prepared and applied, and we
recommend its adoption in all
orchards where there is no dan¬
ger from the San Jose scale.
L me-sulphur wash should be
used against leaf curl in all or
ehards where the San Jose scale
is present. Recent experiments
m Georgia and other states have
shown that the lime-sulphur wash
—a proven remedy for the scale
—will also prevent leaf curl.
Bordeaux mixture is made by
the following formulae:
Stone lime (fresh unslaked)6 lbs.
Copper sulphate (bluestone)4 “
Water 50 gallons.
Directions for preparing: Pro¬
vide three barrels for mixing,
Slake the lime with a small
a mount of water (preferably
warm) in one barrel. When the
lime is well slaked add water to
make 25 gallons.
Next dissolve the bluestone in
25 gallons of water. The easiest
manner of dissolving the blue
stone is to tie the desired amount
in a burlap.sack and suspend in
25 gallons of water for a few
hours. Or if it is desired to dis
selve-quickly grind the Milestone
into a fine powder and dissolve
in a small amount of warm water.
We should now have 25 gallons
of lime solution and 25 gallons of
b'.uestone solution.
To prepare the Bordeaux mix¬
ture take a bucketful of each so¬
lution and pour them simultane¬
ously into the third barrel. As
the two solutions unite a very
fine light blue precipitate is
formed. Bordeaux made by the
above plan will stand without
settling for a number of hours.
For the benefit of those who have
not had experience in preparing
Bordeaux we would emphasize
the matter of mixing the two so¬
lutions together at the same
time, rather than to pour one so¬
lution into the other, as would
appear to be the easiest way. By
far the best Bordeaux is made
by the plan first mentioned.
Limestone-sulphur wash ispre
pared as follows;
Stone lime (fresh unslaked)2Q lbs
Sulphur (flour or flowers) 17
Water to make 50 gallons.
Directions: First mix the sul¬
phur into a thin paste. Place
this in a kettle containing 15
gallons of boiling water. Add
the stone lime which will at once
commence to slake, While the
lime is slaking stir often enough
to keep the sulphur well mixed.
Much of the sulphur will dissolve
while the lime is slaking. Con¬
tinue the boiling for from 45
minutes to one hour, depending
on the degree of heat. Time of
boiling should be regulated by
the appearance of the mixture.
When properly boiled the lime
sulphur wash will be a dirty,
orange red color with slightly
greenish cast, and no sign of the
yellow sulphur will be evident.
When steam is employed for
boiling the proper color may of
t m be secured in 35 to 40 min¬
utes. After mixture is boiled
dilute to 50 gallons, using cold or
warm water. The latter is pre¬
ferable. When the mixture is
diluted it should still retain the
orange red color. If the yellow
sulphur color appears in the di¬
luted mixture the operator may
know |hat the mixture was not
sufficiently boiled.
The above specific directions
are given because it is assumed
that the lime-sulphur will be
used only where the San Jose
scile is present. To destroy the
scale, as well as prevent the leaf
curl, the lime - sulphur wash
should be made strictly according
to directions.
SPRAY NOW AND THOROUGHLY.
Peach growers whose orchards
were affected last year will not
need to be warned further about
the necessity for immediate work.
And from observations made by
the writer last year it seems
probable that nearly all peach
growers in North Georgia must
have seen the effect of the leaf
curl disease. This orticle is in-
THE MURRAY NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1907
tended as a timely warning. It
is hoped that all fruit growers
will heed tiffs advice and prepare
at once, if they have not already
done so, to spray the peach or¬
chards.
When spraying be sure that
thorough work is done. Cover
the trees entirely, otherwise
the result of the spraying will be
a disappointment.
Wherever orchards are infested
with the San Jose scale and the
proper spraying has not been
given, the owners may be assured
that one thorough spraying with
lime-sulphur wash will keep the
s -ale in control and also prevent
the leaf curl. Do not make the
m istake of thinking that the Bor¬
deaux mixture alone will control
the scale. Bordeaux acts only
as a«fungicide, that is, a preven¬
tion or remedy, for fungus dis¬
eases. It will not have any ef¬
fect on the Ban Jose scale.
Any person reading this arti¬
cle, and desiring further advice,
is requested to write to the
State Entomologist, Atlanta,Ga.,
who will gladly reply promptly
to all inquiries.
Remember the adage, “An
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure.”
Spray at once! Don’t delay !
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24, 1907.
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stomach. Kodol takes the work
of digestion off the digestive or¬
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are such as to make it a correct¬
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by its action the stomach is re¬
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power. Kodol is manufactured
in strict conformity with the Na¬
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Sold by S. H. Kelly,
OAKLAND
Miss Theo TownseMd visiiail
Miss Emma Roberts one day last
week.
Walter Jones was the guest of
Luther Stuart Sunday.
M. L. Roberts went to Atlanta
last week.
Rev. Frank Davis was in our
burg Monday.
Davy Young passed through
our burg Sunday.
Mrs. Y. A. Stuart and daugh
ter, Miss Fannie, visited the
Misses Roberts Sunday evening.
J. R. Townsend was smiling on
friends here Sunday eyening.
Sam Blassingame w T as in our
burg one day iast week.
John Glass visited friends here
Sunday evening.
Oscar Stuart passed through
our burg Saturday en route to
Ilassler Mill.
Misses Mattie and Nannie Jones
made Mrs. Arthur Roberts and
Miss Emma Roberts a pop call
one evening last week.
Misses Theo and Beulah Town¬
send ^Svent shopping to Spring
Place one day last week.
Hello, Fort Mountain! Why
don’t you send us the news?
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Safe and sure in its action; pleas¬
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Contains no opiates. Sold by S.
II. Kelly.
A charter for incorporation for
the “Satalia High School” at
Wayeross is being preDared. The
name was recently selected for
the Baptist college. The main
college building in now nearly
completed and the work on the
dormitories will begin in a short
time.
HE KILLED WIFE
NEAR DAUGHTER
This Is the Charge Made in the
Trial of Aired.
Cartersville, Ga., Jan. 20.—
A verv remarkable criminal trial
will begin in the city on next
Tuesday morning. This will be
the case of the state against John
Franklin Aired, who is charged
with the murder of his wife.
The case is a remarkable one
in many respects. In a bill of
indictment J. F. Aired is charg¬
ed with the murder of his wife,
Oora Aired. It is alleged that
the killing took place in the
presence of a 10-year-old daugh¬
ter.
The story told before the coro¬
ner’s jury is as follows: That
between 2 and 0 o’clock in the
morning Aired awoke, he says,
and found his wife gone. lie
then took his shpt gun from the
wall and slipped out in the moon¬
light, when he saw the form of a
man retreating from the chicken
house in the yard, and shortly af¬
terwards came upon his wife near
the spot where he had first seen
the man.
Aired took her into the house,
it is charged, took his gun from
the wall, turued it upon her, when
sho began to scream, protesting
lier innocence. He advanced up¬
on her untsl he had forced the
woman to the foot of the bed oc¬
cupied by the 16 - year - old
daughter. The daughter attemp¬
ted to plead with her father not
to shoot her mother, when the
old man turned the gun upon her
and threatened to kill her. The
girl covered her head with the
bed clothing.
With ears deaf to entreaty, it
is charged, Aired, in his fury,
placed the muzzle of the gun
close to the left side of his wife,
pulled the trigger and literally
blew her heart from her body.
The young girl, Lula, and the
infant were the only persons
present at the shooting, but
George, 18 years of age, and the
other children, were sleeping in
a room adjoining."
Shortly after the killing Aired
was arrested and lodged in the
jail at Cartersville, where he has
been awaiting trial at the Janu¬
ary term of the Bartow superior
court. The case was called last
Monday morning, but was post¬
poned at the request of Judge
Thomas W. Milner and Colonel
George II. Aubrey, the defend¬
ant’s attorneys.
Solicitor General Sain P. Mad¬
dox will represent the state.
Neighbors Got Fooled.
“I was literaly coughing my¬
self to death,and had become too
weak to leave my bed; and neigh¬
bors predicted that I would nev¬
er leave it alive; but they got
fooled, for thanks be to God, I
was induced to try Dr. King’s
New Discovery. It took just
four one dollar bottles to com¬
pletely cure the cough and re¬
store me to good sound health,”
writes Mrs. Uncapher, of Grover,
town, Stark Co., Ind. This King
of cough and cold cures, and hea¬
ler of throat and lungs, is guaran¬
teed by G. II. Arrowood, 50c,and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
The probabilities at Dublin are
that the defense when the case
against Ilerschel Tarbutton and
Joseph Fluker, charged with the
murder (if J. Letcher Tvre, is
called, will allege that the kil’
ing was committed in Johnson
county and that Laurens does not
have jhrisdiction.
Torture of Women.
It was a terrible torture that
Mrs. Gertie McFarland, of King’s
Mountain, N. C., describes as
follows: I suffered dreadful pe¬
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weak I was given up to die, when
my husband got me Wine of Car¬
diff. The ffrst dose gave relief,
and with three bottles I am up
doing my work. I cannot say
enough in praise of Cardui.” A
wonderful remedy for women’s
ills. At druggists, $1.00.
Jim McCarty’s Place
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