. Diseases of fruit crops in the United States in 1920. Fruit Diseases and pests United States. 70. Fig. 13- i^stiirated percentage loss frcrn trov/n ret of peach, l^^O. I.'cCuttin reported as high as ^% of tlossoms billed ty tlight in scrrie orchards in southeastern Pennsylvania. Delaware, according to I '.anns, also suffered from tloEson tlight and many cankers v/ere ohstrved on the twigs. Kains late in the season caused consideratle fruit infection, had more rot tnan usual, causing consideratle tlosson: tv.'ig tlight. In Vir^iiiia tlossom tlight did not cause nearly as nu
. Diseases of fruit crops in the United States in 1920. Fruit Diseases and pests United States. 70. Fig. 13- i^stiirated percentage loss frcrn trov/n ret of peach, l^^O. I.'cCuttin reported as high as ^% of tlossoms billed ty tlight in scrrie orchards in southeastern Pennsylvania. Delaware, according to I '.anns, also suffered from tloEson tlight and many cankers v/ere ohstrved on the twigs. Kains late in the season caused consideratle fruit infection, had more rot tnan usual, causing consideratle tlosson: tv.'ig tlight. In Vir^iiiia tlossom tlight did not cause nearly as nuch loss as in the northern states according to rromi'ne. Fi-uit rot was only moderately severe. Giddin^s stated that the loss in W'est Virginia consisted mostly in the rotting of x'ruit ..hich v/as rather tad and worse thrm last year. Carolina suffered ircm fruit rot than from tlossom tlight. The most severe losses from any state were reported from Georgia, where the curculio v/as very destructive ana thus increased the loss from trown rot on the fruit. In many parts of the state 50f' of the crop v/as lost. There was also some deina£e from twig tlight. j/ississiopi, according to Heal, had more brown rot and tv-ig aiid tlossom tlight were prevalent. The peach cro. 'most an entire failure on account of the April freeze. This wss alro . â :..?.i^ and Kansas, where the tuds v/erc far ericugh adveinced to te ii^jLi ed, Lit-':ie trown rot developed in this secticn on th.^ few peaches left, '.'alleau in Kentucky reported some ti: ;:nt v;:" ^.h little rot on early frui t tut severe losses from rot on the late varieties on account of rainy weather. Twig blight was very sevtr^ in Ten' according to Hebler. In some orchards 75^^ of the twigE were a-^feoted. There \.'as also some tlossom tlight and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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