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on ground where it would be too heavy, but on suitable 

 ground stable manure is about right. I find it more univer- 

 sally used to-day than ever. Commercial fertilizers are all right 

 when rightly used. Opinions differ somewhat about them. 

 Some say use them in the spring to start the crop, but I 

 think that most of us have come to the opinion in growing 

 our garden crops that it is a good thing to use both times, — 

 when you are starting the crop and along through the season 

 as required. If it is a good thing to give plants for break- 

 fast, it ought to be good for dinner and supper." 



The President: "What are best six strawberries to plant 

 for market? " 



Mr. Farnham : "I should not consider m3'self competent 

 to answer that question. The Bubach is good for a near-by 

 market. I think we have got to look quite a little while 

 before we surpass that. The Haverland is good, and the Glen 

 Mary, and of the newer ones they are talking about, the 

 Excelsior and Johnson's Early. I have had some of those set 

 this last year, but I cannot say much about them. You can 

 select from a dozen different varieties, and it would be very 

 hard to say between the Saunders, the Tennessee, the William 

 Belt, Wolverton and Brandywine. The Bismarck is also a 

 good berry. When it comes down to the late ones, you have 

 got to get down to two or three varieties." 



The President: "We will now listen to Dr. W. C. 

 Sturgis, of New Haven, who will give us the report on 

 'Fungous Diseases' if he is ready." 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FUNGOUS DISEASES 



Your committee, appointed for the purpose, begs to present 

 the following report on the fungous diseases observed in the 

 orchards, vineyards and small-fruit plantations of the state, 

 during the past season. 



ORCHARD FRUITS 



Apples. — The principal diseases affecting apples in Con- 

 necticut are the scab {Fusicladiiim dendriticum) , the sooty spot 

 {Phyllachora pomigenaf) and the brown speck of Baldwins, the 



