92 FRUIT CULTURE. 



applied to the affected parts would check the 

 evil. 



Pear leaf-blight is confined mainly to young 

 seedlings, before they are budded by the nursery- 

 man. Probably this is another fungous growth, 

 which spreads over the beds in July and August, 

 soon causing the leaves to dry up and growth 

 to stop. No remedy has yet been discovered. 

 Cultivated varieties do not suffer, and the main 

 effort is to insert buds before the advent of the 

 blight in August. 



Notwithstanding the formidable list of insects 

 and diseases, it is comparatively easy to maintain 

 healthy trees and raise sound fruit of the pear, 

 especially in New England. 



