. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. June drop of Peaches. The leavescurl, or become puckered, early in the season, andsoon die. Experiments have demonstrated that a thor-ough spraying with full-strength Bordeaux mixture justbeifore the buds swell in spring is very nearly a spe-cific. If long-continued wet weather foll
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. June drop of Peaches. The leavescurl, or become puckered, early in the season, andsoon die. Experiments have demonstrated that a thor-ough spraying with full-strength Bordeaux mixture justbeifore the buds swell in spring is very nearly a spe-cific. If long-continued wet weather follows, it may beadvisable to spray again, when the petals have fallen,with Bordeaux mixture, consisting of 2 pounds of cop-per sulfate, 2 pounds of quick-lime, and 50 gallons ofwater. If the weather of April and early May is warmand dry, this .second spraying will be unnecessary. Forfull account of Peach curl, see Newton B. Pierce, , Div. Veg. Phys. and Path., U. S. Dept. Agric, 1900(pp. 204). Little Peach is a recent disease which has appearedin Michigan and western New York. It is ordinarilycharacterized by the Peaches remaining small and hard,the trees losing vigor and the leaves becoming a time the tree dies. It seems to spread whenonce established in an orchard. The cause of the diili-. 1669. View in a young Michigan Peach orchard. culty is quite unknown. By some it is thought to bedue to a root fungus. Others have associated it withdry seasons, the lack of fertility in the soil, overbearingand other exhausting processes. It has every appear-ance, however, of being a distinct disease. No remedyis yet known. Growers are advised to pull out the treesand burn them as if they had yellows. Some growersthink that they can overcome the disease partially orwholly by liberal applications of nitrogenous fertilizersand by extra attention to tillage. All these questions,however, yet remain to be demonstrated. Fruit-rot and twig-blight, due to the fungus Monillafructif
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