144 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



all the mummified fruits are gathered from the trees and from 

 the ground and burned. Do not bury them. It might be all 

 right if they were buried, but they are liable to come to the sur- 

 face through the process of cultivation, and the fungus will live 

 for several years in the partially dried fruits. The next step 

 consists in picking the decaying fruit from the trees as soon as 

 it begins to rot. I believe I called your attention to the fact 

 that the spores may begin to germinate in twenty-four hours. 

 The spores may even produce a complete fungus plant in that 

 time, and from a single spore may come hundreds and thousands 

 of spores in a few days. So, just as soon as a rotten spot 

 appears on the fruit, destroy it so that no spores can be pro- 

 duced. If all decaying fruits are destroyed promptly there will 

 be no mummies. At the proper season for thinning the fruit, 

 see that this work is properly done. Regardless of disease you 

 would thin your fruit in order to get a good quality. From the 

 standpoint of disease, the fruits should not touch each other on 

 the tree, and the farther apart the fruits are the safer they are. 

 While the trees are still dormant in the spring, spray them 

 thoroughly with ordinary Bordeaux mixture. While there is 

 some question in regard to the advisability of spraying after the 

 leaves are out, it seems to me that the chances are in favor of 

 spraying at intervals of from ten to twenty days with weak 

 Bordeaux mixture. For these subsequent sprayings it does not 

 seem advisable to use more than two pounds of bluestone, with 

 six or eight pounds of good stone lime, to fifty gallons of water. 

 It would not be safe to depend upon spraying alone to control 

 this disease. The decaying and mummified fruits must be 

 destroyed. The spores may be carried through long distances ; 

 hence look to the surroundings of your orchard, see that no 

 decaying fruits are found in adjacent fields. Finally, induce 

 your neighbors to join you in your struggles against this pest. 



A Member : Professor, can you prescribe some treatment for 

 what is called "Gummy Ooze" on the peach ? You might know 

 it by some other name. 



Dr. Townsexd : No. It is quite common. I have seen 

 a good deal of it, and I am sorry to say I know of no remedy. 

 The cause of that gummy ooze is not known, and the remedy is 

 not known. I remember in one orchard of some thirty thousand 

 trees there was an outbreak of it, and it looked for a time as if 



