Show Diseased Trees Show Decline By ny Lawrence C. C Davis navis County Agricultural l Agent The annual peach mosaic in inspection in in- at the time of this writing writing writ ing is better than half halt finished A total of or 26 trees have been re removed re- re moved According to the number of Infected trees found so far in proportion to the total trees it ii appears that the number of trees Infected with peach mosaic will vill willbe willbe be considerably less than last year Most of the properties In Inspected inSpected inspected in- in to date are arc the ones found hi highly Infected In past tears years ears and these are arc the properties properties properties proper proper- ties where the 26 diseased trees were found It Is not expected that many additional trees willbe will willbe willbe be found Infected with mosaic The peach mosaic Lion tion completed today todar showed only 3 32 Infected trees In the valley compared with 69 last year A total of trees trets were Inspected as the inspection Is finished Last year a total of 51 it trees were found infected on a first inspection It appears that satis factory progress is being made in 10 In th me Vi ne c control o nt n t f- f ro 1 t of UI this t-l- t JI 2 in 10 th me Vi ne c control o nt n t f- f ro 1 t of UI this t-l- t JI 2 disease L The only hot spot found so I far this year in the valley was on the Jack Loveridge property where 12 trees were removed According to Max Sisson an employee employee employee em em- of the bureau of plant quarantine U. U S. S department of agriculture who agriculture who is one of the foremost authorities on oa peach mosaic in the western states states- this is due to the close proximity of clingstone variety of peaches Mr Sisson states that in the Palisade and Grand Junction ar areas areas ar- ar of western Colorado whenever whenever whenever when when- ever clingstone seedling and other other other oth oth- er off-brands off of peaches occur that is where these hot spots of infected trees are usually found The seedling clingstone and other of off kinds of peaches I are carriers of mosaic though the Ithe disease does not show up on these trees Therefore they art are left in the orchards spreading the disease year after year Anyone interested in the growIng grow grow- ling lag of peaches therefore would be wise to stay away from all varieties off-varieties of peaches and stick to the standard Elberta and J. J II H Hale In nearly every case In Moab where we have found in infection in- in of trees in the same orchard orchard or- or I chard year aft after r year we have been able to trace it either tc seedling peaches nearby or to to some of the varieties off including ing clingstones The following personnel are arc participating in this years year's Inspections in inspections inspections In- In Mr Sisson of the U. U S. S department of agriculture Earl Hutch Drew Jorgensen Del Blanchard Ray Whiting Win Davis and Bob Mangum representing representing representing the state department of of agriculture and these local men Glen Holyoak Jesse Holyoak Gilbert Holyoak Pete Stocks Cleone Spencer L. L B. B Perry and Lawre Lawrence C. C Davis |