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It has now disappeared. The peach curl is related to that dis- 

 ease which affects the plum fruit, and causes it to swell up. 

 Spraying cannot prevent the first infection entirely, but it is 

 said spraying certainly does reduce the amount of leaf curl. 

 Spraying that will hold the leaf leach in check, but not prevent 

 it entirely. It is caused by a fungus disease. 



A Member: I read the government reports. They say to 

 spray peach trees in the month of March. I did that this year, 

 and it checked the fungus. You may not be able to check it 

 aU together in one year. 



Mr. C. S, Harrison: What do you spray with? 



A Member: With Bordeaux mixture, the same kind that 

 was mentioned by others here. 



Mr. Will,iams: It is a very appropriate topic, is the check- 

 ing, of the disease of the cherry trees which is the cause of the 

 death largely among the Morello cherries, the late ones. If we 

 can check that disease by means of this spraying feature, there 

 is no reason why we should not continue to grow the MoreUo 

 cherries. The wet weather the past few seasons has been suf- 

 ficient to spread that disease and make it worse than before. I 

 understand our nurserymen have succeeded very well in 

 checking this disease by the use of Bordeaux mixture. I would 

 like to see the question brought up and discussed by those who 

 have had direct experience in the use of Bordeaux mixture as 

 applied to the disease of the cherries. Cherries is one of our 

 most valuable and profitable crops this last year, and if we can 

 check this disease, I would certainly advocate the growing of 

 the late cherries, as well as the early ones; not abandon it be- 

 cause of this disease. 



Mr. Spencer: How about setting out cherry trees where 

 apple trees have died out? 



Mr. Harris: I have apple trees that are in with my cherries, 

 and my cherries are just as healthy as they were when I put 

 them out. They are not affected at all by the apple. My apple 

 trees the blight has taken a couple of crab apple trees I had, 

 and begun to get on to the other and I had one of these long 

 tree trimmers, and I cut the limbs off and burned them, and 

 have not been bothered with them any more. And I also 



