62 THE CANADIAN IIORTICULTUItlST. 



YELLOWS IN' TilE PEACH. 



The yellows in the peach was discussed, and the necessity of 

 Legislative action was strongly urged. The Secretary read the Statute 

 of the State of Michigan providing for the destruction of all peach 

 trees affected with the yellows. 



Mr. W. M. Orr, Stoney Creek, said that this disease was becoming 

 seriously prevalent. 



Dr. Watt, Niagara, thought that a shorter Act than that of Michigan 

 Would be better suited to our needs, and suggested that a competent 

 inspector might be appointed, whose duty it should be, when so 

 required by any one complaining of the existence of the disease, to 

 examine the suspected trees, and if found to be diseased empowered 

 to destroy the trees. 



Mr. Pettit, Grimsby, thought that the only reliable method of 

 ■eradicating the yellows was to dig up and burn every tree that showed 

 ■symptoms of the disease. 



Mr. Cline, Grimsby, was satisfied that cutting out the affected 

 trees as soon as the disease appeared was the only remedy, and he was 

 confident that the disease was infectious. 



Mr. A. M. Smith, Drummondville, said that the disease was spread- 

 ing in his section, and he feared that soon there would not be a sinole 

 sound tree. It first made its appearance about four years ago. It was 

 believed that the disease was communicated to healthy trees by the 

 pollen carried by insects from a diseased to a healthy tree, or by pruning 

 the tree with a knife or saw that had been used on a diseased tree. 



Mr. Woodward, Lockport, N". Y., said that in his State they were 

 behind Michigan in that they had not enacted a law to prevent the 

 spread of the yellows. He understood that the law worked well in 

 Michigan, and that by means of its provisions the peach growers in 

 some parts of the State had stamped out the disease. He believed 

 that there was not a peach orchard in Western New York that was 

 exempt from this disease. 



Mr. Page, Fonthill, remarked that a thorough inspection of orchards 

 in that vicinity had failed to reveal any appearance of the disease. 



On motion of Dr. Watt, the President appointed Messrs. A. H. 

 Pettit, W. Ptoy, W. Saunders, and Pt. Burnet a committee to prepare 

 a Bill for the eradication of the yellows, and wait upon the Govern- 

 ment to urge the passage of such a measure. 



