CANKER IN TREES.
A disease would cause considerably less trouble as well as less loss if dealt with in its very early stages a canker. As in the case of silver leaf fruit trees on certain stocks are much rrrjn liable to attack by canser than are Ukm* ong other types flf stock. Canker <an scarcely be mistaken by anyone who h*s seen too gradual eating away of a trunk or a branch affected by the disease until the, whole tree is ioo.ier or later destroyed. i The mnedy fo- thi< trouble in carefully and cleanly to cat away the affected pari, and to paint the wound so made with tar or creosote. AH painting m any case should be done as soon as the wound is made. , . It is very necessary to watch for t'be first signs of canker and to deal wiflnit before the cutting away assumes serious proportions, so tnat if the disease' has established itself in the trnnk of the tree the flow of sap is not seriously affected. Good drainage, cultivation, and liberal manuring are helped in keeping trees free .from-thts disease. «
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19062, 6 July 1925, Page 13
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187CANKER IN TREES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 19062, 6 July 1925, Page 13
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