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examination was made, and all canes showing indications of anthracnose 

 were cut out and burned. 



On April 1 to 3 last, the plants received a spray of Bordeaux. 



Again, on April 24 and 25, they were sprayed with reduced Bordeaux, 

 using 32 gallons of water and adding two ounces of Paris green. 



A final spray was given on May 8 and 9, using two pounds of copper 

 sulphate with one and one half pounds of lime in 22 gallons of water, 

 and adding two ounces of Paris green. 



As the apparent result of these several sprayings, with the removal of 

 the previously diseased canes, scarcely a trace of fungus has at any time 

 during the season appeared upon blackberries, while, in all cases, satis- 

 factory growths have been made. 



The leaf miner is apparently not amenable to spraying, having proved 

 increasingly troublesome this season, confining its attacks almost wholly 

 to the blackberry. 



BLACKBERRIES— (flM6its villosus). 



Notices are appended of some of the older varieties, with their per- 

 formance during the current year, together with a few of the more recent 

 introductions. 



Agawam has been fruited here for several years. It has rarely, if ever, 

 sufPered injury from the lake shore winters. It is productive, and the 

 fruit is large and excellent. It is eminently worthy of a place in the home 

 plat. 



