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conditions of an alternately dry and wet spring finished the 

 career of many. In the commercial orchards, on the other 

 hand, the winter injury to the trees showed itself in another 

 way. On trees usually from four to twelve years, the bark 

 and cambium were killed in patches, usually at the base of the 

 tree and most frequently on northern exposures. These dead, 

 irregular areas were sharply marked ofif from the uninjured 

 bark, usually by a fissure. Most frequently they formed an 

 elongated area extending upward for a foot or two. In some 

 cases they completely girdled the trees. Such trees, if not 

 examined carefully in the spring, looked all right and put out 

 an abundance of foliage. In July, however, the leaves began 

 to drop and the injury became very evident. The writer saw 

 one orchard that was practically ruined. The owner did not 

 discover the injury until the leaves began to drop in July. He 

 was so impressed with the character of the injured bark and the 

 suddenness of the appearance of the trouble, that he half sus- 

 pected that some enemy had poured chemicals on the tree 

 trunks. 



Currant. 



Anthracnose (Glccosporiuiii Ribis). The most troublesome 

 fungous pest of the currant in Connecticut is anthracnose. Xot 

 infrequently one sets bushes that have been completely defoli- 

 ated by August. As it is a trouble that is said to yield to 

 proper spraying earlier in the season, much of the injury could 

 be averted. 



Gooseberry. 



Pozvdery Mildew (SphccrotJieea Mois-iizrc). One of the 

 most serious troubles of the gooseberry is tlie powdery mildew. 

 Very curiously it has never been discussed in the Reports of 

 the Connecticut Experiment Station and there exist no speci- 

 mens of it in the herbarium. It is one of the few prominent 

 economic fungi that the writer has not found during the past 

 two years. Attention is called to it here in the hope that those 

 troubled with it will send in specimens during the coming year. 

 The European varieties are said to be most susceptible to its 

 attack. That it has proved injurious in the State in the past, 

 is shown by an article written years ago by Dr. Barratt of 

 Middletown and published in the Trans, of the Conn. Agr. Soc. 

 He notes its occurrence here as far back as 1837. 



