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Show THE PEAR BLIGHT. The thlnjr that Is Just now causing consternation amongst Utah orchardlsts and nuraerymen is the pear blight a bacterial disease for which no iemed has bem discovered Hie disease nt tacks the jounic and tender twlss and ia eaieclall) apt to show Itself on tin tiees that are most vigorous nnd mik ing the lust giowth The most reasonable suggestion ns to menus nf stop) lug the sprend of the blight li that all affected parts be cut avva making the cut well back he-vond he-vond all i-vldenee of the disease nnl turning the detached limbs It Is well to treat the tree afterward with the Hordeaux mixture ns a possible preventive preven-tive if furthei attuik One California orchardlst Insists lhat he stopied the spiead of the blight bj rutting kero sene on the woun Is made by cutting oft the bllghtel limbs However ieilous the dlseic mas bo we do not believe that the peir Inlua try will be annihilated It Is clnlmed lhat In certain sections of California the lll(,ht has totnllj dlsippeared after having dine serious damage list year Wo arc therefore Imielled lo nlvlse ngilnst pulling nut the peir trees ns mill) In t tali have threiitenel lo do Mather we shoul 1 favor severe pruning burning even estlge of the blighted foliage nnl wood treating with the oil nnl Unrdenux and checking the wood ( giowth ns much ns possible We are Inclined to hope that the disease in i run Its course and disappear without totnllv destrojlng tho man) aluable peir orchnrdi In Utah |