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usually the case, and I should not expect it again even in this 

 same orchard. The plantation had been so completely uncared 

 for in respect to such treatment and to tillage, that it was in just 

 the condition to show unequivocally any advantage which had 

 been gained by the spray. Yet marked results in combatting the 

 leaf-blight are so certain, that nearly all the best quince growers 

 in western New York spray their orchards. The experience in 

 this orchard proves that the spread of the disease ma)' be almost 

 wholly stopped even after the leaves are conspicuously marked by 

 it. The disease cannot be said to be cured in the sprayed leaves, 

 but the fungus is no doubt kept from fruiting and it is confined 

 largely to its original points of attack ; and it is not allowed to 

 spread onto the new leaves. It is unwise, of course, to wait un- 

 til the di.sease appears before apph'ing the spray. An application 

 of Bordeaux should be made soon after the blossoms fall, and two 

 or three thereafter at intervals of two or three weeks, for the dis- 

 ease may always be expected. Col. Bowen makes the following 

 statements concerning the experiment in his orchard : 



I consider the experiment in my quince orchard really mar- 

 velous, as do other fruit growers — some of whom visited it several 

 times during the summer and also at picking time. The fruit on 

 the rows of trees spraj-ed was quite perfect, being as a rule free 

 from black specks, and of extraordinary size, some weighing a 

 pound each, and one barrel containing less than 200 quinces sold 

 in Albany for $6.00. when ordinary fruit was selling for less than 

 half that price- The foliage on the sprayed trees remained on 

 long after the others had fallen. The spray also killed the moss, 

 and the prevalence of red rust was not as great as on the trees not 

 sprayed. Your experiment here will have the effect, I think, to 

 arouse fruit growers to renewed activity next spring in caring for 

 their fruit orchards of every description. 



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Rjist. — Another disease which is nearly always present to a 

 limited extent, and which has attracted much attention during the 

 past season, is the rust. It is w«ll shown in Fig. 10. It is very 

 conspicuous upon the fruit, as it covers the injured portion of the 

 quince with an orange fringe-like growth. The tube-like projec- 

 tions of the fungus contain numerous spores, and when this stage 

 is apparent the fruit is already irrevocably ruined. Sometimes 



