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is safe to say that it is not due to any parasitic organism and con- 
sequently it is difficult to understand how spraying can have any 
effect upon it. Nevertheless, successful results from spraying 
with Bordeaux mixture have been reported by Lamsgon® and a 
correspondent at Spencerport reports concerning the disease, 
“about as usual except where liberally sprayed with Bordeaux 
mixture nearly exempt.” Wortmann’? and Zschokke,? two 
Eurcpean investigators, believe the spots to result in some way 
from the loss of water from the affected parts. 
Twie Buicur or Fire Bucur (Bacillus amylovorus (Burr.) 
De Toni).—This disease has been scarce. At Ripley, Chautau- 
qua Co., we saw a bearing tree with many dead twigs; at Vine 
Valley, Yates Co., a few trees of different varieties were con- 
siderably injured by it; and in a nursery at Orleans, Ontario Co.,, 
it killed a few trees. Only six correspondents mention the dis-. 
ease at all and of these but one (Bluff Point, Yates Co.) reports. 
it doing serious damage. ; 
How THe Frovit 1s Kerpinc.—This question was answered by 
64 persons, 20 of whom report apples keeping well; 21 fairly 
well and 15 poorly. Four expressed the opinion that apples 
ripened prematurely, while the remaining four gave the follow- 
ing answers: “ Baldwins good, Greenings poor;” “ Baldwins very 
well; King, Spy and Greening not very well; “ Baldwins 
look well; Spys are not keeping well.” From these reports it 
appears that up to December 1, the time the reports were made, 
the apple crop as a whole was in about average condition. 
As we have made no investigation of stored fruit we are unable 
to state what fungi have been chiefly concerned in the rotting of 
app'es this season. Bitter rot, Glewosporium fructigenum, is re- 
ported to have been unusually common. it Ba 
‘Lamson, H. H. N. 4H. Agr. Exp. Sta. Buls. 45 and 46. 
™Wortmann, Jul. Ueber die sogenannten “Stippen” der Aepfel. Land, 
Jahrb., 21: 663-675. 7 
*Zschokke, A, Stippigwerden der Aepfel. Landw. Jahrb. d. Schwweiz., 
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