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water. 3. As soon as the fruit buds just begin to swell, spraj- 

 the trees with Bordeaux mixture or copper carbonate. Follow 

 this by another spraying before the buds open. 4. As soon as 

 the fruit shall have reached full size and 

 begins to show signs of color, make a third 

 application. This should be followed by 

 two or three other applications at close 

 intervals of five or seven days during the 

 ripening period. It will probably not be 

 often necessary to make this late applica- 

 tion upon peaches in this state. 



The peach mildew {Podosphcsra oxyacanthce) 

 has been serious in various parts of western 

 New York the past season. In the Niagara 

 belt it has attacked Crawfords, and upon Seneca Lake I have 

 seen a peach known as the Denton almost ruined by it. The 



Mildew patches 011 

 young peach. 



10. Black-spot of peach [HiWs Chili). 



fungus generally appears when the peach is very small, as irregu- 

 lar mold}' or frost-like patches upon the surface (Fig. 9). Later 

 on. these patches become brown and hard and the peach cracks. 

 The same mildew also attacks the leaves, covering them with a 

 whitish mold-like substance and causing them to become hard and 

 curled. The fungus is common to many plants 



