. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. 54, THE GRAPE. DowNT Mildew (Porononpora vitkola). This fungus may at- tack the young wood, flowers or fruit, or all these at the same tiJ^- When it attacks the foliage it first appears as greenish-yellow_ dr brownish irregular spots on the upper, surface, with corresponding spots of whitish frost-like mildew on the under side. The effect of this is to cause the leaves to dry up and fall off, frequently when the fruit is quite green,
. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. 54, THE GRAPE. DowNT Mildew (Porononpora vitkola). This fungus may at- tack the young wood, flowers or fruit, or all these at the same tiJ^- When it attacks the foliage it first appears as greenish-yellow_ dr brownish irregular spots on the upper, surface, with corresponding spots of whitish frost-like mildew on the under side. The effect of this is to cause the leaves to dry up and fall off, frequently when the fruit is quite green, which consequently does not ripen. But besides the loss of tlie fruit from this disease the wood is often left in a very immature state, and the whole plant so seriously weakened that it will not produce a full crop of fruit for several years. It frequently acts in this manner on the Delaware, while it .seldom Injures the fruit of that variety. On other varieties the fruit is more susceptible than the foliage, and it produces brown rot of the berries, which may cause severe losses some seasons. In this case the first perceptible effect of the disease is when a pur-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Green, Samuel B. (Samuel Bowdlear), 1859-1910. St. Paul, Minn. , Webb publishing company
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