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Show CARING FOR BLIGHTED TREES f Cut Out and Burn All Diseased Twigs :. and Branches Always Use Sterilized Ster-ilized Knife or Saw. The only thing that can be done to blighted trees is to cut out and burn " all blighted twigs . and branches oY pear, apple and quince. The cuttin; should be farther down the twigs an j branches than the discoloration of th.-wood th.-wood is seen. The knife or saw shouli be sterilized after making each cu . ) so as to prevent infecting hen'ibt wood with the bacteria which this disease. ' This sterilizing is simple. All is needed is to wipe the blade clt with a solution of corrosive sublima (a deadly poison). The solution i I. easily made by dissolving a tablet in one thousand times its weight of wa- . ter. After the cuts are made, all over one-half inch in diameter, should be painted with ,'ras tar, white lead paint, boiled linseed oil or any other" material mate-rial that will mike an impervious coat and thus protect. iji- tree against de- t cay. V!.' "' ' |