Danger To Our Plum And Cherry Trees

Mr. Ganzhorn stated to the Argus yesterday that he had been examining the plum and cherry trees within the city limits for black knot and had found 9S5 plum trees and 296 cherry trees iti the city that had the black knot. This is a very large percentage of the trees in the 1 city. The black knot lias just made its appearance in the cherry trees here and he says if prompt measures are taken and all the knots cut out in time, the trees may be saved. He says that plum trees which three years ago, when the black knot appeared upon them, were bearing from one to two bushels of plums are now entirely used up. It takes about three years to entirely use up the trees. The disease is distributed in 381 places in the city and the only cure is a radically cutting out of the black knot where it has just started and the cutting down of all trees where it has made much progress. The disease is a contagious one. In peach orchards where vigorous measures were taken last year against the yellows, Mr. Ganzhorn reports that there is a decreased amount of yellows this year. Our fruit raisers should be prompt in their. actions.