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red around the pit, wliicli was due to a very hot season or to borers, 

 but that coloration is not characteristic of yellows. 



President Washburn : Question Fourteen : * ' Should the sale of 

 premature peaches be prohibited?" 



Mr. Williams : This is a question of importance to many growers. 



Mr. Taft: Our law requires the destruction of premature fruit, 

 and it has been carried out. It has the et^ect of securing the proper 

 destruction of infested trees. 



Usually owners are not inclined to cut them out, but, with this law", 

 ■we have been able to have the trees promptly destroyed. 



A Member : In some states the growers desire to harvest the crop 

 before destroying the trees. 



Mr. Taft : We do not take that into account and so far as we know 

 the disease does not spread during that period of the year, but if these 

 growers were allowed to gather in the fruit and sell it, the trees would 

 not be promptly destroyed. If the fruit cannot be sold, they will 

 cut them out. 



President Washburn: Question Fifteen: "What is the present 

 status of the Crown Gall on apple ? How is such considered in issu- 

 ing certificates?" 



Mr. Williams : In Alabama there is a question whether there 

 should be an allowance for oversight. A great many times the owners 

 of nurseries are not able to determine personally whether all trees 

 are free from Crown Gall. 



Now, there was one order delivered, where we found between 2 per 

 cent and 3 per cent of the trees infested with Crown Gall, and accord- 

 ing to the law, the nurserymen are required to destroy them. 



In some states they allow 2 or 3 per cent for oversight. Every man 

 cannot personally look after his stock. 



A Member : If I have been wrong regarding this phase of inspec- 

 tion, you will kindly let me know your opinion. 



One of the very largest nurseries noticed a large amount of Gall on 

 raspberries, and I was very certain of the disease. I sent some of 

 them to Washington to confirm my diagnosis, and it proved to be a 

 very bad case of Crown Gall. 



I sent them the certificate with the words "Contagious Diseases" 

 left off, so that they have a certificate allowing them to ship stock. It 

 would have caused a row ; a very big row. These people are morally 

 convinced that Crown Gall is not injurious. 



Mr. Engel: Destroying the infested trees is the only measure we 

 have taken thus far, although we have to keep the trees from being 

 shipped. Recently a consignment of apple and peach trees came to 



