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the palate of man. And as he rejoices in the perfect workings of 

 nature, in the same degree he is made to sorrow when she is defaced 

 or her plans thwarted. 



It is the object of this paper to point out or cill attention to one 

 particular source of sorrow and disappointment to the horticulturist. 

 I refer to anthracuose. When one becomes aware that his raspberry 

 patch is being attacked by this insidious enemy, and that sooner or 

 later his early Tylers, his robust Ohios and choice Greggs must fall a 

 prey to it, he is filled with a combination of bewilderment, uncertainty, 

 sorrow and disappointment. Under the cloud though one be at this 

 discovery, it is not wisdom to jump at once to the conclusion that fruit 

 growing "don't pay." In all busines we must have our "downs "as 

 well as " up8,"and he who frets and fumes and gives up when adversity 

 comes, will never enjoy prosperity in any business. 



God said to man in the beginning, " Have dominion over the fish 

 of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over 

 all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the 

 earth." Surely anthracuose must be included in the things enumerated 

 here; for I think all who have had any experience with it will agree 

 with me that it leads everything in that line. Its approach is so stealthy 

 that its presence is scarcely ever detected until it has become so wide- 

 spread and deep-seated as to defy all attempts at eradicating it. I have 

 known several patches of raspberries badly affected with anthracuose, 

 the presence of which the owners were in total ignorance of. Such, 

 also, has been the observation of Dr. Collier in the bean-fields of 

 New York. He says that many thousands of dollars are annually lost 

 to the farmers of that state by the ravages of this disease in the bean- 

 iBelds alone. I have no doubt but this disease is pretty well dissemi- 

 nated throughout most sections of our State, as well as most other 

 states. 



It has been thought by some that the red raspberry was exempt 

 from anthracnose, but G. W. McCleur, Assistant Horticulturist of the 

 Illinois Experiment station, in Bulletin No. 30, claims that it, too, is 

 liable to attack. I think, however, that it offers more resistance than 

 the black. In fact, I have never seen any reds affected by it except 

 Shaffer's Colossal. Perhaps it would be well to give a short history 

 or outline of this disease for the benefit of any who may not be ac- 

 quainted with it. 



Anthrdcnose is a fungus disease, affecting the grape, the raspberry 

 and the bean. It attacks the berry, the leaf and the young shoots of 

 the grape in the shape of a hard, dry, brown spot or scab. In the 

 raspberry it attacks the cane with numerous light-colored scabs or 



