56 N. J. Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin 356 



Suggestions for Keeping the Losses by Yellows and Little 

 Peach to a Minimum 



1. Select well drained soils and favorable orchard sites. 



2. Avoid low and wet areas. 



3. Purchase vigorous, clean, well grown trees. 



4. Avoid weak, sickly looking trees at any price. 



5. Give the orchard good culture and care every year. 



6. Note the behavior of each tree in the orchard several times dur- 

 ing a season, particularly in late May and early June, and at the 

 ripening time for each variety. The first examination will likely 

 reveal a number of suspicious trees. Their fate should be 

 decided at the time the fruit ripens. 



7. Mark diseased trees in an unmistakable manner, as by blazing 

 with a hatchet. Remove diseased trees as soon as identified, if 

 possible. At least cut the tops off close to the trunk. The trunk 

 should be removed later, otherwise it will begin to put forth new 

 shoots and remain a possible source of infection. The removal 

 of prominently diseased limbs will not arrest the spread of 

 infection on a tree. 



8. Do not allow a diseased tree to remain in the orchard from 

 summer until the following spring. 



9. Do not waste time upon a suspicious individual. If it is weak 

 and sickly in appearance it should be removed. It is better 

 to destroy a few healthy t: ees that are practically worthless from 

 other causes than to leave a few that are diseased. 



10. Destroy all old peach trees that are of no commercial value. 

 They may become sources of infection. 



