880 [THE CHERRY 



dark margin are caused by Phyllosticta vulgaris Desm. 

 To Cylmdrosporium Padi Karst. and 6. Cerasi Mass, is 

 due the formation of round pale red or reddish yellow 

 blotches on the upper surface of the leaf, with a yellowish 

 shining spot on the corrisponding part of the under 

 surface. Coryneum Beyerinckii Oud. attacks also the 

 cherry, producing on the lower surface of the leaf red 

 blotches which soon turn brown and dry. The diseased 

 foliage should be collected and burned, and in the case 

 of the mildew the usual treatment may be applied con- 

 sisting in dustings with flowers of sulphur or spraying 

 with a weak solution of sulphide of potash, or with Bor- 

 deaux mixture. 



Fusicladium Cerasi Sacc. destroys the green fruit 

 covering it with a greenish black mould. Exoascns Cerasi 

 (Fckl.) Sad. causes the curl of the cherry, E. minor Sad. 

 another species unknown in this Island, but possibly 

 closely related if not identical with a similar affection on 

 young almond trees frequent enough in many parts of 

 the Island, causes a general thickening of the young 

 twigs. 



The dry rot. fungi Fames robustus Fr. and F . fulvus 

 Fr. are occasionally found on our cherry trees, but the 

 cherry in France, Italy and Germany, is liable to other 

 forms of dry rot, viz: Poliporus sulphur eus Fr. P. hirsu- 

 tus Fr. which exist here but so far have not been detected 

 on the cherry, and also P. cinnamomeus Trog., P. cinna- 

 bar inus Fr., P. ivnarius Fr., Daedalea unicolor Fr. and 

 Lenzites variegata Fr. 



Several small birds, notably the sparrows, are very 

 partial to the fruit of the cherry, and on many occasions 

 in districts where these birds are common, the cherry 

 trees have been entirely deprived of their fruits by these 

 marauders, which usually eat off the pulp leaving the 

 stalks with the stones still attached to them. The inge- 



