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THE) RURAL NEW-YORKER 
Ruralisms 
THE RAVAGES OF THE CHESTNUT 
TREE BLIGHT. 
Part II. 
The young growth or sprouts about a 
chestnut stump are very likely to be 
infected. The tendency of this parasite 
is to girdle the tree or branch. On 
the young saplings when infected the 
bark changes color from a healthy dark 
olive to a brick red. On the old trees 
the cracks or fissures in the bark will 
show a line of reddish tubercles to indi¬ 
cate the presence of the disease. There 
are other fungi that live upon dead 
chestnut limbs and outwardly bear a 
close resemblance to the blight. A 
microscopic examination becomes neces¬ 
sary to determine the presence of the 
deadly parasite, called Diaporthe para¬ 
sitica. 
At the close of a lecture upon this 
subject a man in the audience came for¬ 
ward and stated that he had a number 
of chestnut trees in bad condition on his 
only a few infected spots can be found 
upon a tree they can be cut away and 
the wound should always be coated with 
tar. All undergrowth should be re¬ 
moved. In all cases, burn the limbs 
and all the bark. Do not forget the 
bark upon the stump. If the bark is 
removed the wood may be used for 
various purposes, as firewood, fence 
posts, railroad ties, etc. 
JOHN MICKLEBOROUGH, PH.D. 
Seed Tariff; Rose Questions. 
E. L., Ensenore, N. Y. —1. Would I have 
to pay duty on a few seeds or a few small 
plants by mail from England to America? 
2. Would you think it a good plan to spray 
rose bushes in early Spring while dormant 
with ammoniacal copper carbonate or cop¬ 
per sulphate solution? 3. Must I be careful 
about sprinkling too much flour of sulphur 
cn rose bushes for mildew? Will it be a 
good plan to mix with air-slaked lime? 
Ans.— 1 . There is a duty on seeds and 
plants, but it is trifling on small lots, 
and where sent by mail would be col¬ 
lected at the post office. 
2 . We see no reason why you should 
spray dormant roses with copper sulphate 
DEAD CHESTNUT TREES, PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN. Fig. 1 S1. 
place, and, although it was interesting 
to know the relations of this parasite, 
yet he did not care so much about its 
cousins, uncles, aunts or grandparents, 
just "please, tell me something that will 
kill it.” Spraying with insecticide or 
fungicide mixtures, such as Bordeaux, 
will not be effective. The fungus gets 
its nourishment from the cambium layer 
beneath the bark, and in that situation 
it is protected from the influence of the 
spray. Any spores upon the surface 
would be washed away, but within 24 
hours myriads of other spores would be 
produced. In the growing season spores 
are produced in such vast numbers, mil¬ 
lions upon millions, that figures are sim¬ 
ply bewildering. It would be a difficult 
piece of work to spray several hundred 
large forest trees, even if that method 
of treatment was a remedy. Moreover, 
it would require concert of action. One 
neglected piece of woodland would fur¬ 
nish enough spores to infect all the 
chestnut trees in a county. Many ex¬ 
periments and tests have been made and 
many suggestions have been offered, 
such as injecting certain chemicals into 
the circulating fluid of the tree, but none 
of these has given any efficient result. 
A remedy that is as injurious to the 
tree as the work of the deadly parasite 
is not worthy of consideration. The 
remedy is to stop the development of 
spores. This may be done by cutting 
all trees that are badly infected. If 
or ammoniacal copper carbonate, unless 
your plants have been badly affected 
with black-spot or leaf-spot. We have 
never used this treatment, merely pick¬ 
ing off and burning affected foliage. 
3. Do not mix lime with the sulphur 
used for mildew. You are not likely to 
use too much, as an excess will not ad¬ 
here to the foliage. 
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