Report on the Experiments Made in 1887 in the Treatment of the Downy Mildew and the Black-Rot of the Grape Vine, With a Chapter on the Apparatus for Applying Remedies for These Diseases (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: F. Lamson Scribner
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780428145743
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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Excerpt from Report on the Experiments Made in 1887 in the Treatment of the Downy Mildew and the Black-Rot of the Grape Vine, With a Chapter on the Apparatus for Applying Remedies for These Diseases June 7. - Applied simple solution (2 pounds to 25 gallons) to rows 22 and 23, only the second time, as the first application had burned so badly as to injure the crop already. Applied solution, 1 pound to 25 gallons water, to rows 24 to 37 inclusive, as eau celeste has also burned the leaves badly. Zinfandel, a pure Vinifera variety, not treated, stand in g in a-young vineyard below the one chartered, entirely rotten in the past few days. Newark, a labrusca-vinifera hybrid, also nearly all rotten in same vineyard, and all varieties in this younger vineyard, of which there are some in the old treated vineyard, have rotted worse than where treated. J une 11.-rot to this period is designated on the chart by the figure 1. June 27 to July 11. - Thermometer running from 700 and 800 at 6 a. M. To 900 and 1000 at 2 p. M}, with much rain, seemingly favorable weather for rot, and much rot prevailed. The fruit in some Concord vineyards in the vicinity of Denison entirely destroyed by rot, others damaged but little. Vines in deep, rich, sandy soil suffering worst, those in high, well-drained red clay soils least. This period of rot is designated on the chart by the figure 2. During this time I marketed in good condi tion Champion, Moore's Early, Lady, Brighton, Delaware, Ives, Per kins, Martha. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.