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Newspaper
The Progressive Farmer
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1894
Page
8
A reader from Bowman's Bluff, N C submits samples of blighted apple and pear twigs. Botanist Gerald McCarthy notes fire blight caused by micrococcus amylovorous with no cure beyond removing and destroying infected parts by fire to prevent spread.
A correspondent asks about cranberry cultivation on marshy land and altitude. The reply notes no formal experiments in this latitude, cranberries being native to high northwestern valleys, and success in the state's lower parts is unproven. Bog prep is costly, requiring ditching and diking for controlled overflow, removal of sod, sand covering, and drilled planting of vine cuttings. once established, they self-maintain except for water management. Apple juice company Orange Judd Co. advertises a cranberry book.
In Brinkleyville North Carolina a bacterial disease called Southern Blight is identified as the cause of failing tomato crops dying near ripening and potato vines dying with sparse knotty tubers. The report notes Southern Blight is a major drawback to tomato culture in Eastern North Carolina.
The article explains bacterial wilt as the cause of sudden wilting in tomatoes and potatoes with watery leaf and stem spots under the microscope. It advises spraying Bordeaux mixture from seed bed to bloom, using a weak first spray, treating tomato plants by removing and burning affected specimens, and avoiding replanting in infected plots.
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