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PicJcles. — September loth, scalding. 



Peaches. — May 12th, dropping. July 21st, dropping; rotting. Au- 

 gust 18th, rotting. August 25tli, rot. September 9th, rotting and 

 cracking. September 15th, rotting. 



Pears. — May 12th, dropping. May 19th, Keiffer pears dropping. 

 July 21st, blight. September 1st, Keiffer trees leafless. 



Pnmplnn. —Avigust 25th, rotting. 



Rye. — June 9th, some rust. 



Strawberries. — June 23d, rotting. 



Tomatoes. — May 26th, dying. June 30th, leaf blight; blight. July 

 7th, blighted. August 11th, blight. August 18th, rotting; blight. 

 August 25th, rotting. September 1st, blighted; rot; rotting (2). 

 September 9th, rot; rotting; blighting. September 15th, rotting 

 (4) ; blighting (2). 



Wate7'melo7is. — August 11th, rotting. 



Wheat. — May 26th, turned yellow (2); withering; rusting. June 

 23d, rusting. June 30th, curled. July 7th, crinkled. 



Milde-w^ of Lima Beans. 



A glance at the above reports of the crop correspondents shows 

 that the mildew of the lima beans is common. This disease was con- 

 sidered at some length in the Eeport for last year (pages 399-403), 

 where three engravings were given showing appearance and micro- 

 scopic structure of the mildew. As the trouble is apparently upon 

 the increase, the growers of lima beans may find the information in 

 the Eeport for 1902 of some service. The Experiment Station also 

 has a Bulletin (No. 151 — "Bean Diseases and Their Eemedies'') that 

 may be of service in fortifying against this enemy. 



The writer was recently particularly impressed with the fact that 

 the mildew was unusually abundant upon vines that were directly 

 over a pile of shelled pods, many of them mildewed, that had been 

 thrown there, instead of in an out of the way garbage barrel. The 

 fungus is exceedingly contagious, and every effort should be made 

 to remove the mildewed pods from the field, instead of taking them 

 back again after they have been shelled. 



Growers of lima beans may well make note of the susceptibility 

 of varieties, Avith the hope of finding some sorts that are less subject 

 to the disease than others. A study of the varieties of asparagus, with 



