. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . s been conclusively demon-strated by extensive experiments among potato-growersduring a continuous period
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . s been conclusively demon-strated by extensive experiments among potato-growersduring a continuous period of ten years, that an annualaverage increase of over forty bushels per acre may beexpected from spraying the crop with bordeaux mix-ture, from three to five times in the season at a totalaverage cost of about $5 per acre. The loss from oat-smut commonly averages from 5 to 25 per cent of thecrop, yet it may be absolutely prevented by seedtreatment at ahnost insignificant cost. The loss fromscab in the apple crop of New York State often totalsnot less than .53,000,000 and for the United States acorresponding loss of over $40,000,000. In 1900, thepeach-growers of Georgia lost $5,000,000 by brown rot,while the average annual loss from the same disease inthe entire United States is never less. Yet in each mentioned, as well as in most of the other of oiucommon and destructive diseases, cheap and effectivemeans of control are within the reach of every grower. The value and ^^^. 1279. Effects of Uieleaf-curl fungus oa peachfoliage. (XJz) efficiency ofthese meanshave been estab-lished b e v o n ddoubt, theirprofitable appli-cation requiresonly intelligenceand practice onthe part of thegrower. Symptoms ofdisease in plantsare so varied in character as tomake an attempt at whoUysatisfactory grouping for practi-cal piuposes of doubtful of some of the morecommon types, however, may beuseful. The grower must learnby study and experience themore striking sjTnptoms char
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