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"Affected trees have been headed down
and successfully worked with certain
varieties of plums where the decay has
not been too far advanced: time is
required to prove the permanence of
the scion.  Should present expectations
be realized we shall have one of the
most striking instances of the influence
of the scion upon the stock
that has yet been brought forward [?]
I am assured, however that some varieties
of plums do not succeed under such
conditions.

"One instance in which the process of
exhaustion appeared to be retarded by remedial
measures came under my notice
at the Bay of Islands.  Mr. Goodhue, nurseryman
of Taumarere, washes or
syringes all his fruit trees during 
th winter seasons with a mixture of
lime, sulphur, and carbolic acid in
the following proportions: two gallons unslaked
lime; 1 lb. sulphur; ¼ lb. Calvert's 
carbolic acid powder, sufficient water is put
upon the lime to slake it; the sulphur & 
carbolic acid are added & thoroughly incorporated.
It can either be used dry as a fine
powder to dust the affect trees, or by the addition
of water can be made into a wash of
any required consistency.  Mr. Goodhue's fruit
trees were remarkably free from insect pests;
in every case the bark was bright & clean
& the trees generally were in a vigorous state
of growth.  All his peaches, however, showed
unmistakable evidence of gradual decay
        