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cut. These were 1 or 2 inches long and bad also developed from obscure buds buried 

 iu the bark or formed in the cambium. The stumps were sound and the spring foliage 

 was healthy. The remaining limb bore green peaches and healthy foliage, but I had 

 little hope of saving it, owing to the number of branches which manifested symp- 

 toms. ' . 



May 13, 1889. Apparently still diseased. A number of feeble shoots are pushing on 

 the base of the limbs. 



September 17, 1889. Still diseased. Half a dozen lusty shoots have grown from the 

 the base of the remaining limb, and three of these are mu^h branched, feeble at the 

 extremities, and badly diseased. The leaves upon the crown of the tree are of normal 

 size and color, but are somewhat curled. 



October 11, 1890. The spring foliage is of good size, but it is unnaturally rolled 

 and curled, reddish and yellowish-green and unhealthy looking. The winter buds 

 are germinating upon four different shoots, in the same manner as shown in Fig. 1, 

 Plate in. 



(16) August 10, 1888. Variety, Old Mixon. Two limbs were removed, both on one 

 side. Each of the excised limbs bore a few high-colored, red- spotted peaches, and a 

 much larger number of green ones. About 4 feet above the cut one branch bore a 

 few small unbranched, but diseased sprouts. There were no others on the tree. The 

 stumps were sound. The remaining limbs bore many green peaches and excellent 

 foliage. There was no trace of yellows. 



May 13, 1889. Apparently still diseased. The suspicious shoots are on the base of 

 the main limbs. 



September 17, 1889. The tree is still diseased, and in all parts. Numerous, branched, 

 feeble shoots have grown from the trunk and from the stubs of both excised limbs. 

 These feeble shoots also occur on all of the larger branches and even iu the top of the 

 tree. The spring foliage is curled and yellow. This tree is much worse than any yet 

 examined. No fruit this year. 



October 11, 1890. Nineteen-twentieths of the foliage has fallen; what remains is 

 rolled, curled, and very red. The winter buds are now germinating on a dozen dif- 

 ferent shoots. No fruit in 1890. 



(17) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves' Favorite. One limb was removed. This 

 biparted 10 inches above the cut. The larger fork bore healthy, green peaches and 

 the smaller one bore 20 to 30 ripe peaches, which, however, were confined to two small 

 branches. There were no diseased shoots. The stump was sound and the foliage 

 was luxuriant. The remaining limbs were loaded with greeii peaches and the foliage 

 was like that of the excised limb. 



May 13, 1889. The entire top was blown away by the tornado of Aug. 21, 1888. 

 Apparently, the stubs of the limbs are still diseased. 



September 17, 1889. Branched, diseased growths now cover the whole upper part 

 of the trunk. They have grown from the stubs of each limb, and also very abundantly 

 from several places on the body below the excision. On the trunk they are very wiry 

 and feeble. 



October 11, 1890. This stub is trying hard to live. It now bears thrifty shoots, 

 provided with an abundance of foliage of normal size and nearly natural color, which 

 is now yellowing and nearly ready to fall. But it also bears a half-dozen spindling, 

 sickly, branched shoots, and winter buds are now pushing on a number of others. 



(18) August 10, 1888. Variety, Reeves's Favorite. One small limb was removed ; 

 two larger ones were left. The excised limb bore ripe and nearly ripe peaches on 

 many branches, and bore no green fruit. There were some small, diseased shoots 

 well out upon one branch, and a feeble shoot one-fourth inch long had developed 

 from an obscure bud and pushed through the bark only 1 inch above the cut. This 

 was not discovered in time or the tree would have been rejected. The spring foliage 

 was full grown, but in places it began to look yellowish. The stump was sound. 

 The remainder of the tree was full of green peaches and healthy foliage. 



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