Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . , vigorous trees. Nocure is known, and the exact nature of the diseasehas not 3et been determined. In bearing trees thepremature ripening of the fruit is one of the first THE PEACH 99. indications of the presence of yellows, says B. Such fruits are also highly colored, pos-sessing red spots and streakswhich often extend from thesurface to the pit. the fleshbeing marbled and streakedwith red. The buds formed dur-ing the summer, for growth thenext season, are also sometimespr
Biggle orchard book : fruit and orchard gleanings from bough to basket : gathered and packed into book form . , vigorous trees. Nocure is known, and the exact nature of the diseasehas not 3et been determined. In bearing trees thepremature ripening of the fruit is one of the first THE PEACH 99. indications of the presence of yellows, says B. Such fruits are also highly colored, pos-sessing red spots and streakswhich often extend from thesurface to the pit. the fleshbeing marbled and streakedwith red. The buds formed dur-ing the summer, for growth thenext season, are also sometimesprematurely unfolded. But themost characteristic feature isthe growth of bunches ofslender, twiggy branches dur-ing the summer and autumn, from the crotches andupon the older branches. These wiry shoots bearnarrow sickly leaves of a yellow color, and, beingproduced in clusters, give a characteristic appear-ance to infected trees. Yellows laws, requiringthe prompt destruction and burning of infected trees,are strictly enforced in most peach localities, and inthis way the disease has, of late years, been success-fully held in check. Complete Sprayixg System.—A combinationsystem for fungi and most insects would be about asfollows : First spray, full-strength Bordeaux-arsenicalmixture just
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