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there is no objection. If there are any growers here that 

 have anything to add to this we should be glad to receive it. 

 We will now hear the report of the committee on Fungous 

 Diseases. 



Report on Fungous Diseases for 1904. 



Bv Dr. G. p. Clinton, Xew Haven. 



The past year was not especially distinguished for serious 

 outbreaks of fungous diseases when compared with the two 

 previous years. By far the most serious trouble was the 

 injury resulting from the unusual cold of the winter 1903-4. 

 Since winter injury to fruit trees has been confused by some 

 as possibly the work of fungi, a brief statement of its damage 

 will be included here. We will very briefly consider these 

 troubles of the past year, according to the host, as follows : 



Apple. No very serious outbreak of any of the fungi that 

 alawys occur on the apple has been obtained or reported. 



Winter injury, on the other hand, was observed in a num- 

 ber of young orchards in which cases the wood had been black- 

 ened and often killed, usually down to the snow line, while the 

 bark, cambium and roots remained uninjured. The injury 

 was worst in the low protected places rather than on the higher 

 exposed grounds, thus indicating that it was largely due to 

 the wood not being thoroughly ripened for an unusually cold 

 winter. Greater care should be used in selecting sites for our 

 orchards. Trees only set out for a year or two that were 

 severely injured could in most cases be saved by cutting 

 back to the uninjured wood below the snow line, provided 

 this did not extend down to the stock, and starting a new 

 stem from a single bud of the scion. Trees not so severely 

 injured can be helped by severe pruning. Of course, some 

 trees were killed or so severely injured that the most effective 

 treatment was their replacement by a new one. With older 

 trees the injury often showed itself through girdled areas at 

 the base of the trunk or by its splitting. These dead areas 

 should be scraped and the wood painted to prevent subse- 

 quent rot from fungi. 



