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REMEDY FOK ROT. 



No section of the State reports any satisfactory remedy for rot. 



BAOGIN<{ URAPES. 



Correspondents from all sections report good results from bagging, if 

 done in time. 



ROT ON THE LOWER WIRES. 



All sections report the grapes as suffering most from rot on the lower 

 wires of the trellis. 



LIGHT AND HEAVY lOLIAGE. 



Sixty-live per cent, report the rot worse wliere the foliage is heavy, and 

 85 per cent, where light. 



REMEDY FOR MILDEW. 



Nothing but bagging has been tried with success. 



STRAWBERRIES, 



In Northern Illinois the acreage for market purposes next spring will 

 be 44 per cent, less than this season; in Central, 14 per cent, less, and in 

 Southern. 24 per cent. less. 



CONFIDENCE IN STRAWBERRY CULTURE. 



In the Northern and Central districts there has been no loss of confidence 

 in the business, and the decrease in acreage must be attributed to other 

 causes; in the Southern district, 44 per cent, of the growers still keep up 

 their courage while 56 per cent, have lost confidence. 



FARMERS AND STRAWBERRIES. 



In the North 21 per cent, of the farmers grow strawberries for family 

 use; in the Center, 19 per cent.; and in the South, 15 per cent. 



BEST VARIETIES. 



(^rescent, Downing, Sharpless and Wilson are the only varieties gener- 

 ally recommended for either market or family use in any portion of the 

 State. 



RASPBERRIE.S. 



In Northern Illinois the acreage of raspberries has increased 23 i)ercent. 

 in the last three years; in Central, 20 per cent.; and in Southern, 20 per cent. 



BLACK VARIETIES. 



CJregg and Mammoth Cluster are the favorites in all sections of the 

 tState. 



RED VARIETIES. 



Turner and (iitiibert are the favorite red varieties throughout the 

 istate. 



