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of great value to New York fruit-growers. With varieties of fruit 

 like the apple, which require several years after th<^ seed is planted 

 before coming* into bearing, progress by systematic breeding in 

 this direction must be quite slow. In the meantime there appears 

 to be no way of protecting the orchards against the attacks of the 

 apple scab fungus which is so certain to give satisfactory results 

 as spraying thoroughly with the Bordeaux mixture. 



