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trees. On the same tree and even on the same branch one could 
find fruits of all sizes from one-half inch in length up to normal 
fruits having a circumference of about eight inches. (Plates 
II-V). The majority of them were smaller than a normal peach 
pit. For the most part the little fruits were normal in color and 
free from rot. However, some of the smallest were somewhat 
shriveled. Nearly all of them below the size of a walnut could 
be cut, without much difficulty, directly through the pit, which 
was abnormally small and rather soft. Fruits of this size were 
usually without any kernel in the pit. Those which were one- 
half to two-thirds normal size often had pits with kernels which 
had partially developed and then decayed. Frequently the 
cavity was filled with gum. The little fruits were often mis- 
shapen. Many were double and some triple. 
It is not unusual to find unfertilized peach fruits in, the spring, 
little woolly things which fall early in the season in what is 
called the “June drop.” The wnusual feature of the present 
ease is the fact that the unfertilized fruits hung on the trees 
until ripening time and some of them made considerable growth. 
Had they fallen at the usual time they would not have attracted 
attention, but it would simply have been said that the fruit did 
not set well. 
Why this particular orchard should behave in this way is not 
clear. So far as can be learned the orchard has received no unu- 
sual treatment which would account for such a condition. That 
it was partly due to some peculiarity of the variety is shown by 
the fact that trees of other varieties, viz., Old Mixon, Stevens 
Rareripe, Hill Chili, Smock, Stump and Elberta, which were 
intermingled with the Globe trees, all bore a full crop and with 
the exception of Elberta none of them showed any sign of the 
trouble. Elberta showed a little of it. Still it cannot be wholly 
a question of varieties, because last year the same trees bore a 
full crop of fine fruit; and the owner has never before noticed 
any of the trouble. 
Most of ihe trees were in a fair condition of general health. 
For the most part the leaves were dark green and there haé been 
a fairly good growth of new wood. Last year there was a full 
