Show WINTER INSPECTION OF APPLE ORCHARDS I Necessary for Successful Fight on Canker Saw Canker Saw Off Small Diseased Limbs If apple opple canker Is to be successfully successful successful- ly combated winter inspection of apple orchards is a necessity according accordIng accord accord- Ing to the department of agricultural botany of the U University of Nebraska There are sev several ral kinds of app canker but In Nebraska and other middle western states the blister canker canker canker can can- ker or Illinois canker Is by far the tho most Important if It not the thc most dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- of ot apple diseases Small diseased diseased dis dis- eased cased limbs should be sawed off oft at least six Inches below the canker Cankered areas of the trunk or of larger branches may be scraped off otT though w whether ether or not this this- Is possible depends upon the extent to which th the disease has girdled the stem Cut surfaces surfaces' may be disinfected or sterilized sterilized sterl- sterl with a 11 solution of corrosive sublimate sublimate sub sub- te and then n painted over with asphaltum to prevent decay |