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Two methods may be adopted in treating the summer stage: 

 (i) spraying, and (2) removal of the diseased tips. The first remedy 

 is the best in the early part of the season, up to about the end 

 of July, while the second is the more effective from the middle 

 of August onwards. 



BROOKS and BARTLETT. Two new Gooseberry Diseases. (An- 



nales Mycologici, Vol. VIII, N. 2, 1910); The Gardeners' Chro- 

 nicle, June 25, 1910, p. 428. London. 



The authors describe two diseases of gooseberries which have 

 killed off large numbers of bushes in Cambridgeshire. The heavi- 

 est cropping kinds, such as Winham's Industry and Keepsake are 

 most frequently attacked, and as many as 20 per cent of the bushes 

 are affected in some plantations. The general characters of the 

 two diseases are very similar. One of the diseases is due to the 

 common fungus, Botrytis cinerea; the other disease is apparently 

 caused by Cytosporina Ribis a species which has been considered 

 hitherto a saprophyte. 



In regard to remedial measures, the immediate destruction by 

 fire of all affected bushes as soon as the disease is discovered is 

 recommended, so that the formation of the sclerotia of the fungus 

 and the subsequent distribution of the conidia may be prevented. 

 The present practice of leaving dead and dying bushes in the 

 plantations for some time ensures the continuation and propagation 

 of the disease. 



T. F. BROOKE and A. W. BARTLETT. Abs: Nature, No. 2135,, 

 Vol. 84, p. 402. Sept. 29th, 1910. 



An investigation into the causes underlying a serious loss of 

 gooseberry bushes in Cambridgeshire is recorded by the authors 

 in Annales Mycologici (Vol. VII, No. 2). Two fungi fell under sus- 

 picion, but definite proof in the shape of infection experiments 

 was only obtained for Botrytis cinerea, although good reason is 

 adduced for finding a second cause of disease in Cytosporina Ribis. 

 The diseases are not in any way connected and distinct macroscopic 

 and microscopic characters are defined for each fungus; further, 

 it is noted that in no case were both fungi discovered on the 

 same plant. 



