INSECTS, FUNGI, PLANT DISEASES, ETC. 



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The diseased fruits and branches should be burned, 

 and in the spring the trees must be sprayed with solu- 

 tion of copper sulphate, which Will help greatly in check- 

 ing the fungus, and an occasional application of Bordeaux 

 mixture will still further overcome the trouble. 



Fig 61— Apple Scab Fusicladium dendriticum. 



Entomosporium macidatum (Lev.). Leaf blight and crack- 

 ing of the pear; also found on the quince. This fungus 

 first makes its appearance on the leaves as small, brown 

 spots which soon enlarge to considerable patches. Later 

 in the season black spots are seen in the center of the 

 brown patches, which are the spores. The disease begins 

 early in the spring, and the entire foliage will become 

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