DRUPACEOUS FRUITS 137 



" Often during the first year of the disease this kind of fruit 

 is restricted to certain limbs, or even to single twigs, which, 

 however, do not differ in appearance from other limbs of the 

 tree. The following year a larger part of the tree becomes 

 affected and finally the whole of it, the parts first attacked 

 now showing additional symptoms, if they have not already 

 done so. These symptoms are the development of the 

 winter buds out of their proper season. Like the prematur- 

 ing of the fruit, the date of this also varies within wide 

 limits. The buds may push into shoots only a few days 

 in advance of the proper time in the spring, or may begin 

 to grow in early summer, soon after they are formed, and 

 while the leaves on the parent stem are still bright green. 

 This is a very common and characteristic symptom, and is 

 especially noticeable in autumn when the normal foUage 

 has fallen. Usually under the influence of this disease 

 feeble shoots also appear in considerable numbers on the 

 trunk and main limbs. These arise from old resting buds, 

 which are buried deep in the bark and wood, and remain 

 dormant in healthy trees. Such shoots are sometimes un- 

 branched, and nearly colorless, but the majority are green 

 and repeatedly branched, making a sort of broomlike, 

 erect, pale green, slender growth, filling the interior of the 

 tree." 



A tree exhibiting these symptoms should be cut and 

 burned. It is valueless, and its presence is a serious menace 

 to the owner as well as to the state at large. 



Rosette. — The peach rosette is southern in distribu- 

 tion, being known principally in Georgia, South Carolina, 

 and Kansas. As to its nature, means of spread and of 

 prevention, precisely what has been said of yellows ap- 



