. Diseases and decays of Connecticut tobacco. Tobacco. 148 Connecticut Experiment Station Bulletin 432 severe cases in the shed, the tissue is so disintegrated that the leaf tears apart between the hands when one tries to open it; that is, it no longer has any tenacity. The color, although varied, is always darker than that of the unaflFected part of the leaf (Figure 32), Such areas, after curing, do not become soft and pliable when the rest of the tobacco comes "into case", but remain stijQF and brittle and are easily broken in sorting and packing. There is no elasticity and affecte
. Diseases and decays of Connecticut tobacco. Tobacco. 148 Connecticut Experiment Station Bulletin 432 severe cases in the shed, the tissue is so disintegrated that the leaf tears apart between the hands when one tries to open it; that is, it no longer has any tenacity. The color, although varied, is always darker than that of the unaflFected part of the leaf (Figure 32), Such areas, after curing, do not become soft and pliable when the rest of the tobacco comes "into case", but remain stijQF and brittle and are easily broken in sorting and packing. There is no elasticity and affected leaves are worthless for cigar wrappers and binders. Sometimes there seems to be a connection between the web-. FlGURE 32. Web-rot type of pole rot causing large, indefinite, darkened patches of rotted blade. rot^type and the freckle-rot type when a large lesion of web rot is bordered by^ freckles which gradually become less noticeable and disappear in the healthy tissue. One gets the impression that the web-rot type of lesion is^produced by the enlargement and coalescence of the freckle spots. This theory, however, does not explain the many cases in which there are no freckles at all in connection with many pole-rotted leaves. It is apparently possible to have web rot without an initial stage of freckle 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 Anderson, P. J. (Paul Johnson), b. 1884. [New Haven] : Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
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