hididini I'laiil IHscasr.s. \UU 



I'.iii-klinld.T ivp.Mls l.inwii nil. ciiiscil by Scl, n,rnii<i riiicrxi. Ir.mi Knox. 

 (Jilisoii. V.-iiHlcrl.mi:. h;i\irss. (Iicciir. .Muimiii. llcm-\-. .\lniim..iiicr.v. I-loyd. 

 ("liii'k Mini JcnVrsdii coiinlic-. lie \'i>\u\i\ liinwii i-cit worse in llic (ircliniMls 

 .•iITccUmI with tJM" hl;icl< spcil liisc.Msc ;niil .•iccor'din.:; In jiis ohsci-v.-ilions the 

 \:irictics Cluiniiiiun nml C-i i-ni;iii were nmsl M'\crcl\- ;i iTcrtcil. II.-iIc was 

 less sc\crciy atl;ici<c(l. w iiilc the I^'JIiciia variclN was arici-lcl llic least. 

 lOxccpt ill \'aii(lfil)iir.si coiiiit.x' where hrowii rot was the worst. r.nil<liohler 

 found that si>rayiii.i,' coiitroiU'd the (liseas«> I'aiily well. \'ei\- little hi-own 

 rot was found in the crop in tlie 1 )eckt>r r(Vi:ion jirohahl.v lie(an--c (pf tiie care 

 .ulveii to the orchards. 



Scab due to (Iddosjinriuiii (■(iritojiliilinii was unusually picxalent in the 

 Meeker roj^ion and was irenerally present on fruit in local markets. 



l)ie-l)ack attrihuted to Idl.sa l< iicosloiiin was found hy I'.uikholder in 

 ne.iili'ctcd sod orchards in I'.rown. I'.artlioloiiiew. (Ji'eene. (>ran.^e and Haviess 

 counties. 



In the Decker region the hail stcu'in of June L!."! caused severe damage 

 In fruit and limbs. Splittin.i: and hreakini; down of tlie heavily load(Ml trees 

 in one orchard at Decker were attrihuted to I'.tlS-T.l winter in.iury and 

 r.urkliolder reports l!H!»-2(> winter in.iury in Spencer County. 



Fire liliijjht continued its attack rather late into tlie season and was ;reii- 

 erally presejit tliroiijiliout the state. l>eaf infection was noticed at 

 Kni.sjlitstown July G. 



Sooty blotch was noted at Kiiij;litstowii Sei»teinber '2\. I'dack rot caused 

 hy I'Jn/siilnspord ri/doiiiac was rattier ]irevaleiit in the crop about .Moores- 

 ville. 



Brown rot was unusually destructive this year. Plum pockets was re- 

 ported from Delaware county. 



Tipburn or hopperburn was not as se\(>re as in TJT.i aitbougb it caused 

 a heavy loss in the late crop. It seemed to be worse in the central part of 

 the state. Bordeaux sprjiys seemed to control this trouble at I.afa.vette. 



Fusarium wilt was the most serious disease in the northern half of the 

 state and caiised considerable los.s. F. ('. (laylord reports the disease from 

 I'orter. LaPorte. St. Jose]»h. Elkhart. Kosciusko. DeKalb. Tippecanoe. 

 Hancock. Clarion. Owen and Decatur counties. (Iicu'or.v found wilt also 

 in I, a .ur;! 11 fie and Floyd counties. Undoulitedly much of this trouble was due 

 to the use of infected seed. A field test near \'alparaiso showed a marked 

 re.liiction in yield due to the use of infected seed stock. Tliat soil infesta- 

 tion is responsible for much of the wilt is indicated by the occurrence of the 

 disease in .about e(|ual i)ercentages in test pi. its planted witli seed from 

 widely separated sources and by the aimndjiiice of the disease in a lield 

 planted with seed carefully .s(>lected for freedom from wilt. 



