ROOT FUNGUS IN FRUIT TREES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2052, 1 September 1885, Page 3

ROOT FUNGUS IN FRUIT TREES.

Mil J. H. Tiiovhv>\ of Hatapepe wntes to tho M'crptnry of tho W.-ukato Hoitieultui.il Society on the abo\e subject .is follows . - Sir, -Soring by The Waikato Tiiikh ih.it Profess Kuk is wishing to obtim .ill the information ho cm about fnut tiees dying from loot fungus, [ m.iy st.vto th it dining tln> List two or thiue ye u^ I have had .ibout 20 tices die at from ten to 12 yens old -applet biuifjlit a> blight jnoof, (iniuci'N, plums, elionins j>cach and jiret.ti mr-j. Ido not consider it a fungus, as there is .i mii ill white insect in the gionnd, wiy small .it this tune of the yen, but Iniger in the w.uui we.ithoi, and then it li.is wings. What it osentnilly turns to I do not ltiiott. Tlie white dust tint looks like mildew on the gionnd is the excrement of tho insect. The same thing .iKo kills the whitethorn. The only land I do not find it in is he.uv wet clay land, and the whitethorn theieginws well. Should IVofcsM>r Kuk wish to ha\o ,i specimen of Mie insect, I »vill foiw.ud some by post, as I -hoiild \ery much like to know some w.iy to pi '\eiit fill my tiees fioin ff«>ing the same vay. I h.uu tiled watering with soap surls, but find no good fioin it. I base been told that sulphur is a good tiling, but have not tiled it. Trusting my expenence may be of seme little use, I am, fee.