June, Wt^ 



See that no blight is allowed to winter 

 over in the trees. The best time of the 

 year to cut it out is late fall or early winter. 

 In the dormant season the blighted 

 branch should be cut off about a foot below 

 any visible portion of the disease; in the 

 summer, two or three feet below. If this 

 necessitates cutting off a larger limb, this 

 should be done. It is this rule that is trans- 

 gressed most often and with the most 

 serious consequences. 



After each cut the saw or shears must 

 be disinfected. The disinfectant can best 

 be carried in a milk bottle attached to the 

 belt, and can be applied with a swab. Small 

 corrosive sublimate tablets (four to a pint 

 of water) make na excellent disinfectant. 

 A 5 per cent solution of carbolic acid is 

 also good. 



Burn all diseased parts promptly after 

 cutting. In summer this must be done the 

 same day, otherwise insects crawling over 

 them during the night might become 

 carriers of the germs. In winter it is neces- 

 sary to burn them before the first warm 

 days of spring, but many have neglected 

 this rule to their sorrow. 



Inspect every tree carefully after the 

 orchard has been gone over. Even an ex- 

 pert, when cutting out blight, has to do 

 this two or three times to get every case, 

 and a case or two left may ruin the whole 

 campaign by starting the blight in the 

 blossoms the next season. 



Pruning — Orchards in infested districts 

 should be kept free from water sprouts at 

 the foot of the trees, and from suckers and 

 fruit spurs on the main limbs; otherwise 

 the bacteria, entering through these tender 

 parts, will quickly reach the roots or the 

 trunk. 



TiLLAC;!-: ANU Irrigation — Anything 

 that favors a rapid, succulent growth of the 

 tree makes it more susceptible to blight. 

 It is, therefore, most important that 

 blighted orchards should have no more til- 

 lage and water during the first half of the 

 growing season than are absolutely neces- 

 sary to the making of the crop. Barnyard 

 manure should be applied only to the more 

 resistant varieties. 



Kill the green apple aphis. Observation 

 and experience have convinced us that the 

 winged adult of this insect is the most im- 

 portant carrier of the blight after the 

 bees stop working in the flowers. Thorough 

 spraying with tobacco extract for the green 

 aphis should greatly reduce the spread ol 

 blight during the summer. 



The claim is sometimes made by those 

 who have grown fruit in the East or the 

 Middle West before coming here that the 

 cutting out of blight is not necessary, that 

 such a practice was very little followed 

 where they came from and yet apples were 

 grown with very little trouble from blight. 

 It is a fact, however, that nearly every 

 apple district, e.ast and west, has a severe 

 outbreak now and then that requires severe 

 cutting. 



(Contimietl fill tage 18) 



BETTER FRUIT 



Page Thirteen 



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Preparing and Loading 

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