102 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



CO-OPERATION IN THE CONTROL OF FRUIT DIS- 

 EASES IN NEW YORK. 



H. H. Whetzel, Professor of Plant Pathology, Cornell 



University. 



IMPORTANCE OF FRUIT DISEASES IN NEW YORK. 



While the total value of the fruit crops in New York is 

 surpassed by that of hay, grain, potatoes, etc., it is nevertheless 

 a total of sufficiently large proportions to warrant extensive 

 investigations of those diseases which tend annually to reduce 

 it. New York is justly noted for the importance of her fruit 

 industry and the intelligence and enthusiasm of her fruit grow- 

 ers. She has always led in educational efforts for the upbuild- 

 ing of horticulture. A pioneer in the nursery business, she 

 still remains the greatest producer of nursery stock in the United 

 States. She supports today two of the largest fruit growers' 

 associations of this country and her nurserym.en stand high in 

 the councils of the National Nurserymen's Association. In the 

 production of small fruits she has few equals. She is par ex- 

 cellence, the deciduous fruit State of the union. True to their 

 conservative natures her growers do not make the noise of their 

 western competitors, but they have continued to furnish the 

 great bulk of the staple fruits for eastern markets. 



For many years the leader, both in extent and variety of her 

 fruit industries, it is not surprising that the fruit plantings of 

 New York should suffer from a greater variety of diseases than 

 those of most other states, and while New York has led in the 

 development and application of means for their control, the 

 total annual losses to the fruit crops of the State are still 

 enormous. 



Wallace estimated the loss from apple diseases in the State 

 of New York at about three and one-half million rlollars. Our 



