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Mr. HoYT. I have been yery much interested in the re- 

 marks of the speaker, and would like to relate a little of 

 our experience with fungus. We raise a great many small 

 plants which we put in the cellar preparatory to planting the 

 next season. I have noticed on roses, grapes, and more par- 

 ticularly on our small apple stocks which we have stored 

 away, a little blue mold, and after a time that mold turns 

 red, when the tops of the trees or shrubs are perfectly green. 

 When those plants were set out, they would refuse to grow. 

 Finding that trouble, and not knowing the cause, we finally 

 learned, years ago, to use the " ounce of prevention." We 

 use a great deal of sand, sawdust, and moss in the cellar where 

 we store our plants, and now, every season, when we get the 

 cellar clear of stock, we clean out that material, which we 

 use for packing, entirely, and it is quite a job. We used to 

 let that material remain and use it another year. We do not 

 do it now, because it gets pretty well infected with fungi, and 

 since we have taken that precaution, we do not suffer so much 

 damage as we used to. 



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