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BETTER FRUIT 



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creases the severity of the disease since 

 the fungus is constantly cutting down 

 the supply of absorbing roots, and so 

 making it more diflicult for the plant 

 to obtain sufficient water. Good culti- 

 vation for the aeration of the soil is 

 also an important factor. 



4. Use a liberal amount of fertilizer 

 (barnyard manure) so as to stinmlate 

 the growth of the plants, and if the 

 soil is known to be acid use lime also. 



5. In transplanting to the field do 

 not set the plants too shallow. Deep 

 setting gives a greater opportunity for 

 the development of adventitious fibrous 

 roots to take the places of those killed 

 by the fungus. It may even be advisable 

 to set the plants in shallow trenches 

 and gradually fill around them with 

 successive cultivations. 



6. Growing the plants in the field to 

 avoid transplanting is sometimes of 

 value. Injury to the root system in 

 transplanting does not allow the 

 entrance of the fungus, but retards the 

 development of the young plant with- 

 out affecting the advance of the fungus. 

 Carefully transplanted plants that suf- 

 fer little or no check in their growth 

 are more likely to keep ahead of the 

 fungus. 



7. In case a soil infection of a field 

 is suspected, early fall plowing with 

 frequent cultivation is suggested. It 

 seems probable that the aeration of the 

 soil by fretiuent cultivation lessens tlie 

 amount of the fungus that will remain 

 alive. Some growers have used this 

 practice with excellent results. 



Cherry Gummosis 



A question as to the cause, cure and 

 prevention of gummosis in "Mollers 

 Deutsche Gartner Zeitung" brought 

 forth the following reply from Mr. R. 

 Muller of Gotha, Germany, in its issue 

 of October, 1914. Mr. Muller's studious 

 and practical experience of many years' 

 standing in cherry-tree culture lends 

 peculiar weight to his observations and 

 suggestions. He writes: "After many 

 years of practical experience with the 

 problem of gummosis I am of the firm 

 opinion that gummosis is not an indi- 

 cation of sickness of single parts of 

 the tree. Even if wounds, bruises and 

 frost injuries may be considered ac- 

 countable factors, still, I believe, the 



causes must mainly be sought for in 

 disturbances of the nourishment of the 

 tree, just how is still not clear to us. 

 They are, perhaps, mainly to be traced 

 to the condition of the soil. In my 

 work for over thirty years as manager 

 of a tree nursery I have from the be- 

 ginning accepted a surplus flow of sap 

 as the prime cause of gummosis, and 

 this the more as always the thickest 

 and strongest limbs suffered peculiarly 

 from it. As the soil condition of the 

 nurseries varied much it was not pos- 

 sible always to locate our cherry quar- 

 ters on identical land. However, we 

 always chose such locations as had 

 received no stable manure for a period 

 of at least two years, but which had 

 previous to being planted with seed- 



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