TENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



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off of the branch, it took 21 days for the fungus to do its deadly 

 work. This case was on a branch about 4 inches in circumference. 



LHh.-^rNUT TREE SHOWN ON OPPOSITE PAGE. 

 The light spots on the foliage indicate the appearance of Fungus. 



Apparently the physical condition of the tree has no bearing 

 upon the ability of the fungus to attack it. The disease was 

 noticed with equal frequency upon young specimens in the nurs- 

 ery, upon sprouts that had sprung from stumps of trees cut 



