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enlarged under the wax and flattened on the side abraded. The 
remaining cane was all dead above the wax with a pronounced 
enlargement and canker at the wax. 
In a hasty examination made May 29, 1902, all of the inocu- 
lated canes were found to be dead above the wax, while at least 
eight of the checks were still alive. 
Vinal observations made July 25, 1902, showed the condition 
of the checks to be as follows: 4 alive throughout, 4 dead 
throughout, 1 dying and 1 dead above the wax. 
The results of this experiment are unsatisfactory and difficult 
to interpret. The fact that the inoculated canes all died before 
June 1, while at least eight of the checks were yet alive, indi- 
cates that inoculation had some effect. The tendency of the 
‘inoculated canes to break at the point of inoculation is to be 
ascribed to brittleness induced by the attack of the fungus, as 
is conspicuously the case with plants naturally infected. 
Haperiment No. 7.— Date of inoculation, June 14, 1901. Ten 
new canes of red raspberry (variety, Coutant No. 1) were inocu- 
lated near the base with the same culture used in Experiments 
5 and 6. In all preceding experiments the inoculations had 
been made well up toward the top of the canes. It was now 
desired to learn what would happen if canes were inoculated 
near the base. Accordingly, in this experiment the bark four 
or five inches above the surface of the soil was abraded, then a 
drop of water and bit of fungus applied and the cane wound 
with grafting wax as usual. There were ten checks. 
Within a month after inoculation both the inoculated canes 
and checks began to show a bluish-black discoloration of the 
bark above and below the wax. By September 2 all of the 
inoculated canes were much discolored around the wax. They 
were also considerably enlarged and badly scarred on the inocu- 
lated side. The checks were in practically the same condition. 
The following spring, on May 7, 1902, the checks were all still 
alive and standing, while among the inoculated canes only five 
were alive, and of these two were broken at the base. The 
other five had been broken in the process of laying the canes 
down for winter. 
