A reader of elementary tropical agriculture; adapted to farming in the Philippine Islands
Автор:William Scrugham Lyon Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 46 ISBN: 123652618, 123652618X, 123652618X This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...throw up watery suckers from the root. If these are allowed to grow, they attract a large share of nutriment from the root at the expense of the fruitbearing power of the plant. Their removal, with one exception, is always in order. The exception is that if the main body of the plant is diseased, we can cut it down and renovate the tree with the vigorous sucker. 135. Pruning as a remedy for disease. Pruning is an admirable remedy for certain diseases that originate within the tissues of plants. Judicious and energetic use of the knife will sometimes stamp them out. The prunings of diseased plants should always be burned to prevent further spread of the disease. CHAPTER THIRTEEN PLANT DISEASES AND INSECT ENEMIES 136. Definition. For the farmer's purpose, any departure...
