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Show Tomato Leaf-Spot and Muskmelon Blight. The Ohio Experiment station warns tomato growers to bo on the alert for tomato leaf-spot and to begin early in tholr measures for its proventlon. Tho prevailing wet weather is favorable favor-able to this disease which may again provo as destructive as in 1898 nnd 1900. Spraying tho plants wltn Bordeaux Bor-deaux mixture at intervals of two to threo weoks promises very large returns re-turns should such moist weather continue. con-tinue. Gardenors and truckers are also warned to begin spraying for the downy mildew of muskmelons and cucumbers, should their plants promise prom-ise to yield after the middle of August. Earlier spraying for this disease was not required, but from the present date forward, treatment should bo made at intervals of 8 to 10 daya if a late yield Is anticipated. A. D. Selby, Botanist. |