100 Repokt of the Botanist of the 



quinces. Plums are gl•o^vn to a considerable extent, but not so 

 much as formerly. Apricots and dewbemes are rare. 

 There are but few nurseries in the district. 



GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS, 



Fruits generally have been remarkably free from diseases of 

 all sorts.^ IvTearly all fruit growers mth whom we have talked 

 upon the subject say that all fruits have been freer from disease the 

 past season than for many years. There has not been an epidemic 

 of any disease and some of the common destructive diseases have 

 been almost entirely absent. Fruit diseases have been conspic- 

 uous by their scarcity. Consequently, quite as much is said in 

 this bulletin about what has not been found as what has been 

 found. 



It is to be regretted that a thorough survey of fruit diseases in 

 the Hudson Valley was not made in 1898. The season of 1898 was 

 very Avet and frait diseases generally were unusually destructive. 

 A comparison of the two seasons Avould be instructive. 



The rejDlies to questions two and six of the circular letter were 

 so few and so unsatisfactory that they have not been considered. 

 The replies to questions four and five indicate that Bordeaux mix- 

 ture, although used to a considerable extent, is not in as general 

 use as it should be. 



APPLE DISEASES. 



In quantity, the apple crop of 1899 was, perhaps, no more than 

 an average one; but the fruit was remarkably fair, being un- 

 usually free from blemishes of all sorts. iN^evertheless, apples 

 have not kept well. This is due partly to the warm autumn^ and 

 partly to the fact that the fruit ripened prematurely. Certain 

 winter varieties, for example Baldwins and Greenings, have in 

 some cases behaved more like late fall varieties. 



4 This statement does not apply to insect injuries. 



5 It is believed by some that the very heavy frost on October 3 (25° at Honey- 

 mead Brook, 27° at Wappinger's Falls), seriously injured the keeping qual- 

 ities of apples. 



