Tree Defects: A Photo Guide (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Tree Defects: A Photo Guide 11. This large old stub on a paper birch was pinched off The decay-ed wood is strongly walled off within the old internal branch wood. The decay did not spread outward into the healthy wood.14. Two major leaders died on this yellow birch, and the third leader grew to be the main stem. Note how neatly the leaders are walled off from each other. The decayed socket in stub A was essential for effective shedding. A similar socket of decayed wood is in stub B. The upward extension of ... Read More

Excerpt from Tree Defects: A Photo Guide 11. This large old stub on a paper birch was pinched off The decay-ed wood is strongly walled off within the old internal branch wood. The decay did not spread outward into the healthy wood.14. Two major leaders died on this yellow birch, and the third leader grew to be the main stem. Note how neatly the leaders are walled off from each other. The decayed socket in stub A was essential for effective shedding. A similar socket of decayed wood is in stub B. The upward extension of discolored wood associated with stub A indicates that the trunk was injured when stub A fell away from the trunk. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Read Less