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4 GEORGE V., A. f9U 



As raspberry cane blight is rather prevalent and destructive in some parts of the 

 district, an experiment was begun on the control of this disease by spraying. All the 

 dead and diseased canes were removed and late in the autumn the field was sprayed 

 with Bordeaux. This spraying will be continued next spring. 



A fatal case of mushroom poisoning in the city of St. Catharines and reports of 

 several others in the vicinity led to the investigation of the cause. There appears to 

 be an exceptionally large number of the very poisonous Amanita phalloides in all the 

 surrounding woods, and this is sometimes mistaken for the edible Lepiota naucina, 

 also very abundant. In order to point out the distinguishing features of these, an 

 exhibit of them, along with other edible and poisonous fungi, was placed in a shop 

 window with very satisfactory results. 



All the meetings of the Local Fruit-Growers' Association in December and March 

 were attended, and at each a short address was given, setting forth the work the 

 Station purposes to carry on, and dealing with some diseases of timely interest. An 

 address was also given in November to the Teachers' Convention at St. Catharines 

 on the nature of plant diseases and their treatment. 



W. A. McCUBBIN, 



Assistant in Plant Pathology. 



