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HOETICULTURE 



August 19, 1916 



THE WHITE PINE BLISTER RUST. 



Its present status in JIassachnsetts from 

 the ilassaebn setts Forestry Association. 



With the passage of the Agricul- 

 tural Appropriation Bill by Congress, 

 thirty thousand dollars becomes imme- 

 diately available for use by the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture for the 

 eradication of the "WHiite Pine Blister 

 Rust in this country. Since Massa- 

 chusetts has the worst infection of the 

 Rust a large part of this money will 

 undoubtedly be spent here. 



The State Legislature appropriated 

 $10,000 for this work this year and 

 with the co-operation of the Federal 

 Government it is believed that con- 

 siderable headway can be made during 

 the remainder of this season toward 

 running down all of the infected areas 

 and in eradicating the diseased plants. 



This disease has made the growing 

 of our white pine impracticable in 

 parts of Europe and unless we succeed 

 at once in eradicating it here, we are 

 in serious danger of losing our most 

 valuable tree. 



The Massachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, 4 Joy street, Boston, will fur- 

 nish bulletins showing colored pictures 

 of the rust free, and the citizens are 

 asked to secure these bulletins and to 

 inspect their own pines and currant 

 and gooseberry bushes. The disease 

 has two hosts, the white pine and the 

 currants and gooseberries. It occurs 

 on the smooth bark of the former and 

 on the leaves of the latter. The cur- 

 rants and gooseberries are not affected 

 by the Rust but they serve as a me- 

 dium of spread to the pines. 



Any suspicious specimens of either 

 the pine or currants or gooseberries 

 should be carefully packed and sent to 

 Dr. H. T. Fernald. State Nursery In- 

 spector, Amherst, Mass. 



The owners of pines and currants or 

 gooseberries are earnestly requested 

 to co-operate in this respect. You may 

 help in this way to locate any infec- 

 tion which has been missed by the au- 

 thorities. 



Now is the time to act if we are to 

 save the white pines. 



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FREAKISH FACTS AND FACKLESS 



FREAKS. 



D.Tlton, Aug. 10. — Bees happen to have a 

 iioaloualy maintained reputation as prohibi- 

 tionists, and therefore tlie bee-keepers of 

 I'.erksliire County wlio attended the annual 

 Held day of the County Association at the 

 Iiome of for»ner Senator W'intlirop Murray 

 Crane today, dared not refresh themselves 

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How would you like to be able to raise 

 fruit right in your own house? 



Well such is the possil>ilit.v. 



W. H. Bach has already produced one 

 tree only a foot high, yet it ha.s produced 

 full-grown fruit. He says that indoor fruit 

 trees, to supply the needs of the family 

 table, are a possibility of tlie future. 



Mr. Bach should know, for here are a few 

 of the things that he has lirougth fortli : 

 Seedless lemon, resembling an orange, a 

 monster olive, IVi inches in diameter, a 

 peach th.nt ripens in October and a lime 

 with a loose skin. 



—Boston Post. 



John Nolen. city planner, has been called 

 on to help Akron, Ohio. A municipal forest 

 of rubber trees has been suggested. 



"A wealth of floral tributes." including 

 one from the mayor, was seen at the funeral 

 of a well-known citizen whose familv bad 

 publicly asked that no flowers be sent. 



Considerable discussion has risen at 

 police headquarters over the species of 

 plant that is growing in front of the super- 

 ii.tendent's oflice. There was a tree there 

 originally planted by Dr. Dunn, the police 

 surgeon; then another plant was put in 

 after the tree was cut down, at least that 

 is the way it was at first reported. It was 

 at tir.st stated that this new jilant was a 

 cintury plant and would never grow high 

 enough to shade the winilows: then com- 

 mon report had it that the plant was a to- 

 mato plant. Dr. Dunn hnally investigated 

 and found that the new plant was merely a 

 new shoot growing out of the roots of the 

 tree which be had planted there, and which 

 had been cut down. 



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Pittsfield, Mass. — Snow and frost 

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 and four Pittsfield persons were 

 caught in a veritable blizzard on the 

 mountain top. Some of them suffered 

 severely from the cold. The snow fell 

 for about 10 minutes in the wake of a 

 gale from the northwest. In Lee on 

 Sunday night there was a heavy frost, 

 the mercury going down to 32 degrees. 



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