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work when it is really undertaken is to find the diseased trees. 

 Their prompt removal, after being found, is a secondary mat- 

 ter, which is taken for granted. Ordinarily three inspections 

 are sufficient. In Connecticut the first one should be 

 made in July or perhaps about August 1st; the sec- 

 ond one should be made the latter part of August 

 or about September 1st, and the third late in Sep- 

 tember, or even running over into October. If a 

 previous eradication has never been carried out, all plainly dis- 

 eased trees should be removed as soon as they can be noted in 

 the spring. It is always a good thing to inspect a block or 

 row of peaches when they are ripening or about to ripen their 

 fruit. Then the symptom of premature fruits can be utilized. 

 It is always a good plan to have the pickers instructed to call 

 attention to every tree with suspiciously large or premature 

 red spotted fruit. Orchards should be inspected tree by tree, 

 row by row, thoroughly, regardless as to whether they are 

 supposed to have the disease or not. In this way unsuspected 

 cases will often be found. 



It seems to me that where a severe outbreak occurs, doub- 

 ling the number of inspections may well be advised. That 

 would mean pretty nearly an inspection about every two 

 weeks from the first of August. It certainly is advisable to 

 make a very late inspection in October, so as to prevent, if 

 possible, the disease carrying over another year. 



The orchardist or inspector is often puzzled over a doubt- 

 ful case. He dislikes to condemn a tree for removal unless 

 certain that it is diseased. To my mind, however, the real 

 doubtful cases, which are not plainly caused by some other 

 disease or injury, should invariably be removed. One is cer- 

 tainly taking chances of leaving infection behind when he 

 leaves these uncertain cases. It should always be borne in 

 mind that the removal is done for the benefit of the healthy 

 trees left behind. 



Inspection La-cvs. Undoubtedly the best results are to 

 be secured in districts where every orchardist will be his own 

 inspector. No outside man can more quickly and accurately 

 detect this disease than a peach grower in his own orchard. 



