Gcrved in I936, hau opread rtipidly ijlnce, but vrc^c ic'entlficd 

 only thii: L;uramor. He avjc, "At prcLicnt the dl^^ea^^e hoc been found 

 only on treeo of the Mclntot^h vprioty. " In the V/eat, Baldv/in is 

 reported to bo pr'.rticulr.rly LiUGceptlble. 



It ic Lra,7:_-eLit(;d that MaLii^nchULietttJ orchn.rdlGtc and county 

 agents be on the lookout thit; f;.ll nnd vvinter for Anthracnouo, 

 particulrrly on Llclntouh r\nd Baldv/ln. Re-portc of 'JUL;pcctod cacec 

 and upociiiionu of diiJCi":L.ed branchoLi .• re roqueutod (plorsjo nail any 

 LjpecimenLj to no, Cl'n.rk Hiill, LI. S. C, Auiher-jt, Mr.jij.). The dic- 

 ea.cc att;.ckij both Che brrnchoL; fnd fruita. It ii; r.' ther m.i'.y to 

 diagnoLio v/hero v;\riouG agOL. of branch c;\nkerij 're pro cent. The 

 young current year cankers are very characteriutic and will fur- 

 nish a ready clue even though older carJiero are fev- or abcent. 

 ThiG year'G cjinherc appear aG fev/ to many, Gnall, circular, 

 clightly deproiJL;ed, reddii^h brovm lecionG, varying from ^ to -f 

 inch in diameter, Bcattered promiscuouGly on branches up to 2 or 

 3 inchea in diameter and on yo' ng trunks. If 

 NotoG iu interested in a cornplote description 

 eluding itL; variouG cymptonc ar.d itG control, 

 v.'riter v'ill bring full information. 



Stray Thought g 



For the country aG a whole, the combined lO^*-'^ tonnnge of 

 apploG, peachoG, pcarc, cherrloG, plumG, prune g, apricotG, and 

 cranberrioG iG 21^ Griallor tha:": the combined riroducti-jn of thoGe 

 ci'^opG in 1937 '■^'-'^''^ -''' 2^ above the 10-yoar average. 



There are 565,000,000 perGonG gainfully employed in the 

 world, and 550>000>000 of them rre eng;aged in agriculture, accord- 

 ing to the pcnneylvanla Department of Agriculture. 



If GOap iG UG(,d '.^n froGh fruit G:;i.inG, it ^■••ill tend to Get 



the Gtain, according to Cornell Bulletin E-35^- A free copy of 



thiG publication may be obtained from the Office of publications, 

 RobortG Hall, Ithac;:, N. Y. 



It iG not very generally knovm thrt apple trei. rootG grow 

 during the wintt;r. protected againGt lov; temperaturoc by the 

 Goil, the rootc find favorable growing conditionc long after the 

 top haG become dormant. The temperature of the coil cix inches 

 beneath the Gurf;.ce ma.y bo only clightly below froozlng ovon though 

 the air tempera.ture ic below zero. ThiG haG a. direct bearing on 

 the Galva-ging of Gtorm dama^ged treoG. If the ro;-)tG are again 

 brought into intim;..te contact with the Goil in the very near fu- 

 ture, they Ghould ;.ia.ke o good i.tart in the rogonerrtion of fibrouc 

 rootG before Gpring. 



Pruning of a fruit tree a.t thiG cea.Gon Ig not recommended 

 becauGo it would rob the tree of much ne^;dcd growth mai-terialG and 

 perhapG endanger itu recovery. CarbohydrateG, made in the leaves, 

 are gradually moved to pointG of Gtojrago in the trunk and rootc, 

 particularly the latter. ThoGO material g are of much impoi'tance 

 In the proper functioning of the tree next seaGon. LimbG removed 

 before tranclocation haG taicen jjlace, mean a, dictinct Iogg to the 

 tree, to Gay nothing of the dying back and Glow healing of fall 

 pruning v/oundG. 



