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badly injured by this course. It lias been found that if the knots are 

 pamted over with linseed oil, the fungus will be destroyed. Sometimes a 

 second application is necessary. Even if painting is resorted to, it will be 

 well to cut off as much as possible of the knot. The use of turpentine is a 

 surer method, but it should be apj^lied icifh care onlij to the knots them- 

 selves, as, if it touches the branches, it is likely to kill them. Whenever 

 practicahle the knots should be cut off cind burned. 



When there are choke cherry thickets near a plum orchard the bushes 

 should be carefully examined for knots, and as a preventive it would be 

 well to grub the choke cherries out. 



SECTION IV.-PEACHES. 



Since the peach is generally need in its fresh state, or for canning, which is only a mode of preserving 

 it in a nearly fresh condition, we have generally omitted to give values in the column headed "cooking." 

 Throughout Central Michigan, except in favorable localities, occasional severe winters prove fatal to the 

 fruit buds of the peach, and sometimes even to the trees. These facts can not be properly expressed in the 

 starring, and hence are disregarded. 



