New YorK AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, ifk 
The nursery business, also, is very large in Western New York. 
It is especially prominent in the vicinity of Rochester, Geneva 
and Dansville. Several thousands of acres are devoted to the 
growing of nursery stock. 
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS. 
On account of the drought most fruit diseases were probably 
much less destructive than usual. In many cases the expense of 
spraying was wholly wasted because there was nothing to spray 
for. Many localities were practically exempt from the common 
fruit diseases which are ordinarily very destructive. In some 
other localities, however, certain of these diseases caused much 
damage. These variations were due to differences in local con- 
ditions, chiefly rainfall. So far as its influence on fungous dis- 
eases is concerned the total amount of rainfall is not nearly so 
important as the manner of its distribution. Frequent, light 
showers are more favorable to the growth of parasitic fungi than 
heavy showers at long intervals. 
It will be observed that the accounts of several of the diseases 
discussed in this bulletin are very incomplete. We met with 
many puzzling things upon which we were unable to make suffi- 
cient observations for want of time. The field was entirely too 
large to be covered thoroughly in a single season. Still we think 
it best to publish these observations even though they be frag- 
mentary. They at least furnish suggestions for further study. 
APPLE DISEASES. 
The heavy gale of September 12 blew off large quantities of 
apples. In many orchards from 25 to 50 per ct. of the fruit 
fell. So far as the apple crop is concerned this wind was by far 
the greatest disaster of the season. No diseas: has caused wide- 
spread destruction; in fact, no disease has been at all conspicu- 
ous except in a few localities. 
Scas (fusicladium dendriticum (Wallr.) Fckl.).—This has done 
very little damage. We have observed no orchard in whieh it 
has caused sufficient injury to warrant the expense of spraying. 
‘In this bulletin no account is taken of damage caused by insects, 
