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Tkee 46 — Japanese Chestnut. In good condition, with several 

 blossom clusters ; apparently no scale. 



Tree 47 — Greenshoi'o Peach. In good condition, free from 

 scale, with a heavy crop of fruit. 



Tree 48 — Black Tartarian Cherry. Tree in good condition. 



The notable features of this record are the large measure of free- 

 dom from scale and the large amount of "stung" and wormy fruit. 

 Only on those trees — ^ Vermont Beauty Pear — that were badly in- 

 fested last season was any notable remnant present, and this was 

 due to the fall application of 1 to 20 Scalecide. The absence of the 

 usual arsenical sprayings is very Avell shown by the infested fruit 

 and by the presence of the web-worms. 



July 23d, word was received that some of the peach trees were 

 overloaded and breaking, so ^h\ Dickerson and Mr. Grossbeck 

 went up, and did as follows: 



Tree 7 — Champion Feacli. Picked off a large grape basket of 

 green peaches and left enough to tax the tree on the bearing 

 branches. 



Tree 23 — Greensboro Peach. Branches bent over with weight 

 of fruit ; picked off more than two-thirds of a basket of ripe fruit 

 and left nearly as much remaining. Fruit of good quality. 



Tree 24 — Greensboro Peach. Branches bent down with weight 

 of fruit ; topmost branches broken off. Took off three-fourths of a 

 basket of peaches, mostly ripe and of good quality, and left on 

 half a basket more. 



Tree 44 — Elberta Peach. Dead or dying; all leaves oft*. Re- 

 port of tenant was that it got into this condition about the middle 

 of the month. 



This is one of the trees that became so badly infested in 1903 

 that it was dehorned or cut back to stubby branches from the trunk. 

 It did well in 1904 and made a heavy crop in 1905, which rotted 

 before it ripened. It went into the winter in apparent good con- 

 dition, but was already oft' color when Mr. Dickerson saw it in 

 the early part of the month. 



Tree 47 — Greensboro Peach. Loaded with fruit and two small 

 top branches broken; picked oft' a basket of ripe peaches, of good 

 quality, and left half as many more on the tree. 



Further examination? were made August 8th, and again Octo- 

 ber 20th, no applications of any kind having been made in the 



