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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



appear on the trunk or main limbs and sometimes in the extremities 

 of the branches. FinaUij the tree dies. 



Winter injury to the bark of the trunk or main limbs, mechanical in- 

 jury by mice, rabbits, peach borers, cultivators, etc., or a serious lack 

 of moisture or nitrogen in the soil may discolor the foliage and cause 

 premature ripening of fniit and should not be mistaken for "Yellows." 



PEAR BLIGHT. 



On left: Pear blight in a bearing tree. The blight should not have been permitted to spread as far 

 as it has in this tree. On right: Pear blight in a young tree. 



LiTi'LE Peach. In ''Little Peach," characteristic symptoms are: the 

 leaves of a part or the wiiole of the tree have a bunched appearance, and 

 are shorter, and broader than normal leaves. They are usually j-ellowish- 

 green in color with the veins api)earing dilated and darker than the in- 

 tervening tissue. The fruit is usuall}' under size and ri{)ens from a week 

 to two weeks late. The flesh is more or less stringy, wateiy and very 

 insipid while the pit is usually very small. One or all symptoms may 

 be present and unless they can be positively attributed t(i some other 

 cause, tlie tree should be condemned, pulled out and burned. 



