Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An injury to the bark caused by sudden exposure of a tree to strong sun-light. Also
scald . - noun A burning of the skin due to exposure to the reflection of sunlight from the surface of smooth water.
- noun Surfaces of water reflecting sunlight and causing sunscald.
- noun Same as
scald-fish . - noun Same as
pear-blight (which see, underblight ).
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Examples
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The difficulties principally mentioned with matured trees are again mostly climatic; drought, sun-scald, early advent of spring followed by late frosts, delayed dormancy in the fall, poor filling in dry seasons, and biennial fruiting.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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The broad-leaved types are much more densely foliated and this factor has considerable bearing on the problems of sun-scald on the twigs and trunks of the tree and the exposure of the nuts to this injury.
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Under drought conditions the temperatures of the air and of surfaces exposed to the sun are often very high, and this sometimes results in sun-scald or burning of the hulls or shucks.
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After several years I noticed the bark on the south side of the trunks dead from so-called sun-scald.
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A wrap of newspaper tied loosely around the trunk of the young tree will aid in preventing winter injury and sun-scald.
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Perhaps Mr. Rush could tell us whether he has had any trouble with sun-scald.
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In the vicinity of Stamford, Conn., most of the English walnuts will sun-scald more or less unless we look out for that and give them shade; mostly in the trunk below the branches.
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Can anyone tell us anything about this danger of sun-scald to the trunk?
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The Chairman: There is, in some localities, a great deal of danger from sun-scald.
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My greatest headache has been sun-scald and winter killing, or to be more exact, "early spring" killing.
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