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’   solutio11 may be used on very old l`uugus may be alive. lf mummies f rcsu
; P and thick bark. A 33 per cent have been left on the tree over ` abou
; ‘ solution is sometimes used on young winter it would be well during heat
g _ trees and roots. pruning to remove not only the obtr
  r ¤¢FeHOWing, are direetiells fe,. mummy but the twig to which it is ly t
E t preparing 43 per eem zine emeride attached and thus reduce the for
  solution; Add 3 ounces of concen- Tfnnnlf (lf nns type ef °°"y'°v$“`· (nn`
  Y tested hydreehlerie acid te 2 pints \\ lule it is best to remove the twigs are
  T of het water in an enamel kettle, and muimmes from the orchard side
V . and dissolve in this mixture 6 and destroy them at pruning time Thi
   _ pounds of dry Zine chloride p0W_ yet these mummies ot last years imp
E   der. Cemmereiel grades of the crop which are knocked from the gro
  · ehemieels mm, be used The sOh,_ tree during the wutter are_not like- are
je;  tion may be‘heated te boiling, if ly to beta source ot niiection until (_
ij   necessary, to dissolve an Of the Zine il. year from that spring. At that ear]
  · ehlm,ide· After eeeline.7 add 7 time the mummies \\;lllCl1'llH.\'C be- hey
  i pints of denatured alcohop This COHIB p8I‘tl)‘ bll1‘1€Cl 111 SO1l OI' S0d hav
  solution may be kept fe,. severe] can send out vase-shaped honey- me
ei; _ years if stored in tightly stoppered colored mushroom-like growths at age
·oeo   e homes *0 Pierre   §§l’.§’$$ l'fi{L"`?.-&’ti?§li°t§‘3l§5 iJLEI’ {Sit
    iiworklilen HSUQUY Ca1`1`Y 3- damp duce spores in vast ndmbers. These ues
» Q y “1°th_t0 “’lP€_ ln€1Y_handS» as the spores may cause blossom blight or or
ic  { chemicals M6 nmtalmg to the Sknl- may cause infections in leaf curl ma
Li; ;   A Small amount nf waslnng P°“`d°l' affected twigs and leaves, and prob- abt
  E added te the dam}? Cloth OY wash ably cause other types of infection up
  I water Win nentranne the Solnnnn not yet recognized. These early ing:
  i { ann Check tnn Caustic enect On tnc s p r i n g infections undoubtedly wo
    5km- It has been _fOnnd tnat carrv the fungus from spring to 2v
_?’i iii bw-Snes used _1n apwlns the Zlnn near the harvest time when fruit ( ‘
    cnlorldn S0lnn?n “'ln last longer lf infections occur. Complete removal ·
      rinsed in washing-soda water at the Of rotted peaches from tlle trees ml
{Z;   Bild of 680ll day S “'0I`k·' and ground in the fall is desirable iw
      N0te.—The above treatments for but where this is not done, thorough me
  fire blight are worth trying and discing just before blooming will fm
    represent progress. Those inter- disturb the mummies sufficiently PI;
    _ ested in receiving the circular from so that they will not produce spores ,,1,
  which the above was taken can re- that season. \Vhen spring discing ti,.
  . quest it from·the Tennessee Agri- is not employed it is much more U,.
  cultural Experiment Station, Knox- necessary to remove all rotted pe
  ville, Tennessee. peaches from trees and the ground eu
  at harvest time and destroy them. ,.e
  BROWN ROT MUMMIES 2,.
  B W- D- Valisau h 1 STRAWBERRY 1>o1N·1·ERs at
  eié rown rot mummies on t e peaci . . . .
  tree are one of the means of carry- (1) Spring nltrate f°rnhZ°r H
    ing the brown-rot fungus from one It is generally recognized as un-
    season to the next. The fungus is profitable to make spring applica-
  alive in the mummied fruit and it tions of nitrogen on bearing straw-
    ‘ is also probable that it has spread berry fields. Such applications at
 e"   from the rotted fruit into the twig have been tried out many times th
;j-eg?   carrying a canker in which the with unsatisfactory results. Some st
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