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depending upon the prevalence of the worms. A second application 

 two weeks later will keep the bushes free from the currant worms and 

 also save the foliage from the attack of the mildew and leaf blight, both 

 of which are quite troublesome. For the varieties of the English goose- 

 berry, however, it will be well in the work of spraying to use liver of 

 sulphur at the rate of three ounces in ten gallons of water every ten 

 days up to the time the fruit is ripe. 



Some of the varieties of strawberries are also much injured by leaf 

 blight. This can be greatly helped if the vines are sprayed with Bor- 

 deaux mixture just before the blossoms open. This will not only reduce 

 the amount of blight upon the foliage but will ward off its attack upon 

 the fruit stalks. As they are very slender, the stalks and the fruit 

 borne upon them are destroyed by very small spots. 



Agi'icultural College, Mich., March is, 1907. 



