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tional freedom from losses so caused may well be credited to 

 the expense of proper cultivation under modern conditions. 

 Even in the best -cultivated orchard, however, the " doctor " 

 is sometimes required and it may again be emphasised that 

 if he cannot visit the orchard, a good large piece of his patient 

 (the affected tree) should be sent him, as his trouble is 

 enormously increased if he has to base his opinion on the 

 examination of a few scraps. 



J. C. F. FRYER. 

 London, S.W.I. 



October, 1921. 



