. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. 4 FAEMBES' BULLETIN 16 41 Cankers on smooth bark are easily recognized by their yellow- ish brown surface color, which contrasts sharply with the grayish green color of normal bark. The margin of the canker may be slightly raised in some cases, and in others it may have a water-soaked appearance, especially on vigorously growing shoots. Usually the margin of the canker is fairly regular (hg. 4), but. -All urcluird chestnut ii;irtly killed in early spring. le;ives in contrast with normal ones It sliows very small sometimes it is irregular. (Fig. 5.)
. Chestnut blight. Chestnut blight; Chestnut. 4 FAEMBES' BULLETIN 16 41 Cankers on smooth bark are easily recognized by their yellow- ish brown surface color, which contrasts sharply with the grayish green color of normal bark. The margin of the canker may be slightly raised in some cases, and in others it may have a water-soaked appearance, especially on vigorously growing shoots. Usually the margin of the canker is fairly regular (hg. 4), but. -All urcluird chestnut ii;irtly killed in early spring. le;ives in contrast with normal ones It sliows very small sometimes it is irregular. (Fig. 5.) There is less contrast between the appearance of the canker area and its margin on slowly gi-owing slioots or twigs. Tlie cankered areas may be either sunken below or raised above the surrounding healthy "bark, or a single canker may have both sunken and raised parts. When the fungus promptly kills the hark ail the way through to the cainbiuiu and into the wood, there results. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original 1906-1960
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