EXPEKIMEXT STATION" EEPORT. 517 



Fungi upon the Experiment Grounds. 



Upon the Gardens the fungous diseases most in evidence were the 

 mildew {Phylophthora Phaseoli) upon the lima beans. It seemed 

 to attack both the pole and bush sorts nearly equalh', but of the latter 

 the small, tJiin-podded sorts, like "Jackson Wonder," were the least 

 affected. The pod-spot (Coletotrichum) was in evidence, both in the 

 spring and autumn crop, but particularly so with the latter crop. 

 For the first time, to \ye at all serious, the bean rust (Uromyces ap- 

 pendiculatus) develoj^ed upon the crop in the Gardens. Upon this 

 account, and as there were many varieties exposed, a study was made 

 as to the susc-eptibility of the different sorts. Many Avere entirely free 

 from the rust; several had it only upon the stems or foliage, while 

 others, always of the green-podded group, showed it badly upon the 

 pods, and such varieties as the "Tennessee" were nearly ruined. The 

 sweet corn showed some smut, which was much more abundant upon 

 the "Malakhov" than elsewhere. The same report has come in from 

 several growers throughout the State. The tomatoes were quite free 

 from all troubles, excepting a variegation of the foliage, resembling a 

 disease in tobacco — a closely related plant to the tomato — which has 

 taken the name of "Mosiac." This yellowing, in spots, of the leaves 

 seemed to be inherent in the young plant, and it was not observed to 

 spread to other plants in the field. The eggplants were quite free 

 from leaf blight, excepting the "Scarlet Chinese," the foliage of which 

 became very spotted toward the close of the season. 



Asparagus Rust. — The rust upon the asparagus has not been as 

 abundant this season as in some former years. This may l)e due, as 

 some large growers claim, to the general use of the more resistant 

 varieties, as the "Palmetto" and "Argenteuil," or French sorts. 



REMOVING AND PRESERVING SEEDS. 



In the saving of squash seeds, that are easily moved l)y the wind 

 and thus liable to mixing when several crosses are spread out to dry, 

 it has been found convenient to place the washed seeds — the poor ones 

 having been floated off — in roomy bags of mosquito netting, fastened 

 (tied) with the same wire-wood label that was removed from the 

 hand-worked squash, with all its items of record. Such loose bags i>er- 

 mit of the seeds l>eing spread out upon the drying frame of lath, made 



