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Anuther ticlil of Lawlnn licrries was 

 sprayed with 4-4-50 bordeaux. Two appli- 

 cations were made. The first was appHed 

 just before the blossoms began to open 

 and the seeond just before the fruit 

 began to ripen. The berries were thor- 

 oughly inspected on eight different days 

 from August 3 to August 23, inclusive. 

 There was an a\ erage of twenty-nine per 

 cent diseased fruit on the sprayed rows 

 and forty-one per cent diseased fruit on 

 the checks. 



A few hills of Kittatinny plants were 

 sprayed twice, in the same manner as 

 described for the Lawton. Three inspec- 

 tions were made (August 3, 10 and 13). 

 The sprayed fruit gave thirty per cent 

 diseased fruit, while the unsprayed gave 

 forty per cent. 



During all these inspections it was to 

 be noted that the number of drupels on 

 diseased fruit from sprayed plants were 

 less numerous than those on diseased 

 fruit from unsprayed plants. 



Anthracnose is caused by a small form 

 of fungus. 



Distribution of the fungus is accom- 

 plished by the spores. 



Anthracnose attacks the Snyder. Kit- 

 tatinny and Himalaya Giant blackberries, 

 the Lucretia dewberry. Loganberry, Ant- 

 werp and Cuthbert red raspberries and 

 the Cumberland black raspberry. 



The disease is very injurious to Snyder 

 and Kittatinny blackberries, attacking 

 the stems, leaves and fruit. 



A microscopic study and inoculation 

 experiments show that the same fungus 



occurs in the spots on stems, leaves 

 and fruit. 



The fungus attacks the current year's 

 growth of shoots when they are six 

 inches to one foot in height, and later. 

 Spots do not occur on the bases of 

 these shoots. 



The disease does not spread on the 

 stems and its leaves after the branches 

 form, since the canes and its leaves are 

 infested, while the laterals and their 

 leaves are usually free from the disease. 



On the Snyder and Kittatinny black- 

 berries the fungus spreads from the 

 stems and leaves to the fruit as soon as 

 the young fruit forms. 



The disease continues to spread on the 

 fruit during the entire season. The fruit 

 is damaged more or less severely, depend- 

 ing on date of infection and the number 

 of drupels on each berry that become 

 diseased; 



The fungus probably lives over winter 

 in the berry field in the leaves on the 

 ground and in the canes. 



To check the ravages of the disease 

 destroy the infested leaves and cut out 

 badly diseased canes and shoots before 

 the le.aves fall of?, and be sure to burn 

 them. In order to kill the spores of the 

 fungus on the canes spray with 4-4-50 

 bordeaux mixture before leaves appear. 

 In order to protect the leaves and young 

 canes the plants should receive a second 

 application of bordeaux when the leaves 

 are well out and by the time the young 

 shoots are six inches in height. A third 

 application should be made just before 

 the blossoms appear. 



Ilead what Hood I^iver says 



Hood River, Oregon, November 27, 1909. 

 This is to certify that I have used Cooper's 

 Tree Spray Fluids, VI, for killing San Jose 

 scale and found it very effectual. 



G. R. Castner, County Fruit Inspector. 



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