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

This groundbreaking report outlines the results of experiments conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1887 on the treatment of two grape vine diseases, downy mildew and black-rot. With detailed analysis of the efficacy of various treatments, this report remains a critical resource for anyone involved in viticulture today. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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.