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After 



noon ijession. 



F*residcnt Gold called the afternoon session to order at 

 2 o'clock. At this session the attendance increased to large 

 propoVtions, making it one of the largest and most enthusiastic 

 meetings in the history of the Society. Every seat in the 

 large hall was occupied, and the interest in the speakers and 

 their subjects remained miabated until the close of the after- 

 noon. 



President Gold : We will now have the report of the 

 Standing Committee on Fungous Diseases, which will be in 

 the form of an address by the Chairman, Dr. G. P. Clinton, 

 and will include some very important statements on the Peach 

 Yellows and the diseases of melons. 



Report on Fungous Diseases for 1908, with Special Notes 

 on Melon Culture and Diseases, and the Peach Yellows. 



Dr. G. p. Clinton, Botanist of the Connecticut Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, New Haven. 



The past season was one which was not especially 

 favorable for fungous diseases in this State, but rather 

 on account of the droughts, proved unfavorable for the 

 development of many of our common troubles. Though 

 on the whole it was a very poor year for apples, none of 

 the fungous diseases were unusually prominent except the 

 leaf rust (Roestelia pyrata). This fungus, which has its 

 earlier stage on the red cedar, must have had unusually 

 favorable conditions for its spread, since it was more fre- 

 quently sent to the writer for identification than in any 

 previous year. It was reported abimdant on the Wealthy, 

 Westfield Seek-No-Further, and less so on the Roxbury 

 Russet and the Greening. Usually one does not find 

 this rust on the fruit itself, but the past year it 



