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Check your trees for black knot disease

Now that the leaves have fallen, please check your chokecherry (and other cherry and plum) trees for black knot, a fungus that causes black, tar-like swellings on the branches of infected plants. This disease is widespread in St.
St. Albert Gazette Staff

Now that the leaves have fallen, please check your chokecherry (and other cherry and plum) trees for black knot, a fungus that causes black, tar-like swellings on the branches of infected plants.

This disease is widespread in St. Albert, and now is a good time to remove and properly dispose of diseased branches.

For more info, go to the Alberta Agriculture and Forestry website.

J. Runyon, St. Albert

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