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new facts of importance. In the Hudson Valley survey it was 
discovered that the currant cane blight so destructive in the 
Hudson Valley is entirely different from the currant cane blight 
occurring in the western part of the State. In the same survey 
there was gathered considerable evidence to show that a destruc- 
tive cane blight of the raspberry, often attributed to drought or 
winter injury, is in reality due to the attacks of a parasitic fun- 
gus; and the observations made in the survey of 1900 prove this 
beyond all doubt. 
THE SURVEY: METHODS AND GENERAL RESULTS. 
TERRITORY COVERED BY THE SURVEY. 
The territory covered by the survey includes all that part of 
New York State lying west of a north and south line drawn 
through Lake Cayuga; namely, the Counties of Wayne, Seneca, 
Schuyler, Chemung, Monroe, Ontario, Yates, Steuben, Orleans, 
Genesee, Livingston, Wyoming, Allegany, Niagara, Erie, Cat- 
taraugus and Chautauqua. (See Plate XXII.) 
WEATHER CONDITIONS. 
In Western New York the season of 1900 was excessively dry 
and the effects of the drought were the more prominent because 
the preceding season had also been an unusually dry one. The 
monthly precipitation for the season of 1900'is shown in the 
accompanying table: 
PRECIPITATION IN WESTERN NEW YORK—APRIL TO SEPTEMBER, 1900. 
Total 
for six 
Station. April. May. June. July. August. Sept. months. 
in. In. In. In. In. In In. 
MEITIUILIG s . co oc oe .59 -60 92 3.63 4.11 43 10.28 
MGI VAN 6s ccc ss 1.25 1.06 18 3.91 2.36 41 OrTT 
TOV OHS Pa ces seth. 1.19 1.85 2.74 3.46 2.49 2.01 13.74 
Williamson ..... 1.43 1.45 .86 4.09 SS aE 2.56 13.30 
Rochester ...2...e 1.68 1.31 2.43 3.98 2.03 L933 13.36 
Scottsville ...... 1.62 1.52 1.95 5.05 2.68 Put 14.49 
Brockport ...... 1.38 1.42 . 94 4.47 PAG TE 3.02. 13.94 
METLIEALO 0 s:0 0 6 0 sis as a 3 1.22 1.22 2.97 3.69 2.90 13.13 
Westfield ....... . 64 2.44 2.03 5.75 1.39 2.61 14.86 
PA VONE. oe kee hoa Cee 1.41 1.23 3.40 2.52 A Py at 11.43 
PARTOMNsaa( pee aients 102 451,03 ¢ lett 2.50mee 2.48. . '2286* 12516 
bs CAP vt ed Hf} 3.08 2.41 TeOTs S128 
Atlanta ......... 2.08 



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