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Show ., European canker on apple ' Disease Reported as Serious In Old . ' Country and Becoming Widely Distributed In America. This disease is reported as serious In tho orchards of Europe, and Is becoming be-coming widely distributed in America. The fungus seems to be dependent ' upon wounds for entrance to the host tissue. It attacks the inner bark and the rich sap, and to some extent the young wood. The fungus is peroneal peron-eal in tho host. Ab the new growth - develops around the wound it Is attacked at-tacked nnd killed by tho fungus; thus a aeries of ridges may bo developed. Two kinds of summer spores are n.n.1.,o.1 fha flrot nrnnll ftlld Unlcel- , lular, the Becond sickle-shaped and having threo or more colls. The Int- ter nro probably largely responsible for the spread of tho disease during the Bummer. In the spring compact clusters of refl lemon-shaped peri- thccla may bo found near the edge -of thj canker. TheBtf may bo seen with the naked eye. ' Thoy contain a, t, ...I Whale on soap in tho proportion ot two or two and one-half pounds to tho gallon of water is also a very oKeotlve Temcdy for scale insects. |