Trees Tested
A Christmas trie “disease
garden" Is being established
this spring at the Plant
Pathology Farm of The
Pennsylvania State
University, located 10 miles
west of the campus at the
Rock Springs Agricultural
Research Center.
Aim of the project is to
select the most disease
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resistant strains of Scotch
pine and Douglas fir, the two
most popular Christmas
trees grown in the Com
monwealth. Plantings will be
made from genetic stock
already selected for ap
pearance and color In the
PENNSYLVAN Program.
The latter is a tree im
provement program
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developed In cooperation
with the Pennsylvania
Christmas Tree Growers
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Directing the research la
Dr. William Merrill,
associate professor of plant
pathology at Penn State.
Research assistant with the
project Is Barry Klstler of
Promised Land. Eventually
the research will Include
spruces as well as Scotch'
pine and Douglas fir.
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Seedings now being
planted are 2 to 3 years old.
When the trees are 7 to B
years old, they will be
Inoculated with disease
spores. Initial emphasis will
be on needlccast diseases of
Scotch pine and Douglas fir.
Such diseases are wide
spread on Scotch pine and
damage Douglas fir in parts
of northeastern and south
western Pennsylvania.
The Penn Staters claim
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diseases cost Pennsylvania
Christmas tree growers
about 2V4 million dollars
each year. The wholesale
value of Christmas trees in
the Commonwealth, they
add, is about 15 million
dollars annually.
“To the best of our
knowledge, this is the first
such disease garden
established anywhere to
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study disease resistance In
Christmas trees,” he af
firmed. He added that
similar procedures have
been used to evaluate
resistance of southern pines
to fusiform rust and white
pines to blister rust.
From the PENNSYLVAN
project, promising strains of
Scotch pine will be planted
not only from Pennsylvania
but also from strains
originating In Greece.
Turkey, France, Spain, and
Scotland. Seedlinga of
Douglas fir will be grown
from seed coming from
British Columbia, New
Mexico, Arizona, and
Colorado.
After the trees are about 10
years old, breeding stock
developed in tree selection
and improvement studies in
the Northeast and Lake
States will be grafted onto
them. In this way the disease
resistance of newer selec
tions can be compared with
other strains or seed sour
ces.
Scotch pines will be
planted initially in blocks.
Each block will contain 12
different selections, and
each block will be repeated 9
times. The blocks of Scotch
pines will be separated from
adjacent blocks by barrier
rows of Douglas fir. Nine
selections of Douglas fir will
be used. These also will be
planted in blocks and
repeated 9 times.
Broken Bit 4-H Chib
The Broken Bit 4-H Horse
Club met at the Lincoln Fire
Hall with president Natalie
Immel presiding. Kelly
Ackley and Kyle Buck were
welcomed into the club as
new members.
Final plans were made for
the annual open horse show
to be held May 25 at the
Friendly Horsero*n’s Show
Grounds, Denver. The show
will start at 11:00 a.m. and
feature 21 (lasses of western
and English style riding.
Several classes will be
special for the 4-H chib.
Quality tack or money and
"ribbons will be awarded to
,class winners and special
•championship division
awards will be made.
Jane Gregory reported on
4-H County Council and.
gave information about
giving demonstrations.
Brian Immel demonstrated
ways to tie a horse. Martha
Gregory and Jon Keller will
be attending the 4-H teen
leader retreat at Dublin Gap.
Club leaders, Robert
Gregory and Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Immel spoke to the
members about their project
books. Also, Coggins test for
homes were explained.
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