. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE DISEASES OF FRUITS. 225 by the premature ripening of the fruit which, enlarging to more than the normal size, takes on an unnatural spotting of purplish and red, with the flesh streaked with pink. The fruit when apparently mature is bitter in taste and worthless. This " forcing," as it is sometimes called, may be confined to a. Fig. 285.—A four-year-old Peach-tree, with yellows showing as "brooms" or " pennyroj'al sprouts
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. THE DISEASES OF FRUITS. 225 by the premature ripening of the fruit which, enlarging to more than the normal size, takes on an unnatural spotting of purplish and red, with the flesh streaked with pink. The fruit when apparently mature is bitter in taste and worthless. This " forcing," as it is sometimes called, may be confined to a. Fig. 285.—A four-year-old Peach-tree, with yellows showing as "brooms" or " pennyroj'al sprouts " upon the main branches. (From Smith.) few fruits upon the tree or a single branch; but when at its worst the whole crop is highly colored, full-sized, and soft some weeks before the natural time for maturing. The trees show the disease even before they come into bear- ing, and of course in years when there is no fruit other char- acteristics than the prematuring need to be considered. The yellows is recognized in the tree itself by the presence of small shoots that spring from the main branches and bear long, nar- 15. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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