Addresses the bacterial disease, fire blight, and includes its epidemiology, distribution, host range, detection and infection. This work also considers the pathogen, including its biochemistry, genetics and pathogenicity, and finally reviews control, including biological methods.

Some issues accompanied by lists of members of the society.

Symptoms of disease in plants; Non-parasitic diseases; Diseases due to deficiences of food materials in the soil; Diseases due to excesses of soluble salts in the soil; Diseases due to unfavorable water relations; Diseases due to improper air relations; Diseases due to high temperatures; Diseases due to low temperatures; Diseases due to unfavorable light light relations; Diseases due to manufacturing or industrial processes; Diseases due to control practices; Virus and related diseases; Parasitic diseases; Bacterial diseases of plants; Diseases due to slime molds; The conditions of a fungus in or on the substratum; Diseases due to downy mildews and allies; Diseases due to pondscum parasites; Diseases due to black molds and allies; Diseases due to leaf curls and related fungi; Diseases due to cup fungi and allies; Diseases due to powdery mildews and allies; Diseases due to sphere fungi and allies; Diseases due to imperfect fungi; Diseases due to smut fungi; Diseases due to rust fungi; Diseases due to palisade fungi and allies; Parasitic seed plants and the troubles they cause; Nematodes and the diseases they cause.

Vols. issued in Albany include reports on both experimental and extension work, as well as research and extension publications issued during the year. Vols issued in Ithaca contain some of these reports and publications but are not as inclusive.