. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ater (Fig. 149). The trouble is usuallycontrolled without special effort while spraying orchards withfungicides for other diseases such as brownrot and scab. Peach Scab is a serious disease of the peachin some sections. It affects the fruit andcauses it to harden and split on one side, andthe twigs turn brown. This makes them re-semble an attack of twig blight on apples. The campaig
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. ater (Fig. 149). The trouble is usuallycontrolled without special effort while spraying orchards withfungicides for other diseases such as brownrot and scab. Peach Scab is a serious disease of the peachin some sections. It affects the fruit andcauses it to harden and split on one side, andthe twigs turn brown. This makes them re-semble an attack of twig blight on apples. The campaign just described for the controlof brown rot disease will be effective in thecontrol of scab. Peach Yellows.—This disease is difficult torecognize. Its cause is not known. Symptomswhich indicate the disease are: (1) Red,spotted character of the fruit; the spots andred lines of flesh beneath them are scattered,and appear on one side before they do on theother. (2) Premature ripening and unevenripeness of fruit. (3) Bitter and insipid tasteof such fruits. (4) Tip growth of small yel-lowish leaves from terminal buds. These leaves are stiff, narrow,and stand outward from the stem. These tip growths may appear. Fig. 149.—Peach leafcurl disease which at-tacks branches of cherry,peach and plum. 220 THE PEACH ORCHARD late in the season. (5) Stiff-leaved, yellowish shoots from thebody of the tree. These may become dense tufts. (6) Small,slender growth of all new wood (Fig. 150), with narrow, smallleaves. These may be yellow or reddish in color. (7) Death ina few years.
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