Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-10-31
HOPTICUEN)PE
A Disease of the Privet.

some or the pr1vet hedges OF StllF
water are being greatly damaged, If
not destroyed, by fungous disease OF
a sort which is called "anthracnose-"
The fungus of this disease attacks and
kills the bark and wood of the stems,
says a report of the Oklahoma station.
Starting at a point on the stem, it
spreads through and around the
stems. When the leaves Of the plant
first begin to wither. the place at
tackled by the fungus may often be
located just below the lowest Of the
withered leaves and above the green
ones, If there are any such on the
shoot. Close inspection reveals the
fact that the bark is slightly shrunken
at the point of injury, and, if the stem
De sliced lengthwise, the diseased
wood and bark will be found to be dis
colored, while that below, If healthy,
Will be fresh, and that above simply
seasoned. The wood above the point
OF the first attack dries out, and the
fungus seems to spread down the stem
10 the crown of the plant, and from
there to all the roots and stalks. About
The point of first attack black spots
appear on the bark, and when the
Dark thus spotted is seraped or cut, it
IS found that these spots are the open
Sngs Of spore-bearing postnles. Hedges
which have not yet been injured by
this disease should be closely watched,
and at the first sign of attack by this
disease all the injured shoots should
De cut off below the affected part and
burned. If the crown or roots are
affected the plant should be removed
bodily and burned. In case the hedge
is badly damaged it will probably be
best to remove it entirely and not
plant privet in the same pl ce, an the
soil is likely to be infected with the
spores of the fungus. Diseased
hedges are a menace to healthy ones
In the neighborhood. 1t has been rec
commended that the hedges which are
exposed to infection by this anthrac-
nose be sprayed with Bordeaux mix
ture, especially in the spring, at the
time when the buds are swelling and
expanding, and while the new shoots
and leaves are tender.
To Check the Apple Worm.
Spraying alone, though successful
within its own limits, cannot ensure
the fullest product Of perfect apples
without the concurrent practice OF
other methods looking to the final re-
duction Of the numbers of the cod
ling moth. The most important OF
these associated methods is the band
ing of the trees and the destruction
Of the attracted worms every ten days
from the fall of the first wormy apple
till the fruit is all in the bin. The
second is the immediate destruction OF
all fallen wormy fruit, and the third is
the destruction of as many as possible
of the worms wintering over und II
barksca1es, in old birds nests, in
cracks in apple bins or barrels, or else
where in the fruit room. These asso
ciated practices are not to be expected
to show their full results in the sea
son in which the work is done, though
the immediate value OF the first is
considerable as means of reducing
the number of worms of the second OF
later broods of the same season.-E
A. Popenoe.
Great Realm of Horticulture.
A prominent writer on horticulture
says: From the horticultural side OF
the business, there are tree great
series of questions with which the nur
seryman has to deal. These are the
whole question of soil, the whole ques
ton of propagation and the whole
question of varieties Any one OF
an investigator profitably during 9
lifetime. The probability is that il
any man were to devote his life tl
either of these series of questions
he would feel at the last that he had