AMERICAN BLIGHT. [By H.S.]
A good plan to adopt as a preventative of the American blight is to paint a belt of tar round the trunks of apple trees, close to the ground ; also sprinkling some around the foot of it. If they are seen in any part of the stem or branches paint them over with tar : it has been proved to be an admirable remedy. American blight leaves the tree at the approach of winter and is buried to some depth in the soil, and now as the warm weather approaches it will begin to ascend the trees, so that the coal tar should be painted on at once. A number of trees which have suffered from blight have, by watching and 1 applying different dressings to them, been kept in good bearing order, and have lived to a good old age. The above remedy is very simple, very inexpensive, and not only does it act as a preventative to blight, but also stops the ravages of a number of other insects.
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Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1278, 7 September 1880, Page 3
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174AMERICAN BLIGHT. [By H.S.] Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1278, 7 September 1880, Page 3
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