AN EPIDEMIC OF CURRANT ANTHRACNOSE.* 
KF. C. STEWART AND H. J. EUSTACE, 
SUMMARY. 
During the past season the currant crop in the Hudson Valley 
has been seriously injured by anthracnose, a fungous disease 
causing the appearance of numerous small, dark brown spots 
on the leaves, which turn yellow and fall prematurely. Currant 
canes were quite generally defoliated early in the season and the 
exposure of the ripening fruit to the sun brought about sun- 
scald, resulting in a loss of nearly one-half the crop in some 
plantations. 
The disease attacks the leaves, petioles, fruit, fruit stems and 
canes. In New York State it is present among currants almost 
every season, but there is no record of its destructive occurrence 
since 1889. Although it attacks also gooseberries and black 
currants it has not injured them in the same locality where red 
currants have been seriously damaged by it. It is readily dis- 
tinguished from the ordinary leaf spot by the size of the spots, 
which are much smaller. 
The weather conditions last spring seem to have been partic- 
ularly favorable to it; but judging from the past history of the 
disease it is not likely to become a constant pest. Fruit 
growers need not be alarmed. Probably, it will become epi- 
demic only occasionally. 
Although there are scarcely any experimental data at hand, 
it is likely that anthracnose may be prevented by spraying 
with Bordeaux mixture; and since currant worms make neces- 
sary at least one application of Bordeaux, and leaf spot (a 

* A reprint of Bulletin No. 199, 
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