Fungi and fungicides; a practical manual, concerning the fungous diseases of cultivated plants and the means of preventing their ravages . FIG. 31. PI>UM POCKET FUNGUS. MAGNIFIED. granular matter. Tlien a transverse i^artition is pro-duced a short distance from the upper end, and thegranular matter gathers itself together in six or eightlittle spores (6-). These spores finally escape from thecell in which they are held, and, under favorable condi-tions, germinate. In so doing each of the spores pro-duces on one side a bud having a shape similar to thespore itself; this bud produces another
Fungi and fungicides; a practical manual, concerning the fungous diseases of cultivated plants and the means of preventing their ravages . FIG. 31. PI>UM POCKET FUNGUS. MAGNIFIED. granular matter. Tlien a transverse i^artition is pro-duced a short distance from the upper end, and thegranular matter gathers itself together in six or eightlittle spores (6-). These spores finally escape from thecell in which they are held, and, under favorable condi-tions, germinate. In so doing each of the spores pro-duces on one side a bud having a shape similar to thespore itself; this bud produces another bud, and thisanother, until the substance of the original spore isexhausted. But botanists have not yet been able toinfect healthy plums with these spores or their buds. 62 FUXGl AXD FUXGICIDES The mycelium of the fungus also winters over in thetips of the young branches. Treatment.—A yigorous pruning of all affectedbranches some distance from the tips, in order to removethe mycelium in the tissues, seems to be the most prac-ticable remedial measure. The joockets should, ofcourse, be removed before maturing, and the safest waywill
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