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 Bulletin No. 174. — The Control of Peach Brown-Rot and Scab. 



Plate I. Peaches affected with brown-rot, showing the destructive 



work of the disease and the l'otten, moldy appearance of 



the fruit Frontispiece 



II. Two crates of Elberta peaches picked from the experimental 

 plats at Fort Valley, Ga., on July 9, 1909, shipped by re- 

 frigerator car to New York, and then by express to Wash- 

 ington, D. C, showing the difference in the amount of 



brown-rot developed 28 



III. Teach scab. Fig. 1. — Two uusprayed Elberta peaches 

 affected with scab, showing the black spots and cracks 

 produced by the disease. Fig. 2. — Crop from an unsprayed 

 Elberta peach tree, showing all the fruit affected with 

 scab and 86 per cent of it unmerchantable. Sleepy 

 Creek. W. Va.. August 27, 1909 28 



IV. Peach scab. Fig. 1. — Crop of Elberta peaches from a tree 

 sprayed once with self-boiled lime-sulphur. Good, mer- 

 chantable fruit in the pile and unmerchantable, scabby 

 fruit on the notebook at the top. Sleepy Creek, W. Va., 

 August 27, 1909. Fig. 2. — The same unsprayed crop 

 shown in Plate III. figure 2, sorted for the market. The 

 large pile on the right is unmerchantable, scabby fruit, 

 that on the left representing all that was suitable for pack- 

 ing 2S 



Bulletin No. 177. — A Protected Stock Range in Arizona. 



Plate I. Pastures showing improvement due to two years' protection 

 by fencing. Fig. 1. — Range land inside and outside of the 

 fenced area in June, 1903. Fig. 2. — Range land inside and 

 outside of the fence line in April. 1905 x 



IT. Comparative growth of grass on range lands in a good and 

 a poor season. Fig. 1. — Field of Bouteloua rothrockii in 

 a good season, 190S. Fig. 2. — Field of Bouteloua roth- 

 rockii in a poor season, 1907 14 



III. Views in the inclosed area. Fig. 1.— A close view of the 

 southeastern portion of the inclosed area. Fig. 2. — Gen- 

 eral view of the southeastern portion of the inclosed area_ 16 



IV. Two grasses growing in the inclosed area. Fig. 1. — Muhlen- 

 bergia porteri growing under the protection of a cat-claw. 



Fig. 2. — Isocoma coronopifolia growing on range land IS 



V. Heavily grazed pastures in the smaller inclosure. Fig. 1. — 

 A badly overgrazed area in the " MacB." pasture. Fig. 

 2. — Upper portion of the 590-acre pasture, showing spring 

 vegetation under heavy grazing 20 



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