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burnt, or the next crop will be affected. Spraying 

 twice with Bordeaux Mixture in the spring is an 

 effective remedy, ist before the flowers open, and 

 2nd soon after they have fallen. In gardens where 

 gathering of leaves is feasible, this will prove a sure 

 prevention of its further appearance, as the spores 

 remain only in the leaves, which must be burnt. 



COB NUTS AND FILBERTS. 



BIG BUD IN NUTS is caused by a mite very similar 

 to that which attacks the Black Currant, and the 

 treatment recommended for this should be tried for 

 Nuts. 



CURRANTS. 



BIG BUD. For this, the most serious disease of 

 the Black Currant, there are now two methods of 

 prevention, both of which have been practically tested, 

 and have given completely satisfactory results. They 

 all rest on the fact that as the buds open in March 

 and April, the mites leave them and pass along the 

 branch to the new buds forming in the axils of the 

 leaves. This is then their vulnerable period. The 

 methods proposed are as follows : 



No. i. To spray v/ith soft soap and quassia at 

 the end of March, following it with two or 

 more sprayings in April and one in May. 

 No. 2. To dust with unslacked lime and flowers 

 of sulphur at the same times as recommended 

 above. 



FIG. 



FiG DISEASE. Shoots attacked with Phoma ciner- 

 ascens, a fungus which attacks the bark, softens it, 

 and ultimately kills it. The best plan is to cut off 



