. Fig. 215. â Bacterial blight of walnuts. After R. E. Smith. favorable to blight much of the terminal growth is killed and the succeeding crop is thereby reduced. Spraying is of questionable value. Care should be taken to select resistant trees for propagation. Melaxuma ^-'^ (Dothiorella gregaria Sacc). â In this dis- ease, reported from California, black sunken cankers develop on the trunk and larger limbs, and the leaves on the smaller limbs suddenly wilt. The first indication of disease is often a black area like a blotch of tar on the gray ])ark. Excision and disinfection should l)e pract


. Fig. 215. â Bacterial blight of walnuts. After R. E. Smith. favorable to blight much of the terminal growth is killed and the succeeding crop is thereby reduced. Spraying is of questionable value. Care should be taken to select resistant trees for propagation. Melaxuma ^-'^ (Dothiorella gregaria Sacc). â In this dis- ease, reported from California, black sunken cankers develop on the trunk and larger limbs, and the leaves on the smaller limbs suddenly wilt. The first indication of disease is often a black area like a blotch of tar on the gray ])ark. Excision and disinfection should l)e practiced. Other walnut troubles are: Die-back, often due to lack of or


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