Jim Bittner, pictured with a tour group in his New York orchard, pulled out 20 acres of peaches when a plum pox-positive tree was found in his orchard. He is worried about Canada dropping its eradication effort. PHOTO BY RICHARD LEHNERT The question of how plum pox should be ­managed has long been subject to international disagreement, but not on the North American continent—until now. Until last year, Canada and the United States were in general agreement. They would attempt to eradicate the disease whenever it appeared. Last year, Canada announced that it would abandon its ten-year-old ­eradication effort and […]