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To investigate these thoroughly and discover remedies 

 could scarcely be expected of individuals, and, happily, 

 it was not necessary, for the problem has been fully and 



satisfactorily solved 

 for us in France, 

 where there is no ces- 

 sation of experiment- 

 al work in field and 

 vineyard, and all con- 

 ducted under the aus- 

 ;-' pices of the govern- 

 ment and various 

 schools of agriculture. 

 Ever since the reme- 

 dies for fungus dis- 

 eases of the grape 

 were given to the pub- 

 lic some half dozen 

 or more years since 

 the reports of the 

 Department of Ag- 

 riculture at Washing- 

 ton, and the bulletins 

 of the State Experi- 

 mental Stations, have 

 teemed with advice to 

 vineyardists, and 

 fruit growers in gen- 

 eral, all recommend- 

 ing the French fungi- 

 cides as the best as 

 yet discovered. Want 

 of space will prevent 

 me from giving more 

 than a very brief de- 

 FIG. 94. scription of the most 



