. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. FiG. 40. Fig. 41. Berries affected with broivn rot. Berries affected with black rot. plish spot appears on 'the side of the berry. L-ater, the fruit is covered with a white mould, and in a short time the whole fruit turns brown, and later on becomes soft and wrinkled. Figure 40 shows a cluster of mouldy berries. Black Rot affects the fruit which it seldom attacks until the berries are two-thirds grown; these shortly dry up, turn black, and remain hard and dry on the vines, often until the following spring. Each dried berry is covered with minute postules
. Amateur fruit growing. Fruit-culture. FiG. 40. Fig. 41. Berries affected with broivn rot. Berries affected with black rot. plish spot appears on 'the side of the berry. L-ater, the fruit is covered with a white mould, and in a short time the whole fruit turns brown, and later on becomes soft and wrinkled. Figure 40 shows a cluster of mouldy berries. Black Rot affects the fruit which it seldom attacks until the berries are two-thirds grown; these shortly dry up, turn black, and remain hard and dry on the vines, often until the following spring. Each dried berry is covered with minute postules. This disease is only occasionally injurious in the northwestern states. Preventives.—There are no remedies for either of these dis- eases, for after the fungus finds a lodgment in the tissues of the plant we are powerless to destroy it without injuring the plant itself. Consequently every effort should be used to keep the fun- gus from getting a hold on the plant. It has been found that where the vines are closely shut in, so that there is but little circulation of air and the water does not quickly dry off the foliage, or where. 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 Bowdlear, 1859- [from old catalog]. Minneapolis, Farm, stock and home publishing co.
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