EXPERIMENT 8TATI0X REPORT. 511 



August 8th — "Potatoes seriously afferted. vines dying ;" "Potatoes aflfected by 

 blight;" "Apples dropping:" "Corn is rolling in places;" 

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

 rolling badly:" "Apples dropping:" "Early planted corn turn- 

 ing j-ellow :" "Citron vines wilting;" "Club root severe in some 

 fields of cabbage:" "Com drying up:" "Apples dropping con- 

 siderably ;" "Late cabbage seriously shortened by blight :" 

 "Corn is scalding on light soil." 



August 35th — "Apples dropping:" "The black rot is seriously shortening the 

 tomato crop in this vicinity;" "About one-third of the apples 

 have fallen from the trees;" "Apples dropping;" "Grapes rot- 

 ting ;" "Apple dropping continues on some trees ;" "Apples drop- 

 ping;" "Corn has scalded badly." 



August 2'2u — "Tomato rot continues :" "Grapes rotting ;" "Apples dropping ;" 

 "Apples dropping;" "Apples continue dropping;" "Tomatoes 

 will be a light crop owing to blight :" "The tomato crop, for 

 canning purpQses. will, except in a few places, be below the 

 average, principally owing ro scald ;" "Citron blight is slower 

 than in former years;" "Apples continue dropping;" "Citrons 

 and tomatoes blighting." 



August 29th — "Tomatoes injured by black rot;" "Apples continue dropping;" 

 "Plums much rot ;" "Apples dropping ;" "Tomatoes and grapes 

 rotting badly ;" "Late corn blighting in some fields." 



September 5th — "Tomatoes do not ripen and are decaying badly ;" "Apples 

 continue dropping ;" "Corn somewhat injured by rust ;" "Early 

 potatoes rotting." 



September 12th — "Potatoes very poor iu this section, owing to blight ;" "Grapes 

 rotting ;" "Tomato leaves blighting rapidly :" "Corn cutting 

 progressing, owing to so much scald the yield will not be as 

 large as expected." 



The crops mentioned in the above reports are here arranged alpha- 

 betically, thii.'? showing the number of times a si>ecific trouble is men- 

 tioned. The numeral in parentheses indicates the times the same dis- 

 ease is reported for the given date : 



Apples — June 13th, dropping (2). June 20th. dropping. June 27th, dropping 

 badly; dropping; July 5th, dropping (2); dropping badly (2): 

 drop. July 11th, dropping (2). July 18th. dropping (2). July 

 25th, dropping (2); dropping fast; dropping badly (3). 

 August 1st, dropping (6); dropping badly; drop heavy. 

 August Sth, dropping (5). August 15th, dropping (4) ; about 

 one-third have fallen. August 22d, dropping (4). August 29tli. 

 dropping (2). September 5th. dropping. 



Blackberry — May 2d. vines winter killed. 



Cabbage — August 8th, club root severe : blight. 



Cherries — June 13th, dropping. June 20th. rotting (2). June 27th. rotting 

 badly ; rotting. July 5th. rotting. 



Citron — August 1st, "brown spot" blight. August Sth. wilting. August 22<1, 

 blight ; blighting. 



