28o Bulletin 276. 



Of the growers reporting varieties most affected : 



T mentions Smock. 

 I " St. John. 



I " E. Emma. 



I " Mt. Rose. 



Of the growers reporting varieties least affected : 

 12 give Early Crawford first place. 

 6 " Crawford (Early or Late not specified) first place. 



4 " Late Crawford first place. 



1 gives Late Crawford second place. 



5 give Crosby first place. 



5 " Crosby second place. 



4 mention Smock as but slightly affected. 



3 " Niagara. 



2 " Elberta. 



2 " Chair's Choice. 



2 " Hill's Chih. 



2 " Solway. 



3 " St. John. 



1 mentions Stevens. 



2 mention Wager. 



I mentions Clifton Park, Mt. Rose, White, FitzGeralJ, Late 

 white peaches, early varieties. 



Of the growers reporting varieties not at all affected: 



3 give Early Crawford. 



I gives Yellow St. John. 

 I " White. 

 I " Mt. Rose. 



It will be observed that no variety is universally reported immune. 

 In fact, it appears that Avith only one variety, the Elberta, is there any- 

 thing like a general and uniform experience among these growers. 



Symptoms. — The symptoms of this disease are so well known to 

 growers that a detailed description is hardly necessary. The abnor- 

 mally swollen, thickened and distorted leaves, as shown in Figure 79, 

 is a familiar sight to every grower of peaches. The disease often affects 

 the shoots (Fig. 80), causing them to swell and cease growth, even 

 killing them frequently. Losses from this disease by infection of buds 

 in nursery stock may be quite heavy. Ten per cent were thus ruined 

 in one nursery examined during the spring of igog (Fig. 79). The 



