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seriously weakened or die. Some varieties are more subject to its 

 attack than others and all are more or less subject to it when we have 

 very warm and moist weather during the early summer while the 

 fruit is ripening, when the berries become small or fail to mature at all. 



REMEDIES. 



Vigorous growing varieties with thick dark green leaves, like the 

 Wilson and Bubach No. 5, are less likely to be attacked than those 

 with light green foliage, like the Charles Downing. Good cultivation 

 and high manuring will also lessen the loss from this disease. 



The use of the Bordeaux mixture is also advised, especially in 

 combination with paris greftn which is recommended to destroy the 

 " black paria." If applied as soon as the foliage begins to grow in 

 the spring, say, about April 25th, and again in two weeks, or before 

 the fruit has set, and then from July 1st to August 1st, at intervals 

 of two weeks, we shall look for good results, though in our experi- 

 ments the past season we were unable to prove that the p;iris green 

 destroyed the above insect. 



Any facts relating to either insect or fungous diseases or their 

 remedies will be gladly received and reported upon. 



REPORT ON VARIETIES OF BLACKBERRIES AND 

 RASPBERRIES. 



As with the strawberry, the crop of blackberries and raspberries 

 the past season has been abundant and good. The first picking was 

 about one week earlier than last season. The weather has not been 

 favorable to the production of rusts, and insects have not been as 

 abundant as usual, so that with a large yield and fair prices the crop 

 has been a profitable one generally. 



The following tables give the results of careful comparisons of the 

 dififereut varieties for the past season : 



