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ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, L93S 
(.932 one phony tree was found in southern Oklahoma. Since 1929 this Bureau 
has undertaken the prevention of the spread of the phony peach disease through 
the movement of nursery stock from Infected nurseries. The closely coordinated 
eradication project thai had been carried on by the Bureau of Plant industry 
1929 was transferred to the Bureau of Entomology In December 1933 
both activities were consolidated the following year into a unified project with 
field headquarters at the Department's Peach Disease Laboratory, Port 
Valley. Ga. 
During the period from 1929 to the fiscal year 1935, inclusive, 58 - 
in commercial and home orchards in 13 States were found infected and 
yed, in addition to eradications under the Civil Works Administration and 
nursery-inspection work. All the evidence obtained during this period indicates 
that economic control is practicable under the method employed. 
'fhe eradication work in orchards during the fiscal year 1935 is given in 
table 1. 
Table l. — Commercial orchards and home properties inspected by Federal awl 
state inspectors in cooperation to determine the presence or absent 
phony peach disease, fiscal year 1!>.,.~> 
Commercial orchards 
Home orchards and escaped trees 
State 
Properties 
Trees 
Properties 
Trees 
Total 
phony 
In- 
spected 
Phony 
Inspected 
Phony 
In- 
spected 
Phony 
In- 
spected 
Phony 

\1 ibama 
Arkansas 
Del ^v:ire - 
Louisiana 
Mississippi 
N'orih Carolina. 
^<.;j:!i ("arolina.- 
Tennessee 
Number 
945 
3 
78 
51 
76 
25 
22 
18 
32 
14 
Number 
615 
2 
17 

51 
9 
1 
1 
1 
7 
Number 
5,017,209 
1,300 
371, 705 
154,305 
63, 652 
28, 293 
80, 292 
38, 425 
113,525 
- - 
Number 
96, 954 
2 
27 

2,183 
395 
5 
o 
1 
20 
Number 
1.627 
299 
6 
250 
5,210 
:,)n 
1,212 
133 
972 
-' 
Number 
533 
2 J 

ii 
281 
25 
1 
10 
3 
Number 
46. 491 
9.937 
100 
1 545 
i. 975 
11,586 
- 
452 
Number 
2,014 
68 


1. 182 
24 

- 
6 
Number 
98.968 
70 
27 

3.345 
414 
29 
2 
26 
26 
Total 
1,264 
704 
5, 892, 563 
99, 58Q 
10. 274 
S99 
135, 360 
3.34S 
102. 937 
The data in table 1 show that in commercial orchards 1.69 percent of the 
trees inspected were found to he Infected with the phony peach disease and 
that in the home orchards 2.17 percent were so infected. 
A new plan of action was put into effect at the beginning of the 1986 held 
season for the purpose of obtaining definite Information as to the extent <>f 
Inspection and the scope of the control problem. For this purpose, four specific 
lines of activity were determined upon: (1) In the Gulf area where Infection 
is prevalent to the extreme western limitation of peach production, nursery- 
environs inspection is receiving first consideration as a preventive measure 
against long-distance spread; (2) Inspection and eradication of diseased trees 
in orchards in this area is also undertaken, the commercial areas receiving 
principal attention; (3) in the lightly Infected states of North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas. Oklahoma, Missouri, ami Illinois, it Is the aim 
to eradicate all known infected t roes, thus preventing, if possible, the northward 
spread of the disease into new areas; (4) a general survey of peach-growing 
areas of Delaware, New Jer ey, Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, 
Ohio, ami Indiana is under way to find ami destroy any scattered infections 
that mighl he present in this region nut heretofore known to he infected. This 
Burvey will also Include those pan - .if the lightly Infected States nut now known 
to he infected with phony peach disease. 
Daring ii" 1 year assistance was given to States in their efforts to determine 
the status .if the disease in ami adjacent to peach growing nurseries and to 
develop practicable methods of culling borer-infested ami borer-Injured trees, 
The absence of the disease within a 1-mile radius of nurseries, or colling at 
digging time, is a certification requirement placed by many states in which the 
peach Industry i< of economic Importance. Federal assistance in this work is 
