notably the Worcester Pearmain, the Ecklinville Seedling, and 

 Beauty of Bath. 



The surest remedy is to collect and burn any apples as soon 

 as they show signs of rotting and not allow them to decay and 

 affix themselves to the branches. A spraying of the tree in winter 

 with a solution of copper sulphate (i Ib. dissolved in 25 gallons 

 of water) and with Bordeaux mixture (4 Ibs quickline, 4 Ibs copper 

 sulphate, 50 gallons water) just before the flower-buds open, and 

 again directly the bloom has set, has proved most efficacious in 

 dealing with Brown Rot on Plums and Cherries and this treatment 

 should be employed for those varieties of Apple, such as Ecklin- 

 ville Seedling, which are susceptible to this disease. 



DUKE OF BEDFORD and U. SPENCER PICKERING. Silver-leaf Disease. 



- Twelfth Report of the Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm, pp. i- 

 35. London, 1910. 



The present report deals chiefly with the description of expe- 

 riments on the disease known as silver-leaf, which attacks many 

 different sorts of trees, but more especially plums and other stone 

 fruits. 



It is confirmed that the disease is connected to a fungus known 

 as Stereum purpureum. 



Inoculation, susceptibility and treatment experiments are re* 

 ported. 



Leaf shedding in Conifers due to " Botrytis cinerea. " 



Board of Agricultural and Fisheries. Leaflet N. 234 illustrated. 

 London, May, 1910. 



This disease is caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers. and is well 

 known in this country and on the continent. It has been recorded 

 on Firs, Spruces, Larches, Junipers etc. 



Young nursery stock suffers most, but the youngest shoots of 

 very old trees are also attacked. 



The first indication of disease is a yellowing of the leaves, 

 which finally turn brown and die, but do not always fall, being 

 held by a tuft of brown cob-web like mycelium: The shoots are 

 often twisted or turned downwards. 



The diseased leaves and shoots that fall to the ground contain 

 in their tissues the mycelium of the fungus which produces mi-. 



