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Show PROVO BENCH PEACH TREES BEINGDUG UP lorticulturist Declares Discoloring Dis-coloring of Wood No Indication Indi-cation Tree Is Dead. Several fruit growers on Provo Jench are said to have pulled up beir peach trees, believing the rees dead on account of the discol-iring discol-iring of the wood, according to re-wrts re-wrts reaching horticulturists in 'rovo. According to Prof. Laval S. Moris, Mor-is, In charge of the department of lorticulture at the Young univer- ' ity, the fruitgrowers are only deriving de-riving themselves of money by lulling up the trees , since the ! lojority of trees, if any at all, are ct dead. "Just because the wood is dis-1 dis-1 olorcd is no reason why the trees re dead," said Prof. Morris. "While is true that the exceptionally cold inter days injured most of the ' 'ccs, there are very few that were Hied. The Injury was not enough kill the trees. "As long as the bark remains on le trees there is nothing to fear, n Michigan the peach growers have pen gone so far as) to paste the lurk on tie trees after it has fallen "iff and there are many instances yhere trees treated in such a way ve lived and borne fruit. Of bourse, such a procedure may not le entirely profitable here. "Personally I would advise Jhe fruit growers not to become (raid of the discoloring of the lood and not to pull up the trees u that account j "They should be very hesitant gliont pulling up any trees until ;iiey are absolutely certain that key are dead." |