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Assuming that an insutlicient mois- 

 ture supply to the fruit, accompanied 

 by great transpiration, may bring about 

 these diseases, it is suggested that the 

 exact method of their occurrence may 

 be through the leaves robbing the fruit 

 of water. Leaves have a higher cell- 

 sap concentration than green fruits and 

 can remove water from the fruits by 

 the process of osmosis. Chandler has 

 called attention to this fact and demon- 

 strated it with detached twigs bearing 

 fruits and leaves. Following Chandler's 

 method fruits have been rapidly wilted, 

 and then, by placing the twigs in water, 

 caused to regain their original state of 

 turgor. In many such fruits spots re- 

 sembling those of drouth spot, and 

 occasionally of cork, were produced. 



One experiment indicated that a re- 

 duction of the leaf surface of the tree 

 during the critical period might pre- 

 vent the drouth spot, but this is not sug- 

 gested as a practical means of control. 



The only control method which offers 

 promise of results is one looking to 

 conservation of soil moisture, and an 

 even distribution of the moisture sup- 

 ply throughout the season. Clean culti- 

 vation is not sufficient. From certain 

 suggestions of benefit in the Champlain 

 Valley, and from results secured in the 

 Pacific Northwest, clean cultivation 

 followed by a leguminous cover crop, 

 or the planting of a leguminous crop 

 such a alfalfa in the orchard, seem 

 methods which should be tried. Cer- 

 tain growers in the Champlain Valley 

 are testing them. 



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