. Diseases of economic plants . Plant diseases. DISEASES OF SPECIAL CROPS 95 fruit a dirty appearance. The fungus attacks the fruit late in the season, and is strictly superficial. It may be easil}' rubbed oft with a cloth. The loss in ready salability, due to the unsightliness of the fruit, is reason enough for protective spray- ings. The Bordeaux mixture applied at intervals of about two weeks from the middle of June until the middle of August is effec- tive. Flyspeck (Lep- tothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Sacc).—Growing upon the surface of the fruit and forming numerous clustered black spec
. Diseases of economic plants . Plant diseases. DISEASES OF SPECIAL CROPS 95 fruit a dirty appearance. The fungus attacks the fruit late in the season, and is strictly superficial. It may be easil}' rubbed oft with a cloth. The loss in ready salability, due to the unsightliness of the fruit, is reason enough for protective spray- ings. The Bordeaux mixture applied at intervals of about two weeks from the middle of June until the middle of August is effec- tive. Flyspeck (Lep- tothyrium pomi (Mont. & Fr.) Sacc).—Growing upon the surface of the fruit and forming numerous clustered black specks closely resembling flyspecks, this disease causes disfigurement of the apple. Though the disease is of very wide distribution, the loss occasioned by it is not serious and is almost entirely pre- vented by the sprayings employed against other diseases. Coniothyriose {Coniothyrium Fuckelii, Sacc).—A rot upon fruit very similar to bitter rot, and a twig blight very similar to Sphaeropsose is caused also by Coniothy- rium. This disease is of less importance than the others mentioned, and the remedies already given suffice. Volutellose {Volutella frucH S. & H.). — In general. Fig. 38.—Apple flyspeck. 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 Stevens, Frank Lincoln, 1871-1934; Hall, John Galentine, 1870-. New York : Macmillan
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