Democratic Sentinel, Volume 10, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1886 — Disease of the Quince. [ARTICLE]

Disease of the Quince.

The Massachusetts Ploughman says: For several years there has been a disease at work on the quinces which, unless checked, bids fair to entirely destroy them. It is a species of fungus which affects both the wpod and the fruit. The flrst cause of this disease is believed by some to be the long-con-tinued practice of renewing, or rather propagating, trees from cuttings instead of the seed. The wood has thus become old and has gathered up diseases that it is very difficult to cure. It is claimed by some that the new seedlings are exempt from disease; but if set iu the vicinity of diseased trees there would be danger that they would not be able to ward off the disease, however healthy they might be when transplanted. The diseased trees may be improved by cutting off all the diseased wood and burning it.