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indications of the presence of "yellows," says B. O. 

 Longyear. Such fruits are also highly colored, pos- 

 sessing red spots and streaks 

 which often extend from the 

 surface to the pit, the flesh 

 being marbled and streaked 

 with red. The buds formed dur- 

 ing the summer, for growth the 

 next season, are also sometimes 

 prematurely unfolded. But the 

 most characteristic feature is 

 the growth of bunches of 

 slender, twiggy branches dur- 

 ing the summer and autumn, from the crotches and 

 upon the older branches. These wiry shoots bear 

 narrow sickly leaves of a yellow color, and, being 

 produced in clusters, give a characteristic appear- 

 ance to infected trees. ' * Yellows ' ' laws, requiring 

 the prompt destruction and burning of infected trees, 

 are strictly enforced in most peach localities, and in 

 this way the disease has, of late years, been success- 

 fully held in check. 



COMPLETE SPRAYING SYSTEM. A combination 

 system for fungi and most insects would be about as 

 follows : First spray, full-strength Bordeaux-arsenical 

 mixture just before buds swell ; second spray, after 

 blossoms fall and fruit has set, half-strength Bor- 

 deaux and arsenate of lead ; third spray, half-strength 

 Bordeaux-arsenate when fruit is half grown ; if rot 

 threatens fruit, repeat half-strength Bordeaux spray, 

 one or more times, at intervals of about ten days or 

 two weeks. (Special note : If the trees receive a 



