Oak Wilt Appears in New York
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- October
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From the Nursery Management and Production newsletter:
“Oak wilt appears in New York
Some eagle-eye residents in Schenectady County, N.Y., noticed diseased red oaks and alerted Cornell Co-op. Ext. Plant pathologist Chris Logue confirmed oak wilt. It’s the first known case in the state.
“Oak wilt is caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum. Movement of the pathogen in these trees is so rapid that it may kill trees in as little as 3 weeks. Prior to this discovery, the nearest known oak wilt site was in Erie, Pa.”
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
