The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1897-09-09
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+ der tie ia..aulas bead TIE ia1gas
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#ft % The apple trd the t~ig blight
vhicl suscts the lfat ha}s
I Alaue pa,mptlri tssua8 by tpfsy tus
n.csiae nalaf.riafy .lres soue y,Igstie
lsl1fa.ttag aa toe tui. Ct ifom good
source. g.. a8raeasea TORN Il sayt
/ IA uast he feuse4 h.feI last lustets 81 3
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aatg tore laseets ore oftea blamed ter
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Isa.etei .l4iclaus .prayiag Nth tugsi
c.its i. b. check The dropping Of imms
t,re fra.t ia the sprus, b. cause II 90
.r5w Of larger s1s sod mafs tree
/ from bgsmlsbes. 90 csute IL TO bang better
/ II the trees While nptllHs, TO cause u 10
f.ke Oh higher color ulur iIpeuiog sud
/ n ,mt,a,e ia keeplpg qn.hty TIE Of
feet OF so,b aud other iuugus diseases is
/ In eaase lstss proportion Of the iruit to
drop when quite sinai. to greatly dIshg
/ nre and fsdurs tbesEs add mtrkst value
Of that whiob mstures ADD 10 iuIare the
vitality Of the tree b, causing premature
falling Of the iollsge.
! Fyery ofeAsrilst ald dealer 10 apples ID
familiar ulth the appearance Of these dl
se.se.. they are common to eIpetles ced
persons. but ruzz iug to The beginner, for
a bos. Information this article i. intended
II ,bould be borne mind tust fully four
/ dilhs of the blostoms Of apples isll natural
liz. they are bone 10 clusters VIII the
| fruits are largely borne augly TIE IL
|dEDdsnoy Of blossoms appears 10 be 10
turs'. method Of Increasing the amount OF
nollen and 10 multiply the chances Of sue
casa In most cases when Att4cked with
fnDoi the .pples have SIT and are about
the EtE4 OF cherries W hen tuBY btRlu 10
die they vltuer. turn brown and fall AT
.me time the youLg leaves begin to
look look unhealthy and they rapidly as
sune the blishtsd Appearance. All these
,,c,s show that there is al intimate rels
uon brt.een the death Of the blossoms Of
yonno fruit and the blight Of the leaves
The blight ID caused by the apple scAb
,anUns which is 20 destructive 10 foliage
that n c.nses the so.b upop the spple it
self it's nesrly always present upon
hoih leaves and fruit, but 1t IL rarely 60
dss,,pcliys TO foliage a. this wear. the wet
spripg sfI,rdlng It net the conditions for
rand grostb
Farly in sprl~g. pale green spots, dthu
,te in ont,ine. sppear on the Young leaves.
These spots increase ia fiz,, the outline
Ioses It's resu srity and they have an Give
oreen yelv,ty spppsrsnoe Later ia the
season tLe epots become trowpish and
often ooyer the greater porI Il Of the sur
face NJ tbsIsf which chris ~ and finally
.scomes drv and dead. Tbes,o.s sppesr
On both ADDS q the leaf but ore most
numerous and prominent on the upper sur
fsce The fnneus also attacks the Young
shoots and the petioles of the leaves.
1t ia ON the fruit. hovever, that 1t is con
spicDous and does the most damage. The
spples. not larger than a pea, are some
times oevered and soon die. When they
,hav eso,ne the attack until somewhat
larger thew usu ally mature. but are small
missbspep, kpotty and often bitter. III
the sp,ts on both leaves and fruit are e1
smined with . rood maguiiying glass, the
velyety sppesfapee will be seen to bs due
In minnie speck- or tofta at first green, |
later Of season brown or black. Those
t1fls begin Ia the center OF the spyt and |