Apple rust . 34 --W. V-a. Agrl. Experiment Station [Btjl. 154! apples per tree while the Ben Davis trees have borne anaverage of three barrels per tree. The Ben Davis trees, rightbeside the York Imperials had made good growth. They wereat least two-thirds- larger than the York Imperial trees andappeared very healthy. It seems safe to conclude that the lack of development ofthe York Imperial apple trees in orchard Xo. 2 was largelythe effect of the serious rust infection recurring each year. Another case which seems worthy of mention is that ofsome trees showing a far more severe infection on o
Apple rust . 34 --W. V-a. Agrl. Experiment Station [Btjl. 154! apples per tree while the Ben Davis trees have borne anaverage of three barrels per tree. The Ben Davis trees, rightbeside the York Imperials had made good growth. They wereat least two-thirds- larger than the York Imperial trees andappeared very healthy. It seems safe to conclude that the lack of development ofthe York Imperial apple trees in orchard Xo. 2 was largelythe effect of the serious rust infection recurring each year. Another case which seems worthy of mention is that ofsome trees showing a far more severe infection on one sidethan on the other. This one-sided infection took place in1912. The trees were York Imperial, about 12 years of age,in rows along the top of a ridge. There was a considerablenumber of cedars in the vicinity of the orchard, and a largegrove of them a little way down on one slope of the strong wind was blowing from this grove into the orchardat the time of infection, and the effects of the disease
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