no AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



. For several years we have had reports of a destructive dis- 

 ease of peach trees in the peach sections of Niagara County. It 

 is commonly known among the growers there as the European 

 Canker, affecting the larger limbs of the trees and eventually 

 killing them. The New fane Peach Growers' Association was 

 formed for the purpose of providing an industrial fellowship 

 for the investigation of this and' other diseases of the peach. 

 In less than two years we have been able to demonstrate the 

 cause of the disease and to locate the chief points for attack in 

 its control. 



The past season four nursery companies have united in pro- 

 viding a fellowship fund of $2,600 per year for two years 

 for the maintenance of a fellow and four assistants in the 

 work of studying the diseases of their crops. 



Arrangements are now being completed for a fellowship and 

 field laboratory in Orleans County and also in Clinton County 

 for the investigation and control of apple diseases. 



Under a fellowship established by the Union Sulphur Com- 

 pany in New York City and in cooperation with certain growers 

 who have provided orchards, etc., we have been able to under- 

 take extensive experiments in the investigation of dusting vs. 

 spraying for the control of certain fruit diseases, especially the 

 brown rot of peaches and the apple scab. While neither of these 

 diseases have been abundant since these experiments began, still 

 we have indications of interesting results to be obtained by 

 dusting with sulphur. 



Under a fellowship with the American Steel & Wire Com- 

 pany we have been enabled to make investigations on the use 

 of iron sulphate for the control of certain diseases, especially 

 the raspberry anthracnose. These investigations are not suffi- 

 ciently advanced to warrant conclusions as yet but ample funds 

 are available for settling the question of the fungicidal value of 

 iron sulphate, so 'generally recommended in Europe for cer- 

 tain fruit diseases, especially of the grape. 



These cooperations have not been confined to fruit growers 

 alone. By means of an industrial fellowship and cooperation 

 of local associations of growers we have been able to meet the 

 demand for information and assistance in the control of the 

 hop mildew which broke out three years ago in the hop yards 

 of the State and threatened the industrv. We have met with 



