[Fruit culture] . v# ^ .t-.*. Fig. 58 § 6 24909 6 APPLE PESTS AND INJURIES 71 X way through the healthy skin of an apple, therefore, the bestmeans of controlling soft rot is care to prevent bruising orbreaking the skin of the apples. 70. Fly Speck and Sooty Blotcli.—The disease illustratedin Fig. 58 is known as fly speck, as sooty blotch, and also ascloiid. Although the disease is commonly spoken of as two dis-tinct diseases, authori- __^ties are generally agreed J j^that both conditions,that is, the small blackspecks that closely re-semble fly specks andarranged in clusters andthe black soot-
[Fruit culture] . v# ^ .t-.*. Fig. 58 § 6 24909 6 APPLE PESTS AND INJURIES 71 X way through the healthy skin of an apple, therefore, the bestmeans of controlling soft rot is care to prevent bruising orbreaking the skin of the apples. 70. Fly Speck and Sooty Blotcli.—The disease illustratedin Fig. 58 is known as fly speck, as sooty blotch, and also ascloiid. Although the disease is commonly spoken of as two dis-tinct diseases, authori- __^ties are generally agreed J j^that both conditions,that is, the small blackspecks that closely re-semble fly specks andarranged in clusters andthe black soot-likeblotches, are caused bythe same fungus. How-ever, some apples mayshow only the sootyblotches and otherapples only the fly-speck spots. Both thesmall specks and theblotches appear aboutthe time that the applesbegin to maXvse and thespecks or the blotchesdevelop more rapidlyduring moist weatherand in orchards withdense foliage than dur-ing dry weather or in an orchard where the trees are openheaded and well pruned. The m
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