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its attacks. The second spraying should be made while the 
leaves are unfolding, and thereafter the treatment should be 
repeated at intervals of ten to fourteen days until there is 
danger of permanently spotting the fruit. Upon the appearance 
of worms add Paris green or green arsenoid to the mixture. In 
wet seasons one or two applications should be made after the 
fruit is gathered. | 
Spraying in the early part of the season should be done with 
especial thoroughness and regularity in order, if possible, to 
keep the diseases completely under control until the time when 
the spraying must be discontinued on account of spotting the 
fruit. 
To restate the matter briefly: Spray thoroughly with Bor- 
deaux mixture, commencing before the leaves appear. Make 
the second treatment as the leaves are unfolding and thereafter 
at intervals of ten to fourteen days until the fruit is two-thirds 
grown. In wet seasons make one or two applications after the 
fruit is gathered. When worms appear add Paris green or green 
arsenoid to the Bordeaux. 
It seems to us probable that currant growers in the Hudson 
Valley will find spraying, as suggested above, a profitable prac- 
tice. Anthracnose may not be epidemic except occasionally, but 
it probably does some damage nearly every season. Leaf spot is 
nearly always plentiful in the latter part of the sesaon, and 
sometimes causes the leaves to fall before the fruit is ripe. Cane 
blight is always destructive, and one application must be made 
for the worms anyway. We believe that loss from all these 
troubles may be materially lessened by spraying. While the cur: 
rant bears premature defoliation remarkably well, preservation 
of the folage must result in increased vigor of the plants and, 
consequently, larger yields of fruit. 
