The chestnut bark disease . Fig. 3.—A diseased tree in young chestnut orchard. Note dead leaves clinging to Fig. 4.—An old tree making Its final efforts to live. Girdling at a lower pointwill soon complete its death. 214 W. V. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 137 dency to remain on the tree for some time. The burs on in-fected branches usually remain on the tree during the winterfollowing its girdling. Diseased trees very frequently produce sprouts or suck-ers in considerable numbers. These may appear on thetrunk or near the base of the tree. Such sprouts soon becomeinfected, howev
The chestnut bark disease . Fig. 3.—A diseased tree in young chestnut orchard. Note dead leaves clinging to Fig. 4.—An old tree making Its final efforts to live. Girdling at a lower pointwill soon complete its death. 214 W. V. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION [Bulletin 137 dency to remain on the tree for some time. The burs on in-fected branches usually remain on the tree during the winterfollowing its girdling. Diseased trees very frequently produce sprouts or suck-ers in considerable numbers. These may appear on thetrunk or near the base of the tree. Such sprouts soon becomeinfected, however, and very few survive more than two orthree years.
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