EXPEKLMIvXT STATION KP:P0RT. 421 



FUNGOUS ENEAflES OF PIiA.NTS IN NOVA SCOTIA. 



A trip was made into Nova Scotia for personal health. Five places 

 were visited, namely, Halifax, Wolfville, Kentville, Digby and Yar- 

 mouth. Wolfville and Kentville are in the region of extensive fruit- 

 growing, and particularly the orchard, crops. This is the home of 

 the Gravenstein apple. Plums are grown quite extensively. 



The following are some notes made upon the prevailing fungi in- 

 festing crop plants : 



Apple — 



Anthracnose of fruit or ripe rot {Gloeosporium frucligenum Berk.). 



Scab {Fasicladium dendriticum (Wallr.) Fckl =Venluria incequalis (Cke ) Ad.). 

 Barley — • 



Smut {Ustilago Hordei (P.) Kell. & Sw., and U. nuda (Jens.) Kell & Sw.). 

 Bean — 



Anthracnose {Oollelotrichum Lindemulhianum (Sacc, & Magn.) Bri & Cav.). 

 Beet— 



Leaf-Blight {Cercospora beticola Sacc). 

 Backberry — 



Leaf-Spot {Septoria Ruhi Westd.). 



Rust {Qnoma ( Uredo) luminattim Lk. ; Syn. Puceinia Peckiana Hwe ). 

 Vatalpa — 



Leaf-Spot [Phyllosticta Catalpos Ell. & Mart.). 

 Cherry — 



Black Knot {Plowrightia morbosa (Schw.) Sacc). 



Fruit-Mold (Sclerotinia cinerea (Bon.) Schrt.). 



Leaf-Spot {Cylindrosporium Padi Ka.rst. = Septoria cerasina Pk.). 

 Clover — 



Leaf-Spot {Phyllachora Trifolii (P.) Fckl.). 



Rust ( Uromyces Trifolii (A. & S.) Wint.). 

 Currant — 



Anthracnose {Oloeosporium Bibis (Lib.) Mont. & Desm.). 

 Hollyhock — 



Rust {Puceinia Malvacearum Mont ). 

 Horse-C hestnut — 



Leaf-Spot {Phyllosticta sphceropsoidea Ell. & Ev.). 

 Maple — 



Leaf-Spot {Phyllosticta acericola Cke. & Ell.). 

 Oats— 



Rust {Puceinia cororuda Cda , and P. Oraminis P.). 



Smut ( Ustilago Avence (P.) Jens , and U. Levis Kell. & Sw.) Magn ). 

 Peach — 



Leaf-Blight or Shot-hole {Cercospora Persica Sacc). 



Leaf-Curl {Exoascus deformans (Berk ) Fckl.). 



Scab {Cladosporium carpophilum Thum.). 



