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UTMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



- 12. Potato infected with t~u#arium wilt. 

 Note the discoloured vescular ring when a si:- 

 cut off at the stem end- < After Circ. _J. D\r. of 

 Botany, Dom. Dept. of Agr.) . 



QUINCE. 

 FIRE-BLIGHT. 



Quinces are liable to suffer severely from this disease. (See under "Apple.") 



RASPBERRY. 

 AxTiiRAixosE (Gteosporimn rcnetum). 



This attacks also the blackberry and loganberry, the symptoms being much the 

 same in each case. The chief injury is done to the canes on which brown sunken 

 spots appear. These are usually elongated in the direction of the stem and sur- 

 rounded by a purplish area. In bad -y become confluent, thus giving rise 

 to areas of considerable size in which tlu- .nter- 

 fering with the functions of the stem. Spores are produced in the centre of these 

 spots. The disease also causes a spotting of the leaves, which, however, is of trifling 

 importance with us. In the Pacific Coast States a serious rotting of the fruit is 

 also reported, but this has not been observed here. 



Control. As soon as the fruit has been picked the old canes should be cut out 

 and burned. Badly affected young canes should be removed at the same time. 

 Spraying is reported to have given good results in some cases, but has not been very 

 extensively adopted. Resin Bordeaux mixture. 4-4-40 formula, should be used owing 

 to the nature of the surface of the cane, to which the ordinary mixture does not 

 adhere satisfactorily. Spray first before the buds burst, then when the young canes 

 are about 6 inches high, and again just before blossoming-time. 



FLIGHT (Coniothyrium fuck- 



This is quite a serious disease on the Lower Mainland. It usually first attracts 

 attention by the wilting of the cane at the time the fruit is maturing. In some 



