PEACH 



appear late in autumn, att i tl I \ es liaM talkii i 

 in spring before normal t,iowtli I ef,ins lhe\ are often 

 first seen upon tlie ends if watersprouts This tip 

 growth is sometimes little i ronouni ed ind then onlj a 

 piacticcd e^e will d to t 

 - ' It The thud n 1 1 



the di'.ease is tl | I 

 '^■'. mg out of slen 



^' leaved jellowish I 



K;_ fH^ trom the body tl il 



■i:'- ' ^-is^-r**" ''■^^ °'" "^^ '^ides of the 



, /TiGS^ large liml)3 (Fig 1070) 



i.- , , In pronr uneed cases ( r 



when the trte is about 

 t ) die these licots nia> 

 bi uuh into el se bunch\ 



The Michigan ' 





trequenti\ 

 s 1 t in this 

 L„l ut the en 

 B t the dis 



In ir^ tiiuil Kinirr. the\eil »s is ma) ki. I 1 v small and 

 sli'n.li r rrnwih i.f :ill new wood, small, narrow, yellow 

 or rril(li-li fnliai;.-, and occasionally by a great pro- 

 fusion of sl.n.l. r and branchy growths in the center of 

 the trru. As a rule, yellows trees die in five or six 

 years from the- first visible attack, sometimes sooner. 

 The yellow and stunted condition following neglect or 

 the work of borers— both of the common borer and the 

 pin-hole borer— is often mistaken fur yellows. Ex- 

 termination of all affected tri .- !.m,i :ii,ii ln-anch — is 

 the only method of keeping iln I iaN. This 



work should be done vigoron-l i i i jlily. The 



entire coinmunily should uiiiN I i . i ' i.e set in 

 the places from which the di^^ a r.nioved, 



without fear of contamination. I'a a; ^ : Hi^ disease 

 is wholly unknown. Almost . > i . i i .1 . ause has 

 been disproved upon careful in\ . . . > l.\en when 

 the cause shall have been dis...,M. .1, iIm i rniedy will 

 probably remain the same- pxtfrinin;itioii. The disease 

 has no uniform preference tor varieties, soils, climate, 

 nor methods of propagation or cultivation. No fertiliza- 

 tion of the soil will cure the disease or check its spread. 

 The disease sometimes attacks the almond, apricot, and 

 .Tapanese plum. Yellows has been recognized for 

 about a century. It is peculiar to North America, and 

 is generally distributed north of the Carolinas and east 

 of the Mississippi. For more spncific information ou 

 IVaeli vellows, consult the wrifin--^ of K. F. Smith, 

 pulilisli'ed l)y the U. S. Dept. of A -vie. 



l{.)se'lte is a very serious dis, as,- of I', a.li trees in 

 the southern states, characteri?a .1 by clin«e rosettes 

 or liunches of foliage on the young shoots. It soon 



.^^^mmm^t,^ i^ 



^. 



irefcienee foi 

 lirge sott an 1 

 eiiced greatlv 1 

 absent \ m I 

 tiees II till 



cifle 



1231 



with 



I ii'y 



adMsal le t) SI 1 1 I | I I t lien, 



with Boideaux i 1 inds of cop 



per sulfate 2 ] i 1 II 10 gallons of 



water If the -w I 1 \| il I I \ May is warm 



and dr^ , this sc n 1 spra\ ing w ill I e unnecessary ioi 

 full account of Peach curl see Newton B Pierce, Bull 

 20 Di\ \eg Phjs and Path I S Dept Ague , 1900 

 (pp 204) 



Little Peach is a lecent disease which has appeared 

 in Michigan and western New York. It is ordinarily 

 characterized by the Peaches remaining small and hard, 

 the trees losing vigor and the leaves becoming small. 

 After a time the tree dies. It seems to spread when 

 once established in an orchard. The cause of the difli- 



Ll^ 



1669 View 



Michiean Peach orchard 



R t 1 tl o vl t t 1 < 



# 



^i;.^-«:= 





1668. Peach trees in Eastern Maryland. 



proves fatal. The 

 t" exterminate the i 

 The leaf curl har 

 amongst Peach-gro 

 any other disease, < 



The remedy i- 

 disease appears. 

 'f more concern 



