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formula, in spring before the buds begin to open. Some advise 
later sprayings but as the peach foliage is very susceptible to 
injury from the use of spraying mixtures including even Bor- 
deaux mixture, we are not prepared at present to outline a satis- 
factory line of treatment for the foliage. 
LITTLE-PEACH DISEASE. 
This disease appears to have been first described by Taft** in 
March, 1898. In October of the same year Smith® published a 
more extensive account of it. It seems to have been known to 
some extent among peach growers for many years. It is con- 
sidered to be as contagious and as fatal as the yellows.** Dr. 
Smith describes it as a disease in which the peach fruit is from 
one-half to one-third the diameter of healthy fruit, and it may 
ripen from one to two weeks later than the healthy fruit. The 
leaves average, perhaps, one-half normal size and have a sickly 
color. The larger roots appear to be all right but the ultimate 
rootlets appear to be diseased. No fungous parasite has as yet 
been found to be the cause of the trouble. The remedy now 
advocated is the same as for yellows, viz.: Dig out and burn the 
‘diseased trees. 
YELLOWS. 
The best treatment for peach yellows is to dig out and burn the 
‘diseased trees. It has not been found that a healthy tree planted 
where a diseased tree stood is more apt to have the yellows than 
if planted elsewhere, other conditions being similar. Among the 
characteristics of the disease may be mentioned the appearance 
of clusters of willowy shoots, sickly color of the foliage, prema- 
ture ripening of the fruit and red colored spots in the flesh of the 
fruit. 
31 Taft, L. R. Mich. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bul. 155: 303-304. 
32 Smith, E. F. Notes on the Michigan disease known as “ Little Peach.” 
Fennville (Mich.) Herald. Oct. 15, 1898. 
33 Mann, W. T. Proc. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc., 1899: 142. 
84 Robinson, F., and Morrill, R. Proc. W. N. Y. Hort. Soc., 1899: 142. 
