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quinces. Plums are grown to a considerable extent, but not so 
much as formerly. Apricots and dewberries are rare. 
There are but few nurseries in the district. 
GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESULTS. 
Fruits generally have been remarkably free from diseases of 
all sorts.* Nearly all fruit growers with whom we have talked 
upon the subject say that all fruits have been freer from disease the 
past season than for many years. There has not been an epidemic 
of any disease and some of the common destructive diseases have 
been almost entirely absent. Fruit diseases have been. conspic- 
uous by their scarcity. Consequently, quite as much is said in 
this bulletin about what has not been found as what has been 
found. 
It is to be regretted that a thorough survey of fruit diseases in 
the Hudson Valley was not made in 1898. The season of 1898 was 
very wet and fruit diseases generally were unusually destructive. 
A comparison of the two seasons would be instructive. 
The replies to questions two and six of the circular letter were 
so few and so unsatisfactory that they have not been considered. 
The replies to questions four and five indicate that Bordeaux mix- 
ture, although used to a considerable extent, is not in as general 
use as it should be. 
APPLE DISEASES. 
In quantity, the apple crop of 1899 was, perhaps, no more than 
an average one; but the fruit was remarkably fair, being un- 
usually free from blemishes of all sorts. Nevertheless, apples 
have not kept well. This is due partly to the warm autumn® and 
partly to the fact that the fruit ripened prematurely. Certain 
winter varieties, for example Baldwins and Greenings, have in 
some cases behaved more like late fall varieties. 
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4 This statement does not apply to insect injuries. 
5 It is believed by some that the very heavy frost on October 3 (25° at Honey- 
mead Brook, 27° at Wappinger’s Falls), seriously injured the keeping qual- 
ities of apples. 
