ich is often referred to as apple blight, fire blight, or pear
blight, is caused by bacteria which live in the sap of the tree, and the
principle followed by the blight-doctor is to introduce something into
the sap which will prevent the working of the bacteria. The remedies are
applied in various ways. Sometimes the trunk is painted with a mixture
of some kind, or holes are bored into the trunk and these filled with a
powder. The orchardist is sometimes furnished with a box of nails as the
first "course" and instructed to drive these into the roots of the
trees.

It is evident that anything introduced into the sap that is strong
enough to kill the bacteria living there will likewise damage the cell
tissue of the tree, and result in more harm than benefit. One powder
that has been brought to the attention of the Experiment Station, sells
for $3.00 per pound, and is administered in teaspoonful "doses." Such a
preparation as this is probably harmless, but is a waste of time and
money. It would have no effect on the tree or the blight.

Some of the agents not only claim that their remedies will cure blight,
but, due to ignorance or other causes, they also claim that trees
treated will be immune from attacks of certain insects.

Orchardists may rest assured that up to the present time, no real
preventative or cure has been found for blight, and that the only way it
can be controlled is by cutting it out.--Colorado Agricultural College.

IN MEMORIAM--MRS. E. CROSS.

Mrs. Erasmus Cross, of Sauk Rapids, and a member of the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society since 1888 (27 years), passed away at that place
on Tuesday, December 28th. On December 16th Mrs. Cross sustained a
painful injury by falling on the floor and breaking her hip. Owing to
her advanced age, eighty-two years, the limb could not be set without
the use of chloroform, which could not be given on account of weakness
of the heart. Death finally released her from her suffering.

[Illustration: The late Mrs. E. Cross, daughter and grandaughters.]

Mrs. Jane Cross was always very enthusiastic about the Horticultural
Society and the good it was doing, not only for this but other states.
The ills of her age had prevented her from attending the meetings these
late years, though she often did so in earlier years, but she always
sent her fee through the writer, and eagerly awaited her return from the
meeting to hear of its stimulating success. Mr. Cross die