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(11) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves's Favorite. One limb was removed. This sub- 

 divided two and one half feet above the cut into four branches, three of which bore a 

 few large, ripe peaches, while the fourth bore about twenty green ones. The proper 

 time for the ripening of this variety in that orchard is August 20. The foliage was full- 

 grown and healthy-looking, and there were no diseased shoots either from winter buds 

 or obscure buds.f The stump was sound. The remaining limbs bore healthy, green 

 peaches and excellent foliage. There was no sign of yellows. 



May 13, 1889. The entire top was blown away by the tornado. There are no vigorous 

 shoots on the trunk or stubs of the limbs, but only three or four buds pushing feebly 

 and two small, dried-up shoots. The stump looks nearly dead, but this is probably due 

 in part to the effect of the wind. 



September 17, 1889. Dead. No growth of any sort since spring. 



(12) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves' Favorite. One limb was removed. This bore 

 about twenty large, showy, ripe peaches, and about the same number of much smaller 

 green ones — all of the latter upon one branch. There were no diseased shoots; the 

 foliage was healthy; and the stump was sound. The remaining limbs appeared to be 

 healthy. They bore green peaches and vigorous foliage. 



May 13, 1889. Doubtful; a feeble shoot is pushing just beneath the stub of the excised 

 limb. 



September 17, 1889. The tree is diseased, but the symptoms are slight and confined 

 to the trunk. There is a diseased shoot six inches below the excision, and another 

 stouter one on the margin of the cut. The winter buds upon the latter are now germin- 

 ating. The foliage of the entire top looks healthy and is vigorous for the time of year. 

 Had these two shoots been removed prior to examination, or had they never grown, any 

 one would have pronounced the tree entirely healthy. 



October 11, 1890. Still diseased. Most of the foliage has fallen; what remains is 

 abnormally reddish. Numerous winter buds are now germinating upon two shoots. 



(13) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves' Favorite. One limb was removed; two limbs 

 were left. The excised limb bore about a dozen large, ripe peaches and more than one 

 hundred green ones. There were no diseased shoots ; the foliage was full-grown and 

 vigorous and the stump was sound. The remaining limbs bore healthy, green peaches 

 and excellent foliage. 



May 13, 1889. Apparently diseased, i. e., there are a few feeble shoots on the trunk, 

 but it is too early in the growing season to decide positively. One large limb was blown 

 away by the tornado. 



September 17, 1889. Still diseased. There are a few sickly shoots on the base of the 

 trunk below the excision, but some robust, healthy-looking shoots also grow from the 

 vicinity. Diseased shoots also grow from beneath the base of the limb which was blown 

 away by the tornado. The crown of the tree still bears full-grown, dark-green foliage, 

 but on one branch some of it curls and droops a little. There are no other signs of 

 disease. No fruit this year. 



October 11, 1890. The tree is well provided with good-looking foliage, but diseased 

 sprouts have grown from the base of the trunk, and many winter buds are now ger- 

 minating. No fruit. 



(14) August 10, 1888. Variety, Oldm ixon. Two limbs were removed, i. e., about two 

 thirds of the whole top; and two were left. One of the excised limbs was loaded with 

 peaches which were ripe, and red-spotted on the skin and in the flesh. The other limb 

 biparted one foot above the cut. The larger fork was loaded with ripe peaches; the 

 smaller one bore many green peaches and only a few premature ones. This smaller 

 fork had lost a branch and was dozy at the heart from that point downward for a dis- 

 tance of three feet, rain having entered. One stump was sound; the other showed two 

 small dozy spots in the center, the result of the downward movement of the decay 

 which began at the base of the broken branch. There were no diseased shoots and the 

 foliage was healthy. The remaining limbs were healthy, i. e., seemed to be. The peaches 

 were green, and the foliage was excellent. I mention condition of stumps because 

 yellows has been attributed to injuries. In this connection it may be noted that these 

 trees were covered with smooth, sound bark and were very free from injuries of any 

 sort on any part, limbs, trunk, or roots. The entire orchard has escaped the attacks of 

 the borer (iEgeria) to a remarkable degree. Most of the trees used in this experiment 

 were entirely free from them and had always been so while none of them had been 

 seriously injured. Possibly th| character of the soil has had something to do with this 



f Upon the diseased trees in this orchard there were fewer yellows shoots in 1883 than in 1887. This was 

 also true for all the other orchards in that region. It was correlated with dry weather, which also had its 

 effect upon the total growth. At least, in this orchard, where I examined most particularly, the healthy 

 terminal growths of 1888 were considerably shorter than those of 1887. There have been rather more cases, 

 however, in the dry seasons than in the wet ones. 



