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No deer or groundhog  damage  I have a fence around the garden plus I have no groundhogs in the area. It does look like something ate it but I don't think so because they started out wilting and progressed to this stage. I figured the fly was just taking a breather and landed there to rest but thought I would take a pic anyway. I was thinking some kind of root fungi or virus. Thought I would get others opinion and see if they have had this happen. Mostly sweet peppers are affected. The other thing I failed to mention is the peppers on some of these plants are mushy as well and wilting.

In the past I have had lots of peppers. Usually the deer eat the tops of the plants off but they come back with a vengeance and give me lots of peppers. Last year though the fawns decided to eat the whole plant right as they were just starting flowering. Now this year since the fence has gone up the deer haven't had an easy meal but something else is damaging them.

They were healthy not long ago and then all of the sudden the leaves started to shrivel and the centers wither up and die. We have looked and do not see any insects of any sort. I did see a small orange fly there today. I am wondering if it is fungus of some sort. Any help for next years crop would be appreciated because I fear this years is a bust. The tomatoes are doing great though.

In the pics you can see some have healthy leaves and leaves that looked wilted. Then other plants look as though they have been trimmed almost to the stem..  

Sorry for your loss KittyMommy

I have about two dozen cabbage plants that have small holes in the leaves. Can I put lime on the plants like I do the potatoes to keep the bugs away?

Not sure but better take care of it soon. My Uncle was telling he lost his cabbage plants already. Leaves all ate and they started on the center.

I had one of my best dogs pass back in 2008. It was really devastating to our family as he was a big part of it we had raised him from a pup.  I still think of him often and smile when I think how whenever I was po'd or just plain down he would lift me out of my rut. I now have three that do that and let me tell ya they each have their own little quirks and mannerisms. I can tell you that getting that first dog after old Otis died was very healing and rewarding as we got her from a shelter. Like retired outlaw said you will know when it is time for another and when you do I hope you will think about adopting you definitely can't go wrong.

Sorry for your loss.

I see it is near Cherry Tree just off 219. You may want to stop in at Cherry tree or Burnside and see if there are any historical info also The PA Historical and Museum Commission. the census has a book by Richard L., Forstall Population of the States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, 1996.

Here is some other info for you.

R.Ewing Stiffler in 1947 wrote a paper or

book:A genealogy listing of 325 descendants

of a pioneer family of Pennsylvania "Dutch"

ancestry of Joel B. Yonker(1809-1879) and

Sarah Stiffler(1813-1893).

The Historical Society of Ohio is suspose to

have a copy of it. You may also try the

Historical Society of Blair County,Penna.