season and proved, perhaps, more promising than any other kind. 

 Further tests, however, must be made to determine its merits. 

 Leaf Blight. 



Scarcely a variety grown suffered as much with this disease the 

 past season as in previous summers. To ensure freedom from injury 

 by this disease, the Bordeaux mixture should be used ; 1st, as soon 

 as the new leaves begin to appear, 2d, just before the blossoms open 

 and 3d, in a much diluted form just before the first fruit ripens. If 

 the plantation is allowed to fruit more than one year, spraying should 

 be done twice, at an interval of two or three weeks, alter the fruit 

 has been gathered. 



New plantations should be sprayed twice or three times during the 

 month of July, according to the weather. If dry weather prevails, 

 two applications will be all that are needed, but if it should be warm 

 and moist, at least three should be made. 



Insects {Spotted Paria). 



This little insect, known as the '' Strawberry flea," among many 

 growers, has appeared in some sections of the State and is doing 

 serious injury. The beetle is about |- of an inch long by ^^ wide, of 

 a dark brown color, each wing cover being spotted with two black 

 spots, and is only seen by close examination. Its presence may be 

 easily detected by the new leaves being full of small holes, like "shot 

 holes," which they have made. They sometimes appear in such 

 numbers as to destroy all the leaves, especially on old beds. The 

 only remedies found thus far to be of any value are to use Paris 

 green with the two first applications of the Bordeaux mixture, 1 lb. 

 to 200 gallons of the mixture, (tJiis should never he used after the 

 blossoms have opened) and to plow under all old plants as soon as the 

 fruit has been gathered. The second remedy necessitates the annual 

 planting of new beds, but this is thought to be the more profitable 

 method by many large growers. 



RASPBERRIES. 



The winter of 1892 was especially severe on the canes of the red 

 raspberries and scarcely a plantation could be found in the State 

 where most of the canes were not winter-killed. At what time during 

 the winter the injury occurred, it is not easy to determine, on account 

 of the difficulty in ascertaining whether the canes are injured 

 until they begin to grow, but it is probable that it was done during 

 severe drying winds when the canes and ground were frozen. 



