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ent, lime-sulphur 1 to 10 or 12 should be used, otherwise 

 bordeaux will be best. A second application should be 

 made in the spring at about the first of May and a third 

 application in about three weeks, and if the disease is 

 especially troublesome, or if the weather should be rainy, 

 a fourth spraying should be made in about ten days after 

 the third. 



Brown rot, altogether too familiar to most peach growers. 



Brown Rot 



This disease is capable of the most extensive damage 

 to the peach crop in the states east of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains, since it attacks the fruit at ripening time, causing 

 it to rot within a very few hours. It attacks all kinds of 

 stone fruits, but causes the greatest amount of loss to 

 peaches and plums. The disease makes itself evident by 

 the small dark brown decayed spots, which rapidly enlarge 

 and produce on its surface small tufts of brown spores. 

 It may attack the flowers, twigs and leaves, but usually 

 confines its operations to the fruit. 



