New Yorx AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT Sration. 189 
NURSERY DISEASES. 
Apple. 
Powdery mildew. 
Pear. 
Leaf blight. 
Pear blight (Fire blight). 
Cherry. 
Leaf blight. 
Powdery mildew. 
VINEYARD DISEASES. 
Black rot. 
Downy mildew (brown rot or 
gray rot). 
SMALL FRUITS. 
Raspberry. 
Anthracnose. 
Strawberry. 
Leaf blight. 
Plum. 
Leaf blight. 
Quince. 
Leaf blight. 
Peach. 
Root knot. 
Powdery mildew. 
Powdery mildew. 
Anthracnose. 
Rattling or shelling. 
Currant. 
Leaf blight. 
Cane blight. 
Gooseberry. 
Mildew. 
2. Of the diseases mentioned, please name the worst three. 
3. In each of the above cases, give, if possible, the percentage of the crop 
injured, stating the basis upon which you make your estimate. 
4, What remedies, if any, have been used for plant diseases in your locality? 
5. With what success have these been used? 
6. Have any new or unusual diseases appeared; if so, give description, 
amount of damage done, and any other items concerning them. 
F. ©. STEWART, 
F. A. TABER, 
E. W. BARNES, 
P. W. KING, 
L. E. COVERT, 
Committee. 
MAGNITUDE OF THE FRUIT INDUSTRY. 
Fruit growing is one of the leading industries throughout the 
whole district. 
In several localities it is practiced to the exclusion 
of all other branches of agriculture. The most prominent of these 
special fruit growing localities is in the southeastern part of Ulster 
County around Marlboro, Milton and Highland. 
The fruits grown extensively are apples, cherries, currants, 
grapes, peaches, pears, raspberries and strawberries. 
There are 
several commercial plantations of gooseberries, blackberries and 
