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it not only decays, but the disease is insinuated 
into the parts comiected with it. The sap here 
becomes disordered, more especially in wet au- 
tumn and spring months, which appear greatly 
to promote the exudation of the sap. It then 
becomes thickened, and coagulates on the dis- 
eased parts, and assumes the appearance of 
gummy matter, as we find it. This disease often 
proves of a serious natiu'e in cold situations, and 
wet cold seasons, especially to the Peach, Nec- 
tarine, and Apricot. It will be of importiuice 
to attend to proper pruning, and to use every 
means to mature the trees sufficiently eai’ly in the 
autumn, w'hich will be greatly aided by keeping 
the wood thin and close to the walls through the 
summer, and also by using fires to such walls as 
are fined, a little in the autumn, especially if it is 
wet and cold at that period. When this disease 
presents itself the Gum should be taken away, 
and all the infested part cut clean out, and the 
Compost (No. 16 ) be applied, and to prevent the 
Gum appearing on bruised parts, or those pai-ts 
where large branches are taken off, the Com- 
post should be applied at the time, so as to keep 
the weather from affecting the disease, and en- 
courage the wound to heal. 
Forsyth says, “ the Gum is a kind of gan- 
grene, incident to fruit trees of the stone kind, and 
arises from the following causes : from injudi- 
cious pruning, from bruises, or any injuries re- 
ceived in the w'ood or bark. This may happen 
