264 SUCCESSFUL FEUIT CULTURE 



Spring Orange Bust (Coema luminata) — See under 

 the raspberry. 



Fall Orange Rust {Phragmidium alhida) — See 

 under the raspberry. 



FUNGOUS PESTS ATTACKING THE CUERANT 



Anthracnose, Leaf Blight (Gloeosporium ribis) — 

 A. fungus that appears first in rather fine dots on the 

 leaves the latter part of June or July, and when in 

 large numbers causing the leaves to fall in a few weeks, 

 leaving the canes bare until the following spring. The 

 result of this is that they make but little growth and 

 bear very small or very little fruit the season after being 

 attacked. 



E^emedy — Spray with the bordeaux mixture thor- 

 oughly just before the leaves unfold and again just 

 before the blossoms open, using Paris green the second 

 time for the currant worm. A third spraying with a 

 weak bordeaux (4:4:300), having it well strained so 

 as not to disfigure the fruit, about the first of July, 

 will be beneficial. 



Bust J Leaf Spot (Septoria ribis) — Similar to the 

 last in general appearance, but producing larger spots 

 and coming later in the season. It attacks the lower 

 leaves first and works toward the top of the canes, until 

 only a few leaves are left on the canes. 

 . Remedy — Same as for the last. 



FUNGOUS PESTS ATTACKING THE GOOSEBEEKT 



Mildew (Sphaerotheca morsuvae) — The foliage and 

 fruit of the gooseberry are often covered with a light 

 gray powder early in the season that stops growth of 

 the bush and destroys the fruit. In dry, rather cool 

 seasons there is little of this disease. 



Remedy — If abundantly sprayed with the bordeaux 

 mixture early in the spring and before the fruit is full 



