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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

> Hello. I have a Reliance Peach, Zone Five. The leaves have a disease of some
> kind. They are curling turning brown and dropping. On some of them is a
> bright red fungus. What might be the problem and what suggestions do folks
> have for attacking it? Thanks. Waite Maclin, Maine.
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Sounds like peach leaf curl, Taphrina deformans, to me.  Lime-sulfur spray
is the most common treatment for it here in Oregon, where the disease is
very common.