14 THE TREE DOCTOR 



laws that go to make that life healthy or unhealthy, do you not? 

 The average person has no clearer conception of the "Law of 

 Life" in a tree than he has of how the moon performs its circuit. 

 In one case he says, ''The tree's alive ;" in the other, "The moon 

 is held by the law of gravitation." That seems to be the end of 

 his explanation and the extent of his knowledge. 



In Photo 1 are seen three apples, Fallawalters. The middle 

 one is perfect. Why? From a healthy tree. Fortunately our 



Photo 1, Fallawalters. 



good, everyday commonsense tells us this is what we can expect. 

 The one on either side (there were bushels of them under the 

 tree) is diseased. Why? Look at Photo 2. How can you get 

 sound fruit from a diseased tree? 



Examine a leaf. How many will see its beauty, saying 

 nothing of its utility? Did you ever stop to think that all the 

 countless millions of tons of timber ever grown were made in the 

 leaf? Yes, every twig, lateral and main branch, trunk, root and 

 all were made in the leaf. Now what does it mean when you 

 cut off a live branch? You have destroyed both respiration and 

 circulation. 



Attention is here called to the marvelous cell system in the 



