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Do you have tomato plants in your backyard garden?  Then you need to be on the lookout for what’s called “late blight”.  Late blight was involved in the great Irish potato famine.  Once under control, the disease is back.  A Cornell scientist says late blight is here early this year, and more severe than usual.

Click the story to get the advice of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oswego County.  Here are some more resources:

• Lots of photos here to help you recognize late blight;
• A primer on late blight;
• Late Blight Comes Early (Washington Post).