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be sprayed on the trees.. It is sticky, and adheres quickly. Al 
insects will abandon any foliage where this spray is used. 
Loquat. 
Buack Spot (Fusicladium eriobotrye.)—To commercial inter- 
change with the Eastern States we owe another disease of our 
orchard trees, The loquat, until lately, was, almost without ex- 
ception, raised from seeds from locally-grown fruit, and the plants 
were healthy. Whether the disease was introduced by im- 
ported fruit or on nursery stock, it is not easy to determine. 
This blight is caused by a fungus closely allied to that which 
produces the scab diseases of apples and pears, and its botanical 
name is Fusicladium eriobotrye. Diseased loquats were first sub- 
mitted for identification to this Department in 1898. It has 
since been spreading, and some years it is reported to do seriou 
damage to the loquat crop in a number of gardens. 
The fruit is attacked when half grown, by brownish black 
spots, which soon extend, stop the further development of the 
fruit, and disfigure its appearance. Before attacking the fruit, 
brown spots show on the leaves and assume a darker colour. The 
fleshy part of the fruit becomes desiccated, and the skin seems to 
cling to the stones. A large proportion of the crop may, in a short 
space of time, be rendered absolutely unsaleable. 
Remedy.—That treatment must be protective, and cannot be 
curative, as the fruit once spotted can never be freed of the blemish. 
Spraying with Bordeaux mixture soon after blossoming, when 
the petals have fallen, and the fruit has just formed, should be 
found an effective protection. This treatment should be renewed 
when the fruit is half grown, in the winter, when the weather is 
likely to remain fine for some time. If necessary, a third spraying, 
a fortnight after, would copperplate the tree against an sbtael of 
the fungus. 
Collect and burn all diseased fruit, and sweep and hari the 
leaves as they fall from the tree. 
The loquat also suffers from a bacterial disease somewhat 
similar if not identical to that which causes Pear Blight. Infection 
first takes place through the blossoms. These wilt very quickly 
after inoculation and are easily detected. Snap off with the hand 
the entire twig and if signs of disease still show, break further back. 
If pruning shears are used they must be disinfected after each cut. 
If the disease reaches the trunk, death of the tree results. 
Stone Fruit. 
Almonds, apricots, peaches, and nectarines as well as plums 
and cherries, are attacked by fungus diseases which, if not in every 
instance identical are sufficiently closely related to be described 
under one heading, and are amenable to similar treatment. 
