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GARDEN FOES. 



Other Pests — Thrips, Aphides, and lied Spider are 

 fairly common enemies of tlie peach and nectarine. See 

 note« elsewhere on these pests. 



B.-PEACH AND NECTARINE DISEASES. 

 Peach-Leaf Curl (Exoascus deformans).— This is a 

 fungoid disease which hardly ever attacks trees grown 

 ander glass, but often does trees grown outdoors in cold 

 districts, and especially in cold, changeable springs. For 

 this reason peaches and nectarines should always have 

 the warmest and most sheltered wall in the garden. There 

 are two kinds of peach curl or blister, one caused by a 



[Photo: E. A, Smith. 

 PEACH LEAF-CURL FUNGUS (EXOASCUS DEFORMANS). 



It eausee the j'Oiing leave.s to become puckered and distorted. 



fungus and the other by Aphides. That caused b^^ the 

 above fungus has its leaves thickened and swollen, and 

 covered l)y a whitish-green mould or bloom, something 



