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Leaf blight has been reported from a few localities, but does not 

 appear to have been serious except in a few cases where it was 

 evidently caused by spraying. At Yorktown, Japan plums were 

 observed which were severely" shot holed " by spraying with care- 

 fully made dilute Bordeaux mixture. 



A correspondent from Stockport, Columbia Co., writes : " The 

 plums, both sprayed and unsprayed, looked well until after the first 

 heavy rain, when, on the trees that had been sprayed, the leaves 

 spotted, turned red and fell off. I think this must have been due 

 to the spray, as the unsprayed trees were not affected." We think 

 that this opinion is correct. 



LEAF CUKL. 



(Exoascus mirahilis Atk.) 



A few shoots of Wild Goose plum affected with this fungus 

 were observed at Tallman^ Eockland Co. 



QUINCE DISEASES. 



FRUIT SPOT AND LEAF BLIGHT. 



(Entomosporium maculaturti Lev.) 



Fruit spot and leaf blight are caused by the same fungus. It 

 is reported to have been abundant in Columbia, Westchester and 

 Orange counties. A correspondent at Ghent dug out all of his 

 bushes because of it. This was quite unnecessary because Bor- 

 deaux mixture would have prevented the disease at a very small 

 cost. 



FIRE BLIGHT. 



{Bacillus amylovorus (Burr.) De Toni.) 



The fire blight on quince is the same as that occurring on pear 

 and apple. It was reported by three correspondents to have oc- 

 curred in small quantity. 



