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these sprayed trees as it was on any unsprayed trees in the 
neighborhood. The spraying had been done a little too late. 
Fruit Rot (Monilia fructigena P.).—Fruit rot was not destruc- 
tive to medium and late varieties; but on some early varieties 
such as Alexander and Early Rivers it not only destroyed a large 
proportion of the fruit, but also commonly attacked the branches, 
killing them back from six inches to two feet. 
“TaittLp Pracu.”’—In different parts of the State large quan- 
tities of peaches were so small that they were not gathered. 
Such peaches were most plentiful in Niagara County where the 
peach growers believe that they have the genuine Michigan 
“little peach” disease and are much alarmed over it. Some 
large orchards in that county have been ruined by a disease pre- 
senting all the symptoms described by Dr. Smith® and we have 
no doubt that it is the same disease as the one which has lately 
attracted so much attention in Michigan. According to the tes- 
timony of fruit growers the disease has existed in Niagara 
County for at least six, and probably eight, years. It has also 
been known for six years in Monroe County. The “little peach ” 
disease is often confused with the effects of overbearing and 
drought which sometimes appear to produce identically the same 
Symptoms. So far as we can see there is no difference between 
the two except that trees affected with “little peach ” are said 
never to recover from it, while the ill-effects of overbearing may 
pass away. In some cases the small size of the fruit is probably 
the combined effect of disease, overbearing and drought. A 
very large proportion of the so-called “little peaches” in New 
York in 1900 resulted from overbearing and drought and might 
have been prevented by vigorous thinning. 
YeLLows.—Peach yellows is prevalent in Western New York 
and although it is an old trouble there are still many fruit grow- 
ers who do not know the disease. All trees having yellow 
foliage are not affected with yellows. Borers in the trunk, lack 
of cultivation, lack of food, etc., often cause peach foliage to 
Smith, Erwin F. Notes on the Michigan Disease known as “ Little 
Peach”. The Fennville (Mich.) Herald, Oct. 15, 1898. 
