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In some eases the yield of fruit was reduced one-half. This 

 unusual outbreak furnished an excellent opportunity for the 

 study of the disease. It has been discovered that the fungus 

 attacks not only the foliage, but also the fruit, fruit stems and 

 canes; that some varieties, notably Wilder and Prince Albert, 

 are very resistant to the disea^se; and that plants in high situa- 

 tions on dry soil are more affected than those growing in low 

 situations on moist soil. There is no cause for alarm. It is 

 improbable that the disease will continue to be destructive, but 

 in case it should do so it can probably be controlled by spraying 

 with Bordeaux mixture. 



Trouble icith pears in a nursery cellar. — The Station Botanist 

 has investigated a case in which pear trees stored in a nursery 

 cellar were severely injured by being thawed too quickly. The 

 sand around the roots of the trees had become frozen and to 

 facilitate the removal of the trees a small wood fire was built 

 to thaw the sand. The tops of 25,000 trees were blackened and 

 killed. Had the trees been thawed very gradually it is prob- 

 able that no injury would have resulted. 



Cherry shot-Jiole fungus. — Heretofore it has been sui^posed that 

 the common shot-hole fungus of plums and cherries, Cylindro- 

 sporiiim padi, confines its attacks to the leaves; but during the 

 past season the discovery has been made that, on sour cherries, 

 it also attacks the fruit pedicels with great severity. This dis- 

 covery is of scientific interest chiefly and has no important bear- 

 ing on the treatment of the disease. 



Anthracnose of cultivated snapdragon. — Our last report con- 

 tained an account of a destructive anthracnose affecting tlie 

 Antirrhinum or cultivated snapdragon. Recently it has been 

 discovered that the same disease attacks the yellow toad-flax, 

 Linarla vulgaris, a common weed closely related to the Antir- 

 rhinum. This fact makes the prevention of the disease some- 

 what more difficult than we have supposed it to be. 



Imperfect fertilization of peaches. — Througli imi)erfect fertiliza- 

 tion of peach blossoms there may come about a condition some- 

 what resembling the dreaded " little peach " disease. However, 



