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which is not strictly healthy is marked by either glazing the tree or bet- 

 ter still, we tie a strip of white cloth on one of the main branches. After 

 the picking season is over we go through and pull out root and branch, 

 everything" that is diseased, not allo^^^ng a single diseased tree if possible 

 to again leaf out or blossom. Second pointer, get interested in your 

 neighbor's orchard, see to it that he joins hands with you in the eradica- 

 tion of these diseases. If done ii. the right spirit I believe these diseases 

 can be practically kept in subjection and under control in any fruit sec- 

 tion. Why not let us as fruit growers of Michigan take on renewed cour- 

 age and replace the peach back into the front ranks where she belongs, 

 give back to her her old time prestige. See to it that she has a suitable 

 place to grow, nourish and cherish her with the right kind of culture, 

 protect her from the ravages of both insects and diseases, provide her 

 with plenty of suitable food so that she will develop at her best to do her 

 bidding in every home wherever she is invited; and I assure you, my 

 fellow fruit growers, that she will treat you equally cordial. I say 

 that she will return back to you ten fold. Yea one hundred fold. She 

 will treat you royally with all the necessities and luxuries of life which 

 ever you dreamed of. 



DISCUSSION. 



Q. Do you leave diseased peaches until the end of the season before 

 taking them out? 



Mr. Braman — We usually take them out at the end of the picking 

 time. 



A member — We have been through the disease in Allegan county. 

 We went to the vigilance that if a single tree in a diseased condition, 

 even to the extent of a small limb was affected with the yellows, the 

 whole tree went down. 



]\[r. Braman — (continuing.) Just as soon, however, as we fall into a 

 lax habit, then the results are not so satisfactory, at least with us; 

 and now I should like to know if you really favor these drastic ex- 

 termination measures, or would you say that it would be all right to 

 continue these lax methods of harvesting fruit, etc.? 



Mr. Braman — It seems to me that the best friends the peaches have 

 are those who are friendly to exterminating disease wherever it is 

 found. I think I would see to it that my neighbors got the spirit of clean- 

 ing up as well as myself, but the only practical way to solve this ques- 

 tion is to adopt stringent methods and drastic measures. 



A Member — I understand that the diseased trees when rubbed against 

 other trees could not inoculate these. There is a point of difference here. 

 I have also heard that when diseased trees are rubbed against other 

 trees there would almost invariably be inoculation. I would like to 

 know just where the truth lies on this question. 



President Smythe — These are questions that Professor Waite is better 

 prepared to answer and I think it would be well to ask him for informa- 

 tion on this particular point, when he takes up his topic bearing on 

 this subject. I think this would be better than for us to try to figure 

 it out. 



Q. I would like to know if it would not be better to burn the tree 

 right there. 

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