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Plant iron-clad varieties, those that do not rust. Such 

 GEO. F. BEEDE varieties are among the most productive, and 

 the best every way. N. H. 



S. W. GILBERT The Bordeaux mixture will prevent rust. Mo. 

 BENJ. M. SMITH If possible, put out the kinds that have not 

 a tendency to rust. Mass. 



I do not know what will prevent leaf 

 rust. It rarely ever attacks a bed of plants 

 T. J. DWYER until it has become old, 

 and should be plowed under ; or a bed 

 that is on land that has been used continu- 

 ously for strawberries. N. Y. 



Burning over the beds is the best I can 

 mention. If bothered with rust I would 

 E. W. REID not allow a bed to remain 

 over one year, and would not plant the 

 T. j. DWYER same ground more than once in five years. 



O. 



Have had no experience doctoring for leaf rust. Avoid by 

 planting new beds every year, with strong, healthy plants from 

 new beds. If this course would be taken with our growers in 

 general, we think there would not be the trouble now com- 

 EUGENE WILLETT plained of. An old strawberry bed makes 

 as near a perfect breeding place for insects and fungi, as it is 

 possible to conceive of. Plow them up as soon as through pick- 

 ing, and plant to potatoes. These do well after strawberries, 

 and your field is in good condition for next spring's setting of 

 strawberries. You will see leaf blight in most of heavy yielders 

 after producing their crop. The remedy is to set new beds. 



N. Y. 



The fungi which turns the leaves red in mid-summer we 

 J. W. ADAMS avoid by planting only such kinds as are not 

 subject to that malady. Mass, 



SUMMARY REMARKS. 



Leaf rust first shows itself upon the leaves as 

 purplish or reddish spots ; these enlarge, and the 



