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Show BpaasaaaBMiiHiiBMnijjjiA 111.11 uiIlc(WaBBBBB0i DLIQHT CANKER. When It Appear It Should D Cut Out at Once. l.rery once In awhile we raartve. from some reader n commnnleaUoti giving hla opinion of the cause of bilght In apple and iear treua Uiual ly tho correspondent auggeta n mechanical reaaon for the blight. Xow It la no longer necitaary for na In guess concerning ihe cause of thla dleeaee It I perfwtl) well known. There are ilHIen-nl kind of rangl, earning dllTerent kind of blight. These dllferent fungi famuli's are) well known and have lieen "named One) that baa proved ver dcatruetlve hi hacvlllu amylovorua In the main thi-ae blight ptoduulim planla an- favored b) Hie rapid growth of tree whether the tiwa be BfBr or apple. The rapidity of growth help Ihe minute plant to get a foothold and develop The plant that produce blight la very small and I a imraaltu. It live Inim the aap III the plant IL makes It home A aeeil of tbla minute plain I tailed a apuro. It gel lnlo the lender wrt of a leaf or n twig and lend It developing trunk all through the tissue noarj which It ba fallen hell a Hipuaand of thew plant eilat lde by lde Ihey, mw up all Ihe material In tho coll. We will npioe the clump of tbc0( paraalle have di i eloped on n leaf. Ihe) quickly i tliauet nil thu amp In their Immediate vicinity and lenvo nothing bill dry dt ml liber Ono ucH lt would mil Injtiro tho trn but when all the lean a of the Itiii are colored b) audi spot Iho leaiiil nro killed and the life blood of the trio ic a lo circulate The twig or lh limb whoso leave are dead In onrl) iimmer I diad hIbo The blight kill b) exhaustion Juat aa liinect rallM kill the trie by exlinuallug It. I That the minute fungoita gtontha nre the ihiim' or the blight I demonstrated demon-strated iKodtltily Ono method of proving It haa been to take Willie or Ihe porc and plate them lu u wound made lu n well tn-o. 'Iho blight aooit ilciehip urouiid such an affected apot. Water apiiutt on applu trees provo lo be point of lufiillou Thla la piolmbl) due to the fact that tho wilier wil-ier proul grow rapldl) nnd nro apvn lu texture One wn) of knplng on the blight I lu ptevint thu dcvcloe lug of wmer sprout When cut ofT, Ihe wound ahuilld be ameureil with Mime nntlaepllc aolutlun Hitch n solution solu-tion inn be made wllh corrosive sublimate sub-limate or copper sulphate As wound on in i a nre inilnta of Infection, ull . audi wound should receive Iho treat- meut suggested t Some trues are ver) roslatnnt lo fi tho blights, while others fall nn cosy prey Among apples on tho Cornell , university form In Now York tho two g mot rvalstnnt varieties wcro found to bo Wolf Illver und Tnlmnn Swcot. iiiaBW't Tho vnrlotle mot subject to blight "" I thcro wero llnldwln nnd Hen Uavls. ' i"" Where blight nppvnrs tho wood ' should he cut out nnd burned, nnd f early In the spring before tho bud oicn tho tree should rccclvo n treat- , ment of lltnc-attlphtir wnsh I |