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planting throughout the entire state. There is not a quarter 

 section of land in the state of Kansas on which red cedar can- 

 not be grown successfully. It is the hardiest tree growing 

 within the state. It has endured, without serious injury, the 

 severest weather conditions that western Kansas has exper- 

 ienced in the past fifty years. It suffers less injury from hail 

 and wind than any other tree that has been tried in western 

 Kansas. The only objection that can be raised to the growing 

 of red cedars in the woodlot is the fact that it is a host to a 

 fungous disease known as the cedar apple, which in another 

 form attacks and injures apple trees and fruit. It occurs 

 on the apple leaf as rust and on the fruit as scab. How- 



Fio. 177. Red cedar posts grown in a farm woodlot. [Courtesy Forestry Service.] 



ever, this injury can be prevented by spraying with a fungi- 

 cide, and inasmuch as it is impossible to grow apples in this 

 state without spraying for both insects and fungous diseases, 

 this fungus can be readily held in check with the same spray 

 that is applied for other fungous diseases. 



Austrian Pine. 



The Austrian pine is an introduced species from Europe. It 

 has been planted extensively throughout the eastern half of 

 the United States, where it has grown with much vigor and 

 has proved a very satisfactory tree for protection and orna- 

 mental planting. When planted in dense stands the trees clear 



