10 N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION. [Bulletm 157 



.tration Of the value of such ^^^^^^::^f^Z:^Z^, 

 of 1909. The results were secured in t«o Mj^osh^^^ ^^^ 



under observation 

 for several years. 

 Both had been 

 seriously affected 

 with scab each 

 year, and the per 

 cent, of loss had 

 been approximate- 

 ly the same in the 

 two. Both or- 

 chards were in 

 sod. About the 

 middle of April a 

 fire escaped from 

 a sugar camp and 



Fig. 7.— Fruit Spot. ^rrov tViP 



^ swept ovei me 



entire area of one of these orchards. Not a --^^Pot could be 

 found in this orchard the following summer, while the di.ea.e 

 was quite common in the 

 other orchard. The danger 

 of injuring the trees makes 

 the above treatment ques- 

 tionable. In the case men- 

 tioned a strong wind drove 

 the fire across the orchard 

 so rapidly that little injury 

 was done. Early plowing 

 might be of value in leaf 

 destruction. 



FRUIT SPOT. 



PJwma Pomi Passer. 



Thi^ disease is of very pig.g.-A single Spot (magmfied). 



Hr:hi::::r;rfou;]':rfar south as Maryland a„d Virginia 

 fnd affar -St as Michigan. It is not so destructive as the 



