28 CITRUS TREES AND THEIR DISEASES 



realize to do this you must apply something that will 

 penetrate and is composed of nutritious matter, which 

 adds wonderfully to the development of your fruit, as 

 well as keeping the body in a good condition. 



It is safe for the writer to say that he has made 

 the only discovery so far known in the United States, 

 that is absolutely composed of mineral and nutritious 

 elements especially benefitting to both tree and fruit. 

 The writer realizes that for the protection and benefit 

 of the citrus grower some necessary legislation is 

 needed in the form of careful investigation and examin- 

 ation of every man who pretends ,or offers to suggest, 

 or apply remedies to trees and accepting money from 

 the grower without giving proper value in return. I 

 see no other plan better than to have every man who 

 pretends to treat trees and writes the public upon tree 

 treatments to pass a rigid examination before a well 

 qualified board of growers, showing his or her ability 

 to properly understand the so-called diseases. Or to 

 put it stronger, he or she must understand and be able 

 to convince this board that his method or system is 

 absolutely logical and practical. If this condition is 

 met, there will be less diseased trees and fewer tree 

 doctors. 



The writer has experimented upon trees both 

 healthy and diseased, with almost every possible 

 drug and mineral substance known. He has tested out 

 thoroughly the results to be obtained from the many 

 experiments, and after all this, found very few drugs 

 that can be applied to the tree satisfactorily. Many 

 drugs will cause a stimulus for a time, but like whiskey, 



