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Red Dutch. Fay and Stewart; the latter were the only 

 kind that did not blight. Usually he has forty to one 

 hundred cases, but this year on account of the blight he had 

 only one case. The leaves of the bushes fall off before the cur- 

 rant ripens and the fruit blisters and becomes whitish instead of 

 red. 



Mr. S.D.Richardson: In our county we have something similar. 

 It is caused by the borer. I have seen the fruit turn white, but 

 in every case the knife reveals the borer. The old wood has 

 frequently to be cut out in order to raise a crop. 



Dr. Frisselle: I have had some experience with currants, 

 and I notice my Red Dutch shed the leaves very early, and 

 after the leaves have been shed the sun at that time scalds the 

 fruit and it turns white. 



Mr.G. W. Fuller: I have had experience somewhat in that line. 

 As long as I raised the Victoria currant they were affected by 

 this so called blight; they were covered with a white substance 

 like a mould, and I discarded the Victoria. The Red Dutch are 

 never affected in that way. 



Mr. Harris: It occurs to me now since the subject comes up, 

 that I have seen that blight. When I was around Lake Minne- 

 tonka before our summer meeting I saw some currants that 

 had died back during the winter. It is the same thing that 

 attacks the apple trees; it is the same disease that causes the 

 grape and the apple to fall off prematurely. 



Mr. Fuller: The leaves in this case did not fall at all, but 

 the bushes were covered with mildew like the gooseberries. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



WM. ROBINSOX, HASTINGS. 



I was somewhat surprised to receive a notice that I was appointed 

 by your society on the committee on small fruits, as I was not a 

 member nor ever had the pleasure of attending- any of your 

 meeting's. 



You sa}- it need not necessarily be a record of my success in 

 sinall fruit culture, for as often more is taught by failure. If fail- 

 tires will teach anj^thing. then mine ought to be of benefit to mj^self 

 and, perhaps, others. 



I have been but two years trying to cultivate small fruits, and as 

 j^et have failed to get but small returns. 



I set out in the spring- of '92 one acre of raspberries, one-half 

 Turner and Cuthbert, the balance Philadelphia. There were but 

 few failures in growth, and all went well until last spring- when, in- 

 stead of cultivating them, I decided to mulch them, as I had a large 



