New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 229 
RECOVERY OF SOME TREES. 
Specific mention of the recovery of some trees under observation 
will be interesting as showing how unreliable the early appear- 
ance of a tree is as an indication of the extent of the injury. 
On the farm at Milton, previously referred to, many of the 
old peach trees growing in the bottoms of the “hollows” were 
examined in March when the bark and wood of both trunk and 
limbs were found to be black or very dark brown. On many of 
these trees the bark of the trunk could easily be pulled from the 
wood. They were thought to be dead beyond any question by 
all who examined them. 
When these trees were examined in June they were in fairly 
good condition, there was a good crop of foliage of good size and 
color, and a Jayer of new wood had formed over the old discolored 
one in the trunk and limbs. 
At an examination the last of September, the trees were in even 
better condition than in June, and a good many vigorous fruit 
buds had formed. 
In June, 1905, most of these trees were in nearly normal con- 
dition. They hada good crop of large and strong colored foliage 
and a large crop of fruit. 
At Marlboro, an orchard of Kieffer pear trees growing upon low 
ground was examined in March, and the bark and wood were 
discolored black all through. The trees were thought to be dead 
by all whe examined them. Late in September these trees had a 
fair crop of fruit (though undersized) and the bark and wood 
contained many brown streaks, but had made a remarkable recoy- 
ery. On one tree examined, a layer of new wood 5 millimetres 
thick had grown over the discolored layer. 
These trees were examined again in June, 1905, and most of 
them found to be in splendid condition. The foliage was good 
size and color, a good new growth was being made and there was 
a large amount of fruit set. 
In an orchard of Bartlett pear trees about 15 years old at Mid- 
dle Hope many of the trees were considered to be ruined by all 
who examined them in March. In September, they were in good 
condition, had a good amount of foliage and a fair crop of fruit, 
and the old discolored wood was overgrown with a layer of new 
wood. 
