Show T 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 V I 1 W I 1 I 1 A Z slight blight of fruit trees it Is quite generally agreed that rapidly gro groling hing trees are more apt to lo be atta attacked eked by blight than slower growing ones said frederic cranefield in in address in general terms bondt conditions conducive to rapid growth in the irple and rear pear are conducive to alight heavy and cultivation both induce a rapid growth growt hand MS the new rapidly growing tissues are the first brat attacked attached old bearing trees growing in sod eod land rarely suffer stiffer from arvig blight there Is s but little new growth grouth on such trees A circular letter was lout boot to many mil fruit men in 0 o wisconsin last year rear from the stas sta lon flon requesting answers to numerous numer oui questions among then them tills this one Is the blight more destructive to the trees that are cultivated or to those on oil sod land ninety eight per cent of those who answered stated that the areca on cultivated land suller cl most aben you ask for reports on the ex ent of blight as affecting different varieties arie arte ties mova conflicting answers are ara tire re to be received according to my limited anon ledge I 1 doubt it if my iny variety tit fit apala III at idiot la Is kinle nojech ct to might blight than say any other nowr have I 1 been able to learn that any variety Is immune the same Is probably true of 0 pears any conditions that induce rapid growth anord afford condl condi dons favorable lavor alile to the blight bac bacteria terla remedies this end ot of the subject is of 0 the most juiciest intel est to lo fruit growers and ly kith our present knowledge of 0 the disease the one that can be presented tile tho least satisfaction however it Is generally agreed that spraying Is ot of no value in blight the organism that causes the disease works wholly with n the balk in twig plight at least and Is therefore beyond the reach ot of sprays it if wo we treat our orchards so as to induce an excessive growth we lay the trees open to attack by blight while it only a normal growth occurs they are less likely to be attacked wo we can certainly check the disease in any case by cutting out the blighted twigs in summer bummer it cut back bach one or two leel feet beyond the visible point ot of injury the most valuable work consists in cutting out every blighted twig late in the fall all in order to remove any possible cases ol of holdover hold over blight |