olO NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



FUNGI AS RELATED TO ^WEATHER. 



The following items concerning crop plants are gathered from the 

 "Weather and Crop Bulletins/' issued weekly by the State Weather 

 Service, during the months of April to September of the present year : 



April llth- — "Wheat much winter killed." 



April 25th — "Much clover winter killed ;" "Raspberries somewhat winter 

 killed;" "Strawberry blooms killed;" "Some vines winter 

 killed." 



May 2d — "Some raspberry and blackberry vines winter killed ;" "Crimson clover 

 mostly winter killed ;" "Large portion of peach and early straw- 

 berry bloom killed by frost." 



May Kith — "Clover wilting ;" "Clover wilting." 



May 23d — "All fruit trees, especially cherries, begin to show effects of recent 

 cold winds ; one-half of the blossoms blasted ;" "Plums have 

 dropped badly." 



June 13th — "The severe winter weather killed all the quince and persimmon 

 and injured the peach and papaw trees ;" "Apples dropping ;" 

 "Cherries dropping;" "Some apples dropping in places." 



June 20th — "Cherries rotting;" "Cherries rotting;" "Apples full and little 

 dropping." 



June 2Tth — "Cherries rotting badly ;" "Apples dropping badly ;" "White cher- 

 ries rotting;" "Apples and pears dropping." 



July 5th — "All peach trees in this section killed by the severe winter weather;" 

 "Cherries rotting;" "Apples and pears dropping;" "Tomatoes 

 badly blighted in some places ;" "Apples and peaches dropping;" 

 "Apples dropping badly ;" "June drop of apples seems excessive 

 in places ;" "Early apples dropping badly." 



July llth — "Peaches dropping;" "Apples dropping;" "The Irish cobble potato 

 especially affected by blight of tops ;" "Apples dropping." 



July ISth — "Apples dropping;" "Apples, peaches and plums dropping;" "Pota- 

 toes show signs of blight ;" "Tomatoes excellent, only little 

 blight." 



July 25th — "Corn rolling;" "Apples dropping;" "Apples dropping fast;" 

 "Fruit dropping;" "Corn rolling;" "Corn rolling badly;" "Corn 

 rolling badly ;" "Corn rolling ;" "Corn rolling badly ;" "Apples 

 dropping badly ;" "Apples and peaches dropping ;" "Garden 

 truck wilting;" "Corn rolling;" "Corn rolling, wilting in some 

 fields;" "Corn rolling;" "Potatoes blighting, many fields dead;" 

 "Corn is rolling ;" "Corn rolling ;" "Tomatoes scalding ;" "Corn 

 rolling;" "Winter apples dropping badly;" "Apples dropping 

 badly ;" "Early potatoes and tomatoes blighting ;" "Fruit drop- 

 ping;" "Vegetation wilting on hot days ;" "Potato vines dying." 



August 1st — "Apples continue dropping;" "Apples and pears dropping ;" "Corn 

 rolling ;" "Potato vines dying ;" "Apples dropping badly ;" 

 "Corn rolling;" "Apples dropping;" "Apples dropping;" 

 "Apples drop heavy;" "Corn rolling badly;" "Apples dropping;" 

 "The fatal 'brown spot' blight has begun on some unsprayed 

 citron vines, with the citrons far from mature ;" "Apples 

 dropping." 



