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disease in check. All trees that show symptoms of the yellows 

 should be cut out and burned. The diseased tree should 

 never be dragged through the orchard, because this practice 

 will infect more trees, but should be cut down and burned 

 where it stood. 



Little Peach. — The disease of little peach is also of obscure 

 origin. The direct cause of this trouble is unknown, but it is 

 thought to be similar to that of the peach yellows. The 

 symptoms of little peach are similar to those of the yellows, 

 except the fruit always remains small, drys up finally and 

 becomes worthless. The same methods for the control of the 

 peach yellows must be used for the control of the little peach. 



Fig. 115. — Peaches entirely destroyed by brown rot. (After Scott and 

 Quaintance, United States Department of Agriculture.) 



Brown Rot. — The brown rot of the peach is a fungous 

 disease that attacks the flowers, the twigs and the fruit. 

 It is the most destructive to the fruit and becomes most 

 abundant as the fruit approaches maturity. If the weather 

 conditions are favorable for the spread of this disease often 



