. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. and their (^mlrol \\\)\) onr time it was tli()U<i[ht tliat tlirsr spots hitcr developed into the brown spot of tlie Navel orange, hut this has been shown not to he the case. Stem End Spot The CaHfornia stem end spot of oranges is a very different tiling from the stem end rot common in Florida and pre- viously described. It appears as small dried out and sunken spots immediately adjacent to the
. Citrus fruits; an account of the citrus fruit industry, with special reference to California requirements and practices and similar conditions. Citrus fruit industry; Citrus fruit industry. and their (^mlrol \\\)\) onr time it was tli()U<i[ht tliat tlirsr spots hitcr developed into the brown spot of tlie Navel orange, hut this has been shown not to he the case. Stem End Spot The CaHfornia stem end spot of oranges is a very different tiling from the stem end rot common in Florida and pre- viously described. It appears as small dried out and sunken spots immediately adjacent to the stem of the fruit and is most seri- ous on the Navel orange. It occurs only on fruit which is beginning to age. The cause has not been clearly demonstrated. Sometimes during wet weather, saprophytic fungi may grow on these dead spots, in Fig. 137. — Stem end spot of orange. which case the appear- ance of the fruit is injured and it is not safe to ship it to market. The remedy is to pick and ship the fruit Trunk Rot (Schizopyllum commune) The decay of the trunks of citrus trees due to this fungus is especially common in the moist coast region and in northern California. Where stubs have been left in careless pruning of the large limbs the spores gain entrance, and in time the white bracket-like fruiting bodies appear. The fungus is thought. 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 Coit, J. Eliot, b. 1880. New York : The Macmillan Company
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