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fungicides. We have already cleaned out and burned 

 canes and the trimmings in our diseased plantations, and 

 spring we shall begin the use 

 of fungicides. We shall spray 

 before growth begins with sul- 

 phate of iron (about i lb. to 

 the gallon), and shall follow 

 with Bordeaux mixture or car- 

 bonate of copper, or both, after 

 the leaves appear. We have 



the old 

 early in 



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Fig. 9. — Anthracnose of Raspberry. 

 already (early in August) sprayed part of our bushes with Bordeaux 

 mixture, but this is simply an experiment, and we do not look for 

 very profitable results, as the spores have mostly disappeared at 

 this season. But there is every reason to expect that the disease 

 can be held in check by timely treatment. The value of any 

 treatment will be greatly enhanced if the diseased canes are cut 

 and burned as soon as done fruiting. 



The strawberry blight (Sphavclla fragarice ; known also as 



