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in the middle states and westward, scarcely any healthy growth 

 was made until near midsummer, when late rains freshened it. 

 This serious leaf-blight appears to be directly responsible for 

 the death of many of the flowers and young fruits. It is evi- 

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possibly con- 

 has yet been done to stay its progress. The ordina^apple- 

 scab injury upon foliage and fruit, which progresses somewhat 

 slowly throughout the season, is readily held in check— as the 

 experiments of 1892 again show— by sprays of copper com- 

 pounds. If the blight which dissipates the crop while yet in 

 flower is amenable to the same treatment, we have still an- 

 other emphasis given to the importance of very early spray- 

 ing— a conclusion to which experiments point with renewed 

 force every year. But whatever the exact cause of this rapid 

 blight of the apple, it is evidently greatly influenced by the 

 weather of spring. The two seasons in which it has attracted 

 most attention were marked by prolonged and heavy cold 

 rams at about the blossoming time and extending some days 

 beyond it. This blight was much less serious in New York 

 than in 1890, but in Michigan and west to Kansas it was very 



The western apple states— Missouri, Kansas and adjacent 

 regions— experienced almost a total failure of apples. The 

 older apple regions of southern Michigan were equally barren, 

 but the northern section, in the neighborhood of Traverse 

 the Ba Y> °n Lake Michigan, gave a good crop, both in quality and 

 »ps. quantity. In New York and Ohio the crop was considerable 

 and m some sections it was good. The Hudson river region, 

 for instance, had a good crop, but it was used mostly for ex- 

 port and therefore made little impression upon the domestic 

 markets. In other New England states the crop was fair and 

 much of it found its way to the west. Even M;iim- wpph-s were 

 shipped west, but the results were commonly unsatisfa< ton 

 for prices were not sufficient to cover the great cost of hand- 

 ling and transportation. The Canadian crop was good and 

 was largely consumed in the export trade. The estimated 

 percentages of the apple crop in various states for S^t^mW 

 and November, as compared P wi,h an ave^e ,'uTl crop! pu" 



