Dec., 1909.] 



SOME APPLE DISEASES. 



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Treatment. The disease is readily controlled by spraying. 

 Applications two and three as given for apple scab will prac- 

 tically prevent the disease. However, if these sprayings are to 

 be given for fruit spot alone, it is advisable to make them about 

 ten days later than the dates given for scab. Both Bordeaux 

 and lime-sulfur have given satisfactory results. 



FRUIT PIT. 



The disease variously known as "Fruit Pit," "Baldwin 

 Spot" or "Bitter Pit" is not of so common occurrence in New 



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Hampshire as the fruit spot, yet is sometimes quite serious on 

 certain limbs and trees. It is found in various sections of the 

 United States and Canada and is considered a very serious 

 disease in Australia and South Africa. 



It is somewhat like the fruit spot in appearance, and has been 

 sometimes confused with it ; yet is distinctly different upon 

 close observation. In the early stages of the disease the spots 

 may show no difference in color from the surrounding portions 

 of the apple and only the slightest depression. At this time they 

 have the appearance of numerous minute bruises. They soon 

 become conspicuous as sunken areas from i^ to 14-inch in 



