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al, the character of the season and the nature of the fungus 

 being largely responsible. 



During the past two years we have had unusual oppor- 

 tunities to study the fungous diseases of the Brown-tail and 

 the Gypsy moths, so that we are in a position to make use 

 of this knowledge in case it becomes desirable to combat either 

 of these pests in this state by means of these parasites. 



With Dr. Britton and Mr. Ives of Meriden, some studies 

 have been made during the past two years on the malforma- 

 tion of young apples and the Baldwin Spot of the mature 

 fruit, as possibly due to the attacks of the Rosy Apple Aphis. 

 It is now quite certain that the malformation is due to this 

 aphis, and there is some ground for belief that the Baldwin 

 Spot also bears some relationship to it. The past season Mr. 

 Ives saved apples from a tree, the interior of which was in- 

 fested with this aphis, and the exterior limbs were free from 

 it. According to his report up to date, only 5 out of 126 

 apples, or 4 per cent, from the exterior part of the tree have 

 developed the spot ; while 124 out of 290, or 43 per cent, from 

 the interior now show the spot. Further data, however, are 

 necessary to definitely prove the supposed relationship of this 

 aphis to the Baldwin Spot. 



President Gold: We will next have the report of the 

 Committee on Membership, Mr. G. C. Comstock, Chairman. 



Report of Committee on Membership. 



Your Committee on Membership wish to report briefly on 

 this subject, and can say that while we are holding our own 

 as to members, and with a slight increase over our mem- 

 bership of one year ago, the advance along this line has not 

 been real satisfactory. You all know that it has been an 

 ambition with our worthy Secretary, as well as all your of- 

 ficers, to reach the 1,000 mark in membership. You can not 

 expect this to be accomplished by the simple efforts of a 



