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An occasional specimen of rose chafer {Macrodactylus siihspinosus) 

 was disposed of in connection with curculio, by jarring and handpicking. 



The cool, moist weather of this region in the spring, due to the prevailing 

 lake winds of that season, are apparently very favorable to the development 

 of curled leaf ( Taphrina deformans), which was more than usually prev- 

 alent throughout this region. The peach trees upon the station grounds, 

 however, were but slightly affected, owing, apparently, to a thorough 

 spray of a solution of one pound of copper sulphate in twenty-five gallons 

 of water. 



The fungus {SphcBrotheca pajinosa?) which attacks the foliage an(J 

 young shoots of the serrate-leaved varieties in summer, also yields to the 

 spray of copper sulphate and to the Bordeaux mixture, though it some- 

 times reappears later in the season upon the more recent growths, which 

 occur after sprayings have ceased. 



The preliminary general spray, consisting of one pound of copper sul- 

 phate in twenty-five gallons of water, was applied to peaches March 19 to 21. 



Peaches received a spray on May 23, consisting of four pounds each of 

 copper sulphate and lime, in thirty-two gallons of water. 



Peaches were included in the general jarring for curculio, but so few 

 were found upon the peaches that they were soon omitted. Jarring was 

 commenced May 22. 



On June 9 a third and final spray was applied to peaches, consisting 

 of four pounds copper sulphate and three pounds lime, with three ounces 

 of Paris green in forty- two gallons of water. 



The last copious rain of the season occurred on June 26. In early 

 July it became necessary to haul water from the river to be applied to 

 newly planted trees, some of which were beginning to suffer from the 

 extreme heat and lack of moisture. This was done by digging a slight 

 trench about the tree, filling it with water, and replacing the earth after 

 the water had been absorbed. The drouth, which continued with little 

 intermission till October, rendered the continuation of such watering 

 necessary till nearly that date. 



Abbreviations occurring in the several columns in the following table, 

 are explained in connection with the heading. 



In cases of uncertainty as to origin, the source whence a variety was 

 received is the one given. 



Clings are thus designated. The word free is only applied to avoid 

 ambiguity. Neither word is to be understood as part of the name. 



In many cases names of fruits are simplified in compliance with modern 

 rules of pomology. In occasional cases objectionable portions of names 

 are given in parenthesis. 



Descriptions of fruits now in bearing are omitted in the tabulation, and 

 given instead in subsequent notes. 



