THE PLUM LEAF-RUST 



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until quite recently. An account of the Ohio experiments 

 mentioned above will be found in the Bulletin of the 

 Ohio Experiment Station for December, 1891 (v. lY, 

 pp. 216-217), and of the nursery experiments in the 

 Journal of Mycology {v. VII, No. 3). 



FIG. 34. SPRAYIXG FOR PLUM LEAF-BT.IGHT. 



The Plum Leaf = rust ' 



Puccinia j^^uni-spinoscB 

 This is a disease somewhat similar to the last. 

 Leaves affected by it become spotted with reddish above, 

 and yellowish-brown below, and when the attack is se- 

 vere the trees may be defoliated. The remedial treat- 

 ment is the same as for the leaf -blight. 



