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(4) August 10, 1888. Variety, Oldmixon. Two limbs were removed, both from one 

 side. On one of these limbs was a small branch bearing eight or ten premature peaches, 

 on the other were two small branches each bearing 10 to 12 premature peaches. The 

 remainder of the peaches on both limbs, 200 or more, were green and healthy. The 

 spring foliage was abundant, full-grown and healthy. A few small diseased shoots, one 

 half inch long, were pushing from the base of a small limb three feet above the cut. 

 There were no other signs of disease and the stump was sound. The foliage upon 

 the rest of the tree was entirely healthy. The peaches were numerous, green, and 

 normal. 



, May 13, 1889. Apparently still diseased. Some puny-looking sprouts are growing 

 from the base of the excised limbs and from the trunk under them. 



September 17, 1889. To casual observation this tree is as healthy as No. 3, but I 

 find scars on the stub of the excised limb from which some one has broken shoots. A 

 search in the weeds under the tree brings to light several dried-up, much-branched, and 

 quite characteristic yellows shoots, which correspond to the scars on the stub. There 

 are no present indications of yellows, but unquestionably the tree is diseased. No fruit 

 this year. 



, October 11, 1890. Most of the foliage has fallen, probably nineteen twentieths. 

 Some of it is redder than should be. It is not yet a bad-looking tree, although plainly 

 diseased.Wmter buds are now germinating on half a dozen shoots. I counted fourteen 

 on one not over a foot long. 



(5) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves's Favorite. One limb was removed; one was 

 left. The excised limb bore 25 to 30 premature peaches, distributed on two branches. 

 The rest of the limb bore many sound, green peaches. There were no diseased sprouts, 

 and the foliage of the entire limb was full-grown, and of a healthy green. The limb 

 which was left bore green, healthy peaches and healthy foliage. 



May 13, 1889. Apparently healthy. 



September 17, 1889. There are now slight but unquestionable symptoms of disease, 

 i. e., a half dozen feeble shoots on the trunk and limbs. The spring foliage is dark 

 green and thrifty. No fruit. 



October 11, 1890. The tree is well provided with good foliage, and there are only a 

 few diseased shoots. One is a terminal bud which has grown about one half inch, 

 developing a whorl of immature leaves now two to three inches long. Another is a 

 small, feeble shoot on the trunk. 



(6) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves's Favorite. One limb was removed; one was 

 left. The excised limb tri-parted a short distance above the cut; two of the tree parts 

 bore premature peaches upon some branches and green ones upon others. The third 

 fork bore only green, healthy fruit. The foliage of this tri-partite limb was full-grown, 

 green and healthy. There were no diseased shoots and the stump was sound. The 

 remainder of the tree bore green, healthy peaches, and excellent foliage. There was 

 not the least sign of yellows. 



May 13, 1889. Appears to be diseased. 



September 17, 1889. At first sight this tree appears to be as healthy as No. 3. The 

 entire foliage is vigorous and of a healthy green. Seven lusty shoots have grown out 

 of the trunk just below the excised limb. These are three to four feet long, and most 

 are one half inch in diameter at the base. All look healthy and bear excellent foliage. 

 However, on the base of the remaining limb, four inches from the cut, there is a scar 

 easily overlooked. Some one wrenched a shoot from this spot in the summer. Search 

 in the weeds under the tree brings it to light. This shoot is two and a half feet long 

 and branched in the characteristic manner. There is, therefore, no doubt that the tree 

 is still affected, although at present it shows no symptoms of disease. No fruit this 

 year. 



October 11, 1890. Tree much like No. 5. There is an abundance of good foliage, but 

 upon two shoots about a dozen winter buds are now pushing. 



(7) August 10, 1888. Variety, Beers' Smock. One limb was removed. This limb 

 bi-parted just above the cut. On one fork two small branches bore about a hundred 

 red-spotted peaches which were ripe or nearly ripe, while five or six others of about 

 equal size bore only green, healthy fruit. The other fork bore nothing but healthy 

 psaehes. There were no diseased shoots, and the foliage of the entire limb had every 

 appearance of health. The stump was sound. The rest of the tree seemed healthy. 

 It bore sound, green peaches, and full-grown, green foliage. 



May 13, 1889. There are diseased shoots at the base of the excised limb. A few 

 have also grown from the base of the adjoining limb. 



September 17, 1889. Still diseased. The symptoms are confined principally to the 

 stump of the excised limb and to one other limb, the top of which was cut out in the 

 spring or summer during my absence. No fruit this year. 



