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with reddish spots. On opening the peach it will be found unusually red at 

 the pit. The next appearance of the yellows is seen later in the season, of 

 oin natural shoots pushing out on the limb having the spotted peaches. These 

 little shoots are fine in growth, having small, narrow leaves of a pale green 

 ■color. The following spring, tufts of small, wiry shoots appear near the base 

 of the limb, or at the base of the tree on the side affected. The following sea- 

 son, usually, all the peaches on the limb first aflFected will prematurely ripen, 

 and the adjoining tree will also be affected on the nearest side. Often several 

 Deighboring trees will have on scattering affected peaches. The following sea- 

 :Son the tree first affected is covered with spotted peaches and an increase of 

 the small shoots and tufts in all parts of the tree. The following season the 

 leaves on the tree turn yellow, and the tree gradually dies. 



W. H. Hurlbut wished to know if there were any yellows in this vicinity. 



The chairman of the committee which was appointed a year ago to examine 

 the orchards in this section, and if any yellows were found to have the tree 

 removed, said they found traces of it in several orchards, and w^here the owner 

 ■of the orchard had assisted them had removed it. There were some traces of 

 it still left. There were three cases of it where it had made its appearance in 

 three different orchards, where by removing the trees as soon as the diseased 

 peaches were discovered, all traces of it were obliterated. Other trees were set 

 in their places and were growing finely. 



The president remarked that since the peaches were unwholesome to eat, and 

 the tree after its first attack unfit for anything but to spread the disease, he 

 would recommend the members to be constantly on the lookout for it, and 

 have it instantly removed, root and branch. 



Messrs. Griffin, Philips, and Dyckman exhibited several varieties of cherries. 

 One limb shown by Mr. GrrifBn had on a four-inch cluster, with fifty-two cher- 

 ries on it. 



At the next meeting the blight in the apple will be talked of. 



TEE APPLE-TREE BLIGHT. 



South Haven, July 20, 1874. 



Captain I. S.Bunnell of Covert opened a discussion at the pomological society 

 meeting by laying on the table apple limbs from his orchard, which bethought 

 affected by apple blight, and, at the request of the president, made a few re- 

 marks concerning the supposed blight. He said that we knew comparatively 

 nothing of the fearful havoc this blight was making in other sections. He 

 could see little or none here near the lake ; but in his section whole orchards 

 were affected. He was glad, however, that the dormant buds below the affected 

 terminal shoots were growing out, and he hoped to see his trees again robed in 

 living green. He said he had seen no more blighting since last Thursday. He 

 thought the blight occurred only on clear, hot days. 



Mr. Linderman said a correspondent of his in New York, where the blight 

 was prevalent, assured him there were two species of apple blight, — one caused 

 by insects and the other not; and for the blight not caused by insects he 

 (Would recommend the use of salt sprinkled on the ground under the tree as a 



