COREESPONDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2191, 11 January 1886, Page 2

COREESPONDENCE.

BLIGHT ON PINES.: ,-' TOTSB EdIIOE,. Sib.-tI wish to draw .pablfa attenJiba'. to the manner tees have for nwny.raofifchß • past' persistantly encouraged the, propogation.And' spread of blight on pine trees by.neileciingto destroy or cure tho trees ih&o Maßterton ?&rk affected' by.this-Mt., Thetre.es, instead of being are fast becoming eyesores, an<s9he whole neighborhood will becc-me infected • most seriously Boon, if this has -not already happened. The pines attacked should either be out down at once, and carejully burnt, or treated with the solution at foot, the recipe for which haft' been given to me by Mr James Stone, ,• t am not prepared to say that the' mis* k will cure long established blight/- m I have used it on one of my own tree? (Pinm Sylvejitris). with excellent effect, in any case, however, cutting down the tn&and burning, is the best. In.'the case above mentioned the limbs and trunk of the pine were quite white, with blight, though the tree itself showed no sign of fading. . One application of the solution below seemMo have killed all the blight without injuring the tree I am, etc., ■ ' F. G. Mooeb. 10 gallons water, lib soft Boap, libcaustic soda, half pint kerosene, Boil' well, and apply with a syringq while hot. Maßterton, gth January, 1888,'