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A Member — In your experience have you come to the conclusion that 

 there is any special time when these diseases are more contagious, or 

 are they equally so at all times of the year? 



Mr. Hutchins — I do not know anything about when the diseases 

 spread ; I have no doubt during the growing season sometime, but when, 

 I could not say — I have not the slightest idea; some think they spread 

 in the blossom but trees have it that never blossom. 



Question — How do you identify the little ])each? I understand from 

 the description of the disease that if the tree fails to mature its })eaches 

 that the peaches stay green when the others have ripened — is that an 

 identification of the little peach? 



Mr. Hutchins — That is one of the attending symptoms of it. We 

 usually go by the appearance of the foilage, however. 



A Member — Is it just as well to cut the tree down as to take it out 

 by the roots? '- 



Answer — We do both. 



Question — What reason would you give for supposing that the con- 

 tagion ceases after the tree has been cut for two or three days? 



Mr. Hutchinson — If you would go in August and pluck a roasting ear 

 from a field of corn you would not say that the corn was not good simply 

 because the kernels Avhen put in the ground did not grow? You would 

 say that the trouble is that it was not yet matured, so that when we 

 cut the trees down the disease stays there; we can conclude that it has 

 not reached that stage of maturity .where contagion will be spread. I 

 think we may safely conclude that, and this will cover some of those 

 other questions that have been asked. The disease at this stage is not 

 communicated. That is my opinion only, but I think we can safely con- 

 clude that that is the case. 



A Member — I would like to have question No. 22 answered, which is 

 as follows: What legal protection have Ave when the neighborhood re- 

 fuses to spray his scale infested orchard? 



Mr. Hutchins — I am not familiar enough with the law so that I can 

 give you its conditions, I know that it compels spraying. 



Mr. Wilkins — The law compels spraying but you cannot cut down 

 the trees. 



Mr. Morrell — Yes. it has been done. 



A Member — It is being practiced in some parts of Allegan county to- 

 day. 



Mr. Hutchins — I was at the institute the past winter and a gentleman 

 was there from the eastern part of the state and tried to get a part of 

 us interested in fruit growing to bring more pressure to bear in having 

 this law more effective. 



Mr. Morrell — The law can only be made etfective by enforcing it, but 

 to enforce it you must have a public sentiment, because without it, the 

 law will never become operative unless this is the case. But when i)ublic 

 sentiment backs it up, then it can be enforced. 



President Farrand — There is a remedy for the San Jose scale, you can 

 spray but you cannot cut the trees down. 



Mr. Morrell — You can for the yellows. 



President Farrand — Yes, that is so. But it must be past the saving 

 stage before the trees can be cut down. There is no remedy for the yel- 

 lows so the tree affected with it can be cut down. 



