428 TtEroRT ok the Horticulturist of the 



potassium Piil})liidc for two gallons of water. This treatment is 

 repeated at intervals of from seven to ten days depending on the 

 amount of rain that comes to wash off the applications. After the 

 fruit is marketed spraying is no- longer resorted to, although the 

 mildew may continue through the season on the ends of growing 

 shoots. 



SUN SCALD. 



The ripening fruit of the gooseberry is liable to sun scald. The 

 skin at first has a bleached appearance and afterwards the fruit 

 shrivels and drops. The conditions which bring about this trouble 

 are not well understood. It sometimes causes serious loss. 



Remedy. — The only remedy known at present is to pick the 

 fruit wdiile it is green, i. e., unripe. 



GOOSEBERKY INSECTS. 



The saw flics which attack the gooseberry are of the same species 

 at those which are found on the currant. See page 426. 



GRAPE DISEASES. 



The various prominent vineyard diseases of the State, with the 

 exception of the anthracnose, may be controlled by spraying ac- 

 cording to directions given for treating the black rot, page 430. 



ANTHRACNOSE. 



{S pliaceloma ampelinuni DeBy.) 



Description. — This disease attacks any tender portions of the 

 growing vine. When the leaves are affected dark spots are first 

 formed 07i their surface. As the disease advances these spots en- 

 large, and irregular cracks are often formed through the dead 

 tissue. Erequently many of these small cracks run together, form- 

 ing a long irregular slit through the leaf. Similar marks are 

 formed on the tender shoots, though they are not so noticeable. 

 When the fruit is attacked the disease is sometimes called bird's- 

 eye rot. Circular spots are formed on the surface of the berry. 



