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disease is communicated to budded trees in some other way or 

 ways than by bud inoculation, and that trees are not infected 

 through the blossom. These and other lines of special inquiry are 

 under consideration. 



I will simply add from the same authority that this disease 

 has so far baffled every effort to determine its cause, and for it 

 there is no cure known to the fraternity; that thousands and 

 thousands of trees, whole orchards, in fact, in some sections have 

 been destroyed by it ; that in the last few years it has appeared in 

 new localities, and regions now healthy are threatened ; in fact, Mr. 

 Wilcox says, it seems to be widely distributed in the United States. 

 All the investigators of this subject unite in advising peach growers 

 to stamp out the disease, and agree that the only line of treatment 

 that promises to control it is to dig out and burn both roots and 

 trees as soon as the first symptoms are observed. Spraying is of 

 no use. Special fertilization of the soil does no good. Dig out 

 and burn is, as yet, the only remedy. 



4. Little Peach Disease. — Dr. E. F. Smith of Michigan de- 

 scribes a disease which he calls the "Little Peach" as one in which 

 the fruit is only about one-third to one-half the diameter of healthy 

 fruit. It often ripens from one to two weeks later than the unaf- 

 fected fruit. The leaves have only one-half normal size, and have 

 a sickly color. The large roots appear to be all right, but the root- 

 lets appear to be diseased. No cause for the trouble is known. It 

 is said to be as contagious and as fatal as the yellows, and the rem- 

 edy is the same — dig out and burn all affected trees. 



SUMMARY OF SPECIAL POINTS. 



1. The dust fungicide consists of 200 pounds of lime, thor- 

 oughly pulverized by grinding or dry slacking, 5 to 25 pounds of 

 sulphur and 5 pounds of Sal Bordeaux, or 10 pounds of the Legget 

 Bordeaux. 



2. For insects that chew, add to the above 5 pounds of Paris 

 green. This constitutes the Johnson "General Formula," for the 

 dust made by it can be used, with good effect, at all times, and upon 

 all kinds of vegetation. 



3. For insects that suck, dry slack the lime with a solution of 

 concentrated lye, 8 pounds to 12 gallons of water, or even 12 

 pounds, if the attack be severe. Good fresh lime, like the Ash 

 Grove lime, will generally be sufficient without any lye at all. 



4. Time and labor are saved by combining these formula and 

 dusting for all three enemies at the same time. Lime is the con- 



