. The fruit-growers guide-book. as the germs are- then in their mostactive and virulent condition. Plum Pockets This fungus bears a very close relation to-that causingleaf curl. It attacks the fruit of the domestic plums, caus-ing abnormal deformities of the fruit, making them reallybecome large bladder-like structures, in which thestcwne is rarely developed. It has been claimed that thefungus lives from year to year in the twigs of the trees,so that when once affected it cannot be very easily gottenrid of. However, this fact has not been entirely proven. 172 The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book as tr
. The fruit-growers guide-book. as the germs are- then in their mostactive and virulent condition. Plum Pockets This fungus bears a very close relation to-that causingleaf curl. It attacks the fruit of the domestic plums, caus-ing abnormal deformities of the fruit, making them reallybecome large bladder-like structures, in which thestcwne is rarely developed. It has been claimed that thefungus lives from year to year in the twigs of the trees,so that when once affected it cannot be very easily gottenrid of. However, this fact has not been entirely proven. 172 The Fruit-Growers Guide-Book as trees which are well sprayed with fungicides, as forbrown rot or black knot, are not attacked by the pocketfungus, or if they are, to only a slight and insignificantextent. StrawberriesStrawberry Leaf Spot This disease appears upon the leaves of the strawberryat about the time of flowering. At first these spots arepurplish, later becoming greyish at the center, while themargins are red, and if the leaf is much affected the entire. Characteristic appearance of strawberry leaf spot. leaf may become reddened. Control of this disease canbe had by spraying the plants before flowering with bor-deaux, and if the disease is troublesome later in the seasonit may be advisable to cut off the leaves and burn them. Principles of Pruning 173 CHAPTER VII Principles of Pruning Pruning is one of the most interesting and fascinatingoperations connected with horticultural work. A plant isa plastic, responding, changing organism which is affectedby everything we do to it. We cannot remove a singlebranch without affecting the parts which remain. Theshortening of any limb modifies to a greater or less extentthe character which will be assumed by the parts whichremain. A plant is capable of being shaped or mouldedby pruning, and he who prunes will surely get , as to whether these results are what are to bemost desired will have to be learned by experience. Onemust prune and watch the res
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