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we will liave the Report on Fiino;oiis Diseases for 1905. by 

 Dr. G. r. Clinton of the C'onn.ecticut Experiment Station. 



Report on Fungous Diseases for 1905. 



By Dr. G. p. Clinton. New Haven. 



The past vear, on the whole, was unusually exempt fronT 

 fung-QUS diseases of economic plants. This was due to the 

 comparatively dry growing- season up to the first part of 

 .\ugust. After the middle of August a few serious troubles 

 developed because of the more frequent rains of this montl-. 

 and September. It is my purpose in this report to mention 

 one or two of the serious troubles of the year and to call 

 briefly to your attention a few new troubles that have not been 

 mentioned in our previous discussions of the fruit diseases in 

 this state. 



Fruit speck (Finigiis iiiidcf.) is a disease of stored apples 

 apparently of fungous origin. It was first called to the 

 writer's attention, last February, as a serious trouble by Afr. 

 Ives of our committee on fungous diseases. During the pres- 

 ent winter it has also been observed on the poorer grades of 

 apples offered for sale in the New Haven market. According 

 to Mr. Ives, this trouble showed somewhat on unsprayed apples 

 at harvest time, but became much more conspicuous after home 

 Storage during the winter. With him Talman Sweet was badly 

 infected ; Northern Spy was also injured, but not so severely , 

 while Pjaldwin sufiPered little. The disease shows as small 

 black spots or specks scattered more or less thickly over the 

 apple and gives it an unsightly appearance. The dry rot of 

 these spots extends only slightly beneath the skin, appearing 

 in many cases to have had a starting point at an insect punc- 

 ture or possibly from a lenticel. Presumably these spots are 

 the starting points of later more deeply seated rots. No otlier 

 complaint has been received of this trouble, but it is desirable 

 to learn through such complaints how general and serious it is 

 in the state. This year Mr. Ives reports spraving prevented 

 the trouble, or perhaps, stated more accurately, the trouble did 



