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laU'inl growth. This takes less cuts, 

 less time and results in less shoots. If 

 the cuts are made close, leaving no 

 stubs or knots, these robber shoots are 

 less likely to form and the wounds will 

 heal quickly with less danger of heart 

 rot. In choosing between two branches 

 it is usually best to remove the straight 

 thrifty ones, as crooks and rebranch- 

 ing are conducive to fruitfulness. 



Svhile pruning may be done at any 

 lime, some advantage is gained by 

 pruning in winter trees that lack vigor 

 and during the growing season where 

 the growth is excessive. On varieties 

 such as Winesap and Jonathan, which 

 tend toward over-bearing and under- 

 sized fruit, rather heavy winter prun- 

 ing or heading back in the spring soon 

 after the fruit sets may be practiced to 

 correct this fault as well as to reduce 

 the thinning expense. Trees making 

 excessive growth arc usually shy or 

 tardy bearers. If the balance can once 

 be restored and they be thrown into 

 heavy fruiting, the excessive growth 

 will cease. This may be accomplished 

 by omitting cultivation or irrigation 

 and pruning during the late summer 

 when the growth has been checked for 

 lack of moisture. Pruning at this time 

 increases the light and sap supply for 

 the balance when most needed to 

 nourish the fruit buds that are to pro- 

 duce the following season. To over- 

 come the alternate year bearing habit, 

 prune, thin and cultivate thoroughly 

 during the bearing season, otherwise 

 the heavy crop will sap the vitality of 

 the tree, robbing the fruit buds that are 

 to produce the following crop. A deep 

 plowing during the off season will cut 

 feeders and reduce over-bearing the 

 alternate year. 



Burning Leaves Aids Disease Control. 



Burning leaves in the fall is recom- 

 mended by specialists in plant diseases 

 at the Ohio Experiment Station at 

 Wooster for the control of several dis- 

 eases which attack shade trees. Spray- 

 ing trees with bordeaux mixture is also 

 advised in severe outbreaks of some 

 diseases. Elm trees are attacked by a 

 leaf spot whicH sommetimes results in 

 defoliation. This disease appears as 

 hard black spots on the upper side of 

 the leaves. The leaves of poplar are 

 often atfected by a similar fungus, but 

 the spots are light colored. The leaves 

 of young elm are often covered with a 

 white powdery mildew. The disease 

 lives over winter as spores on the 

 leaves. The anthracnose fungus pro- 

 duces large brown areas on maple and 

 oak leaves. The rest of the leaf may 

 appear green and healthy. The leaves 

 may carry these diseases over from 

 one year to the next. Raking and 

 burning them, therefore, will aid in 

 checking the spread of the diseases. 

 Where valuable young trees are threat- 

 ened by such diseases as powdery mil- 

 dew or anthracnose, spraying with 4-4- 

 50 bordeaux mixture is recommended, 

 but during the fall the destruction of 

 affected leaves is beneficial to insure 

 the future value of the shade tree. 



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