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FUIfGI AXD FUNGICIDES 



green parts of the plant, nsnally doing most damage to 

 the young shoots and the fruit. On the former it ap- 

 pears at first in the shape of 

 small round brown spots, 

 depressed in the center, and 

 having a slightly elevated 

 dark colored border. As the 

 shoots grow the spots grad- 

 ually elono-ate, and their 

 middle portions become 

 more distinctly depressed be- 



cause of the killing of the 



tissue. The effect upon the 

 fruit is w^ell illustrated in 

 Fig. 43 ; there first appears 

 a small grayish spot, having 

 its margins dark brown. 

 The spot gradually enlarges, 

 and there is frequently de- 

 Telojoed just inside the dark 

 brown margin a bright ver- 

 milion ring. On account of 

 this, the disease is often 

 called the '' Bird's-eye" Rot. 

 As the fungus progresses the 

 growth of the berry is 

 checked, and it finallv be- 

 comes a dry, withered mass 

 of skin, surrounding the par- 

 tially developed seeds. The 

 manner of development upon 

 the leaves is similar to that 



FIG. 43. ELVIRA GRAPE AFFECTED UpOU thC grCCU shoOtS. LlkC 



BY AXTHRAcxosE. ^^j^g^, fungi, thc authrac- 



nose fungus reproduces by means of minute spores, some 

 of which are represented, highly magnified, at Fig. 44 c. 



