. Diseases of fruit crops in the United States in 1919. Fruit Diseases and pests United States. 115 Fire blight caused by Bacillus amylovorous (Burr.) Trevisan Fire blight occurred in 1919 practically all states where the apple and pear are grov/n, "cut for the rrost part is perhaps the lightest infection of recent years. The group of states lying south of th 8 Ohio and east of the Mississippi, excepting Virginia and "fest Virginia,, constitutes'th e only area reporting very severe losses to the apple crop from the disease in 1919' Loss- es in this area ran aboxt as follows; Nor th C
. Diseases of fruit crops in the United States in 1919. Fruit Diseases and pests United States. 115 Fire blight caused by Bacillus amylovorous (Burr.) Trevisan Fire blight occurred in 1919 practically all states where the apple and pear are grov/n, "cut for the rrost part is perhaps the lightest infection of recent years. The group of states lying south of th 8 Ohio and east of the Mississippi, excepting Virginia and "fest Virginia,, constitutes'th e only area reporting very severe losses to the apple crop from the disease in 1919' Loss- es in this area ran aboxt as follows; Nor th Caroli^ia , 10%; South Carolina^ 10%; Georgia, 12%; Alabama, 5%; Missis si ppi, 5%; Tennessee, 5%; Kentucky, 2%. Other states in the eastern half of the cou ntr^/'es tima ted losses as follows: Texas, 2%; Arlransas, Missouri, Kansas, ^!innesota) Wisconsin, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, 1%; in Virginia, Delaware, Maryland,' Ohio, and Indiana losses were aoout 0^5%; New England; New York, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Oklahoma report'only a trace of injury from fire blight in 1919* Vv'hxle cGinmon on pear, it was reoorted as rare on apple in Michigan.) Of the western states (west of e 100th meridian), Idaho and Oregon reported losses of 1% in 1919; Colorado stated, »'dis ease very prevalent, usual amount of damage", but gave no estimate of loss; i7ashington, Montana, and New Mexico reported a trace; and Arizona reported that annually l/2% of the acre- age is lost from this disease- California did not report. I. Trace Occurrence with loss No data ?i^..'2G. Occurrence of fire blijit (collar blight' fiirm generally not included) on apple in 1919. ⢠''â ' ' â. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hutchins, Lee M; Haskell, Royal J. (Royal Joyslin), 1890-
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