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Sycamore Trees Suffer From Fungus ANNAPOLIS. Md. Mary land Department of Agriculture field personnel report that syca more trees across Maryland, and much of the Mid-Atlantic, are once again showing symptoms of infection by the sycamore anthrac nose fungus. This disease, caused by the fun gus Apiognomonia veneta, has caused widespread defoliation of • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a m'* •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Grand Champion $2OOO Hatfield Quality Meats Pepsi Reinhart Food Service Wengers of Myerstown Hole-In-One $l5OO Ernst and Young LLP Driving Range $1,250 Mid State Bank Show Champion $l,OOO Lancaster Farming Nabisco Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul, Inc. The Diamond Group 19th Hole $750 Ecolab H .1. Heinz Hostetler Management Wenger Feeds Refreshment Cart $5OO Coronet Foods Four Seasons Produce Knouse Foods Turkey Hill Dairy Charter Sponsors $5OO American Cyanamid Core States Bank Delaware Valley College Lancaster Leaf Manheim Auto Auction Penn Ag Industries RUS Image In Action * sycamores this spring. The cool, moist conditions the region experienced early this spring favor the development of the fungus. Young leaves, as they emerge from buds, become in fected. These infected leaves soon turn brown, shrivel, and die. The fungus also can 101 l new shoots and cause cankers on twigs and small branches. 6th Annual Boss’s Fore FFA Golf Tournament Foxchase/Hawk Valley Golf Courses Join our growing list of sponsors Only few spots remain!!! Steak and Sea House By late spring, as the weather becomes warmer and dryer, the fungus growth slows, and healthy leaves and shoots develop. Al though sycamores look as if they are dying, most trees will survive. Chemical control of sycamore anthracnose usually is not neces sary and, by this time of year, is not recommended. Any spray pro gram to control the disease should July 20, 1998 Host Sponsor Boss’s ® be done in early spring at bud break, and continue during the cool, wet spring conditions. This year, heavy nitrogen fertilization should be avoided since this pro duces lush growth that is suscepti ble to fungal infection. Other hardwood trees, especial ly oaks, also have been affected this spring by anthracnose dis eases, which are caused by differ Sponsorship still available Hunt Wesson Longest Drive $3OO Reilly Creppage and Co. Inc. $250 (several still available) Balsbaugh Insurance Agency Central Pennsylvania Pump Co. Charles Blumer Earl Martin Ellis Coffee Evans Family Trust Gingrich Insurance Agency Lebanon Seaboard Company Lemmon Farm McCormick Meadows Country Products Prism S.H. Distributing, Inc. Hy-Capacity Sauders Penn Dutch Eggs The Turkey Store Team Sponsors $l5O (several still available) C.T. Farm and Country , Concept Foods Farmer Boy Ag Lancaster Foods * Lamb Weston Land-O-Lakes Loar and Young Richardson Brands Schaller’s Bakery Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 4, 1998-D7 ent species of fungi on other kinds of trees. As with sycamores, most trees are able to survive the infec tion and, by mid-summer, with warmer dryer conditions, most will once again appear healthy. For more information, please contact Dr. Robert Rabaglia, Maryland Department of Agricul ture, (410) 841-5922. Par Three Contest $4OO Putting Contest $3OO Hole Sponsors