Peach Yellows And Black Knot

Mr. J. GanzhcHrn, one of tlie peacli yellows and black knot coimnissioners lias gone through the city the past few weeks to aspect plum an8 liciry .trees for the disease knowit ae black knot ; and as a result lias found the disease at 381 differenti places. Xine liundred and eigiity-Iive plum trees were aifected witii the diseasc-, more or less. Some of them ere feo far gone th;i t the -r!iole tree had lbo be cut (Ioaviï. "Wheii. taken in time tlie tree oan ber sitved by taking o'ut sueh branches that show the di.seae. AVlieii left t.o epiread, alout ■ tluee ycars will use np the entire tree. The black knot is jast beglnning tO' develop on olierry troeA Mr. Gnnzhom iomid 296 tjreeè already aliected with the dieeaee. Tlie law ïequires the coramissioners to see that thBC black knots are removed in cases where the owners iieglect to do il tlipm.st4-es. but m sucli casi s ihere will be soine expense to the owiii'Vi. Kv'iy good and law-abiding citizen will ooaaply witih the insli nc-l'io'ns oL tlie coramissionoi's ; it s tor fcbeir own good and benefit. "o onc dosircs that fi-ait culture Bhoulfl go down. It is b, valaaWe inda but it caniiiot be maiiitaiiied in the future unJeéa destnu-tive diseases are kepl down. A combilied effort will i ccömplish much to this end.