152 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Peach yellows and allied troubles have continued to be 

 the cause of some alarm to certain of our peach growers. The 

 paper that we presented on this subject before the Society last 

 year and a later article in the Annual Report of the Connec- 

 ticut Agricultural Experiment Station have attracted some 

 attention over the peach growing districts of the United 

 States because of the unusual views set forth. Some of the- 

 comments we have heard have been favorable to these views 

 and some unfavorable. We wish il understood, however, that 

 we have given these opinions, not as a hobby to be ridden at 

 all hazards, but to our mind, as the most elucidating explana- 

 tion of what is actually known to-day concerning these ob- 

 scure troubles. If anyone can definitely prove that peach 

 yellows or little peach is due to bacterial germs, as believed by 

 some, we will welcome the proof as readily as the next one. 

 However, we have not seen or heard of anything to date to 

 modify our views previously given. In order, if possible, to 

 throw more light on the subject, we have started surveys, as 

 suggested in our last report, of three orchards, and expect to 

 follow up the history of each tree for several years to come. 

 We may add two or three more orchards to these the coming 

 season. We have also undertaken certain experiments relat- 

 ing to the possible contagion of this disease, and with Dr. 

 Jenkins have started a comparative test with fertilizers to 

 determine their effect on the health and bearing of trees, in 

 one of Mr. Barnes' orchards. We shall be glad to receive 

 any information the coming season regarding outbreaks of 

 yellows, and if possible visit the orchards so affected. 



While the musk melon crop of the state was not on the 

 whole as good as the previous year, there were still grown a 

 good many melons of superior quality. The different fields, 

 however, were very uneven in their results, some giving crops 

 of fair size and good quality, and others being cut off in their 

 prime. The drought injured some of the fields, but the chief 

 cause of failure was the leaf mold fungus. The downy mil- 

 dew, or real blight fungus, did no harm so far as observed. 

 Spraying, where carefully done, gave better results than usu- 



