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The station has also found a cheap and effective remedy for 
the mildew which heretofore has been so destructive to English 
gooseberries as to nearly drive them from cultivation. (Highth 
Annual Report, pp. 334, 335; Ninth Annual Report, pp. 284 and 
307; Tenth Annual Report, p. 475; Bulletin 36.) It has treated 
successfully the blight of potatoes. (Tenth Annual Report, pp. 
465-487), and has been experimenting with remedies for potato 
scab. (Results will soon be published in a bulletin.) 
A very destructive bean disease has been studied during the 
past season and the results published in an illustrated bulletin. 
(Bulletin No. 48.) It is found that the disease can be success- 
fully treated at comparatively small cost. The importance of 
this investigation will be seen at once when it is remembered 
that in 1880 nearly one-half of the dry beans produced in the 
United States were grown on New York farms. (The latest 
results of this work will appear in due time either in the next 
annual report or in bulletin form.) 
Experiments in treating the following diseases have also been 
made, namely: Apple scab, strawberry leaf-blight. (Ninth 
Annual Report, p. 270. Tenth Annual Report, p. 467. . Bulletins 
24, 36 and 44.) Celery leaf blight and stem rot and raspberry 
anthracnose. (Bulletin 36, Tenth Annual Report, p. 470.) The 
chrysanthemum leaf-blight which is quite troublesome to florists 
has been successfully treated. (Results not yet published.) The 
question whether copper compounds used in spraying have an 
injurious effect on the soil is also being investigated. 
Karly in the year an illustrated bulletin on black knot of plum 
and cherry (No. 40) was issued in which the destructive nature of 
the disease, its cause and the best means for its control were 
plainly set forth. 
Not the least important work in this line is the answering of 
numerous questions from every part of the State concerning the 
diseases of farm and garden crops, nursery stock, and orchard and 
small fruits, so that the station really serves the agricultural and 
horticultural interests of the State as a bureau of information oh 
these as well as other subjects. ’ 
