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these sprayed trees as it was on any unsprayed trees in the 

 neij?hborhood. The spraying had been done a little too late. 



Fruit Rot {Monilia fructigena P.). — Fruit rot was not destruc- 

 tive to medium and late varieties; but on some early varieties 

 s"'h as Alexander and Early Rivers it not only destroyed a large 

 proportion of the fruit, but also commonly attacked the branches, 

 ki ling them back from six inches to two feet. 



" Little Peach."— In different parts of the State large quan- 

 tities of peaches were so small that they were not gathered. 

 Such peaches were most plentiful in Niagara County where the 

 pnach growers believe that they have the genuine Michigan 

 " little peach " disease and are much alarmed over it. Some 

 large orchards in that county have been ruined by a disease pre- 

 senting all the symptoms described by Dr. Smithes and we have 

 no doubt that it is the same disease as the one which has lately 

 attracted so much attention in Michigan. According to the tes- 

 timony of fruit growers the disease has existed in Niagara 

 County for at least six, and probably eight, years. It has also 

 b( en known for six years in Monroe County. The " little peach " 

 disease is often confused with the effects of overbearing and 

 drought which sometimes appear to produce identically the same 

 symptoms. So far as we can see there is no difference between 

 the two except that trees affected with "little peach" are said 

 never to recover from it, while the ill-effects of overbearing may 

 [•ass away. In some cases the small size of the fruit is probably 

 the combined effect of disease, overbearing and drought. A 

 very large proportion of the so-called " little peaches " in New 

 York in 1900 resulted from overbearing and drought and might 

 have been prevented by vigoiH)us thinning. 



Yellows. — Peach yellows is prevalent in Western New York 

 and although it is an old trouble there are still many fruit grow- 

 ers who do not know the disease. All trees having yellow 

 foliage are not affected with yellows. Borers in the trunk, lack 

 of cultivation, lack of food, etc., often cause peach foliage to 



" Smith, El-win F. Notes on the Michigan Disease known a^ " Little 

 Pea-ch ". The Fennville (Mich.) Herald, Oct 15, 1898. 



