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It would be the very best thing that could be done, — yet they would 

 resent it. 



Mr. Hitchings: At the New England fruit show held in Boston 

 a few weeks ago, some of the prize apples that were awarded the blue 

 ribbons were badly infested with San Jose Scale, in spite of the fact 

 that the judges were experts on fruit. 



I would like to know what to do with infested fruit. I had one 

 person write me, asking if I thought it would hurt him if he ate a 

 San Jose Scale. I told him I thought he would survive. 



Mr. Gillette : It seems to me that fruit marked with this scale 

 should not be allowed on the market. 



President Washburn: Question Thirteen: "What are the argu- 

 ments in favor of inspection and the control of peach yellows and little 

 peach ? " 



Mr. Heusted: I suggested this question, as I would like to have 

 some one else 's opinion on it. 



Mr. Tapt : Up to the last year or two, I had seen only one nursery 

 tree which showed signs of disease, but I have seen trees this year 

 which have come from nurseries and were put out in the spring, and 

 showed symptoms before the season was over. 



Mr. Atwood : In our experiments in New York State, we are going 

 to keep watch on this point, as we are all very much interested in it. 



Some six years ago we took about ten square miles and attempted 

 to control the peach yellows, and by ordering the trees which were 

 infested taken out annually, the number of diseased trees in that 

 area has gradually grown less. 



]\Ir. Williams: Regarding the question of securing the best pits 

 for the various nurserymen : Our people secured most of their pits as I 

 understand it, from growers in North Carolina. 



It is a question as to whether it is a disease in some particular 

 climate or zone, or some particular section. Should a man cease from 

 getting his pits from North Carolina? 



Mr. Gillette: In Colorado the peach yellows has never been 

 known in our peach section, although watched very closely. 



Mr. Worsham : The yellows are liable to develop after the trees 

 are a year old. Professor Phillips has been working with his nursery- 

 men for the past two years, and insisting that they buy their pits from 

 the southern growers, and we have made many inspections of orchards 

 from which pits were taken to be supplied to Georgia growers. 



I know Georgia orchardists have supplied a great many pits at 

 Professor Phillips' suggestion. 



On the other point, we are not in a position to say. 



