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trees. On the same tree and even on the same branch one could 

 find fruits of all sizes from one-half inch in length up to normal 

 fruits having a circumference of about eight inches. (Plates 

 II-V). The majority of them were smaller than a normal peach 

 pit. For the most part the little fruits were normal in color and 

 free from rot. However, some of the smallest were somewhat 

 shriveled. Nearly all of them below the size of a walnut could 

 be cut, without much difficulty, directly through the pit, which 

 was abnormally small and rather soft. Fruits of this size were 

 usually without any kernel in the pit. Those which were one- 

 half to two-thirds normal size often had pits with kernels which 

 had partially developed and then decayed. Frequently the 

 cavity was filled with gum. The little fruits were often mis- 

 shapen. Many were double and some triple. 



It is not unusual to find unfertilized peach fruits in the spring, 

 little woolly things which fall early in the season in what is 

 called the " June drop." The unusual feature of the present 

 case is the fact that the unfertilized fruits hung on the trees 

 until ripening time and some of them made considerable growth. 

 Had they fallen at the usual time they would not have attracted 

 attention, but it w^ould simply have been said that the fruit did 

 not set well. 



Why this particular orchard should behave in this way is not 

 clear. So far as can be learned the orchard has received no unu- 

 sual treatment which would account for such a condition. That 

 it was partly due to some peculiarity of the variety is shown by 

 the fact that trees of other varieties, viz., Old Mixon, Stevens 

 Rareripe, Hill Chili, Smock, Stump and Elberta, which were 

 intermingled with the Globe trees, all bore a full crop and with 

 the exception of Elberta none of them showed any sign of the 

 trouble. Elberta showed a little of it. Still it cannot be wholly 

 a question of varieties, because last year the same trees bore a 

 full crop of fine fruit; and the owner has never before noticed 

 any of the trouble. 



Most of the trees were in a fair condition of general health. 

 For the most part the leaves were dark green and there had been 

 a fairly good growth of new wood. Last year there was a full 



