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NURSERY DISEASES. 



2. Of the diseases mentioned, please name the worst three. 



3. In each of the above cases, give, if possible, the percentage of the crop 

 injured, stating the basis upon which you make your estimate. 



4. What remedies, if any, have been used for plant diseases in your locality? 



5. With what success have these been used? 



6. Have any new or unusual diseases appeared; if so, give description, 

 amount of damage done, and any other items concerning them. 



F. C. STEWART, 

 F. A. TABER, 

 E. W. BARNES, 

 P. W. KING, 

 L. E. COVERT, 



Committee. 



MAGNITUDE OF THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. 



Fruit growing is one of tlie leading industries throughout the 

 whole district. In several localities it is practiced to the exclusion 

 of all other branches of agriculture. The most prominent of these 

 special fruit growing localities is in the southeastern part of Ulster 

 County around Marlboro, IMilton and highland. 



The fruits grown extensively are apples, cherries, currants, 

 grapes, peaches, pears, raspben-ies and strawberries. There are 

 several commercial plantations of gooseberries, blackberries and 



