The Chestnut Bark Disease; a Grave Danger Which Threatens Our Forest Trees, With Its Remedy
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The best time for seeing the evidences of the work of this fungus is the season now approaching, viz., in the spring, when the leaves begin to appear. The reason for this is not that the disease does the greatest amount of damage at this time, but be- cause trees that have been injured the previous season by having much of their live tissue destroyed, instead of putting forth Two trees killed by the disease. Note the dilapidated or shreddy appearance of the bark and the few persistent dead leav...es; also, portion of upper part of left-hand tree, where bark is falling off. (All photographs taken at Wilbrahani, Mass., Feb. 23, 1911.) Infested trunk, showing how bark splits open. (This is a nearer view of section marked " y " in photograph to the left.) Infested stem. The fungus tends to girdle the dis- eased portion rather than to extend up and down, "x" and "y" are dis- eased sections. healthy new leaves can produce only sickly and stunted foliage^ the extent of the blighted area depending on whether the main stem or only a branch was attacked.
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