170 GARDENING FOK THE SOUTH. 



located. These spores are carried by the wind to other 

 trees, and, finding lodgement, soon germinate and send 

 mycelii into the tissues of the plum, where growth is 



Fig. 66 — Plowrightia morbosa (Sacc), Mass. (State) 

 Exp. Station, Report 1892. J. E. Humphray. 



continued until spring, when the presence of the disease 

 is manifested. 



The only remedy is to cut off every branch or twig that 

 shows a tumor, and burn it at once; and be sure to cut 



