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green cdlor. A newly iiilcsUM] spot niiiy jdiKliicc sitorcs in two weeks or 

 less, and llim lie ready lo cai ry on its w(u-l< (if destrinl ion lo new fields. 

 These rots and moulds are ^i-eat aj^cnls in icdueinj;- living oi- dead 

 pi'odncts and in liiiiiiii nialeiials lo be used in noiirisliiug growing j)lants. 





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Plate II. 



1. Early stat'e of blacl^-rot on apple. 



2. Apple thorouk'lily affected and dried. 



3. Poriion of diseased apple showing a perithecium in section. 



4. Mature spores. 



5. Spores germinating-. 



6. Apple affected with bitter-rot. 



7. Section through a pustule. 



8. Short stems bearing spores. 



9. Mature spores. 



10. Spores in variety germinating. 



Were there no moulds, rots, nor niiciohrs, nothing would decay, and 

 we sliould have a world full of ninnunies of all sorts, fumbling around 

 under foot, utterly worthless. How much better to have them rot and be 

 reduced, and let other plants use the i)revious materials over again. In 

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