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plum commonly cultivated, i. e., Pninus domestica, among them 

 being five reports of injury to Bavay Green Gage, varying from 

 15 per cent, to 90 per cent., and averaging 51 per cent.; and six 

 reports of injury to Lombard, varying from 10 per cent, to 100 

 per cent., averaging 40 per cent. Of the Japanese varieties 

 Abundance is mentioned three times with an average of 64 per 

 cent, injury, while Burbank is reported twice with an average 

 injury of 45 per cent. No cultivated kinds of the native plums 

 are mentioned. 



East Central New York. — The reports from this part of the State 

 niciitiou neither native plums nor Japanese varieties but name 

 twenty of the ordinary plums of the European class. Eighteen 

 I'cports, s{)eaking of the cultivated plums in general without 

 naming any particular kinds, give the amount of injury as vary- 

 ing from nothing to 100 per cent., the average of all reports be- 

 ing 85 per cent. The following were named most frequently: 



The reports indicate that plums are not grown extensively for 

 market in this section. 



West Central New York. — In some portions of west central New 

 York plums are grown extensively for market. Fifty reports 

 speak of cultivated kinds in general, without naming any varie- 

 ties, and give the amount of injury as varying from nothing to 

 100 per cent., the average of all reports being 95 per cent. In 

 other reports the following varieties of the European class were 

 mentioned most frequently : 



