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recommended to use the Ammonicial-copper carbonate solution in the latei 

 sprayings. 



Leaf Spot (Septoria petroselini, var apii) : Brown spots, studded 

 with minute black spots, appear on the leaves. 



Celery Blight. (Cercospora \/>ii.)—A, spores through the agency of which the 

 disease spreads ; B, tuft of aerial protruding through a breathing-pore of a leaf ; C, a 

 diseased leaf, showing the brown. 



Remedies : Same as for leaf blight above. 



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Corn. 



(Insects). 



Corn-Stalk Borer (Papaipema nitela) : The larvae which belong to 

 the Cutworms bore into the stalks of the young corn plant. The leaves 

 turn yellow, and the stalks die prematurely. It is a general feeder, and 

 attacks potatoes, tomatoes, and many species of weed. 



Remedy: Destroy the diseased shoots. 



