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factor in the development of these troubles, once they have 

 become established in a locality, that its character largely 

 determines whether or not they beccnne serious pests. Thus 

 it is that the injury they do varies greatly from year to year. 

 The character, amount, and distribution of moisture is the 

 most important feature of the weather in regulating these 

 fungous outbreaks. If one could intelligently control this 

 feature of the weather for each of the different crops, the 

 greater part of the injury resulting from fungous attacks could 

 be eliminated. 



The past year, while in some respects a moist year, was on 

 the whole one well adapted for good plant growth and the 

 character and time of the rains were such as to develop a mini- 

 mum number and intensity of fungous attacks. June was by 

 far the wettest month, giving an excess of over two inches of 

 rain when compared with the average rainfall of thirty-four 

 years. June, howe\er, more than any other of the growing 

 months, is a time when our crops can stand an excess of rain, 

 so far as fungous troubles are concerned. Excessive moisture 

 at this time, probably is more dangerous to the strawberries 

 than to any other of the fruits. As most of the rain of this 

 month came in violent tlumder showers without unusual cloudy 

 or foggy weather, the moisture did little injury to this crop — 

 at least, so far as we learned, there was no general complaint 

 of the rot of the fruit. As regards moisture and the develop- 

 nient of fungous troubles, July is a much more critical month 

 than June. The rainfall of the past July was somewhat in 

 excess of the average, but it was so intersper.sed with bright 

 sunshiny days, instead of cloudy or foggy, that its eft"ect on 

 the crops as a whole was benelicial. \\'hile the rain of this 

 month did develop some few troubles that would have become 

 serious with continued moist weather, it so happened that 

 August and Septemljer, on the whole, were bright, sunny 

 months with comparatively little wet weather, so that not only 

 the fruits, but other crops as well, escaped some of the most 

 serious fungous troubles that usually do considerable injury 

 during these months. 



From year to }-ear we have reported on the various fungous 

 pests that occur on the fruits grown in Connecticut, so that 



