ON MILDEW. 343 



all fractured parts be pruned clean away, so 

 that it is brought to as smooth a state as 

 possible, and if it be judged that wet is likely 

 to be retained without some precaution being- 

 used, let an application of the mixture as 

 directed for cankered wounds, be given. 



Those trees that are affected with gum 

 may be treated in the same manner, by 

 dressing off* the diseased part and applying 

 the composition as directed. 



On Mildew. 



Peach and Nectarine trees are very fre- 

 quently attacked by this disease, particularly 

 so in a low damp situation, because in such 

 there is generally stagnant water at the 

 bottom of the soil, which is almost certain 

 to produce the mildew without great atten- 

 tion has been paid to draining, &c. 



There are some kinds of Peach and Nec- 

 tarine trees very subject to this disease, and 

 in which it seems to be inherent, but more 

 or less appears according to the favourable- 

 ness or unfavourableness of the situation in 

 which they are planted; or as they may be 

 affected by the weather, which will also pro- 

 duce it. For although a border be properly 

 made and adapted to the trees, yet if very 

 foggy weather continues for a few days, and 

 the soil of the border is not in a state of 



