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the tree affected with tlio little peach will be folded or turned right back 

 and will have a yellowish color as though troubled with drought. 



A voice — Do you mean wilted? 



Mr. Hutchins — No, not wilted, but having a yellowish color. 



A Member — Are they not wider and a little shorter? 



Mr. Hutchins — No, I do not think that is the case, at least I have not 

 noticed that feature. 



A Member — I have some trees that have a yellowish appearance and 

 the leaves appear to be a little wider than natural. A part of these 

 l>eaches never mature. Some arrive at full size, ripen at the regular 

 time, but others never come to maturity. That we call little peach. 



Mr. Hutchins — Did you find no injury on the body of the tree? 



Answer — No, sir; not that was noticeable. 



A voice — What variety? 



Mr. Morrell — Some varieties have that sickly look but not sick at all. 



A Member — I believe that the statement was made by Mr. Hutchins 

 that the yellows were not developed under t\s'o or three years of age. 



Mr. Hutchins — No, sir; I do not think I said that; I simply said I 

 had never seen it in trees under two or three years from planting, but 

 I think it exists in trees two or three years before it reaches that stage 

 of advancement so that the symptoms are evident. 



Mr. Hill — I think that trees are not safe from the nursery. 



Mr. Hutchins — If these boys who are to follow with their five-minute 

 talks would be willing to surrender all their time I think I could tell 

 you what I know about this matter, or rather what I think I know about 

 it. (Laughter.) 



Mr. Marvin — We have been told by a bulletin that it was not safe to 

 plant peach trees back where the trees affected with little peach had been 

 taken out. 



Mr. Hutchins — Our practice has been to take the trees out — as they 

 are affected— we cut them down, and as soon as wet get around to it 

 we burn the brush, and then the next year we set the trees in the same 

 place. If you have ground of this character so that roots will run from 

 the outside, to the surrounding trees, you may not have very much suc- 

 cess in growing trees in that soil, but where the ground is heavier and 

 the roots do not spread so much, or if the trees are quite a distance apart 

 it will be all right. I have had good success in putting muck in the holes 

 and planting trees in that. The ground must be worked thoroughly. 

 I have trees that are quite old that were planted in the same place where 

 the yellows had been. 



A voice — I mean little peach. 



Mr. Hutchins — Just the same. 



A Member — Is not a good deal of that which is called little peach due 

 to root aphis? 



Answer — Yes, we must look out for root aphis. 



A Member — How can we tell the difference between root aphis and 

 the yellows? 



Mr. Hutchins — In the root aphis the whole length of the twig is 

 affected, the characteristics are different, in the root aphis the leaves 

 are folded more, while in the little peach the peculiar characteristics are, 

 that it is flat or folded back and sickly looking and the ones most af- 

 fected are those growing down to the base of the twig. 



