Bui. 52, U. S, Dept. of Agriculture. 



Plate III. 



Fig. 1 .— a Section of the Tree Shown in Figure 2 of this Plate, Showing 

 THE Persistent, Diseased Peduncles of the January Bloom, with the 

 March Bloom Appearing Around Them. March 8, 1 912. Fig. 2.— A Larger 

 View of the Same Tree Shown in Figure 1, Showing the Blighted Con- 

 dition of the Second Bloom 18 Days Later. March 26, 1912. 



