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The second disease affects the canes and is seen in the form 

 of warty masses of whitish tissue of a spong_v or cheesy con- 

 sistency, which burst through the bark, detaching the latter in 

 long strips. It is a most striking and unmistakable disease. 

 Practically, nothing can at present be said regarding the cause 

 of this trouble, except that the character of the diseased tissue 

 resembles that of the crown -gall of raspberries and peaches, and 

 that all three diseases may be caused by one and the same para- 

 site. No method of treatment can be recommended, unless 

 it be the heroic one of destroying affected plants. Meantime, 

 we shall await with interest further information regardmg the 

 prevalence of this disease, on the part of those interested in 

 small fruits. 



Straivberries. — Practically, the only serious fungous disease 

 affecting strawberries in this state is the leaf-spot {Spharella 

 Fragar'ice) , commonly, but erroneously, called ''rust." As to its 

 comparative prevalence during the past season, we are unable 

 to speak from personal observation, and we have received no 

 reports bearing on the subject from growers. It is safe to say, 

 however, that it has gradually been decreasing in virulence, 

 owing partly to the growing practice of burning over the beds in 

 the autumn, partly to the use of Bordeaux mixture, and, in 

 a high degree, to the production and selection of resistant 

 varieties. 



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Grapes. — It is most satisfactory and encouraging to note the 

 fact that whereas a few years ago the anthracnose, Sphaceloma, 

 the downy and powdery mildews, Plasmopara and Uncinula, and, 

 above all, the dreaded black rot, Lastadia, rendered the profits 

 of the vineyardist extremely precarious, the universal use of 

 Bordeaux mixture or other fungicides has enabled him to count 

 with certainty upon healthy and abundant crops. Your com- 

 mittee has received no reports relative to the diseases above 

 mentioned, and it is reasonable to hope that the time is coming 

 when it will be unnecessary to include in our annual reports any 

 reference to the fungous diseases of grapes. 



In concluding its report, your committee desires to record 



