. Manual of fruit diseases . Fruit. PEACH DISEASES 271 in Georgia are the Carman, Early Crawford and others. Ob- servations on the question of varietal resistance need to be extended. The average annual loss to the peach-growers of this country because of brown-rot is placed at $5,000,000. For the year 1900 Georgia growers are said to have lost from $500,000 to $700,000, and the average annual loss is estimated to be not less than 40 per cent. Again, in 1909 the loss of peaches due to brown-rot in Georgia, with only one-third of an a^'erage crop, is said to have reached $1,000,- 000. Almost a
. Manual of fruit diseases . Fruit. PEACH DISEASES 271 in Georgia are the Carman, Early Crawford and others. Ob- servations on the question of varietal resistance need to be extended. The average annual loss to the peach-growers of this country because of brown-rot is placed at $5,000,000. For the year 1900 Georgia growers are said to have lost from $500,000 to $700,000, and the average annual loss is estimated to be not less than 40 per cent. Again, in 1909 the loss of peaches due to brown-rot in Georgia, with only one-third of an a^'erage crop, is said to have reached $1,000,- 000. Almost a total loss of the peach-crop is re- ported from Ala- bama in 1897, and similar losses occur in other southern states. While in the northern states and in Canada peach- growers do not experience any such calamities, yet these regions are by no means exempt from the disease, and in some years the outbreak is severe. The loss from this disease is not limited to the fruit-growers, but is felt by the transportation companies, the commission men and the con- sumers. A shipment of fruit which shows great promise as it leaves the orchard may reach the market in a worthless condition. The disease is destructive in one or more of the following ways: (1) blossoms may be blighted, destroying. Fig. 71. — Brown-rot on 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 Hesler, L. R. (Lexemuel Ray); Whetzel, Herbert Hice, 1877-1944. New York : Macmillan
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