A rHUlT-DISEASE SUEYEY OF THE HUD- 

 SOK YALLEY IN 1899.* 



r. C. Stewakt and F. II. Blodgett. 



SUMMARY. 



This bulletin contains an account of tlie fruit diseases occurring 

 in the Hudson Valley in 1899. The various diseases are con- 

 sidered indiidduallj with reference chiefly to their distribution 

 and the amount of damage done; but descriptions and additional 

 notes have been given wherever it has been thought that they 

 would be of interest either to the fruit-grower or the vegetable 

 pathologist. 



The data have been obtained by two methods: (1) From replies 

 to letters of inquiry sent to fruit-growers, and (2) From personal 

 observations made by the authors. 



The season has been an unusually dry one and as a consequence 

 fruit of all kinds has been remarkably free from disease. Some 

 of the diseases usually very common and destructive have, this 

 season, done little or no damage. 



Apples have suffered from no disease — not even from scab. 

 Kust has been the worst disease of blackberries. It has a tendency 

 to reduce the number of prickles. Cherries have suffered most 

 from fruit-rot which has been severe in a few localities. In the 

 Hudson Valley black knot is common on the cultivated cherries but 

 does not occur on the wild black cherry. Cane blight has been 

 the worst disease of currants. In the Hudson Valley it is not 



Eeprint of Bulletin No. 167 



