[ndiaiKt f'hnil Diseases. 



lie, 



CArT.llT.OWER. 



Yellows causcMl liy Fusiiriinii cDiit/lKthuins occnrrt-d in sfvcnil market 

 .i;ai-(lens about Iiuiianapolis. A Helerotinia stem rot was I'oimd kiliiiit,' many 

 plants in one garden. 



CELERY. 



The Knsariuni yellows was not serious this year. Tlie growers near 

 Lafayette and Goshen are using the resistant Easy Bleaching variety In 

 plaee of the susceptible Golden Self-blanching. 



lOarly blight caused l)y Ccrcoxporn apii was found very severe in the 

 Goshen crop and also near Lafayette late in the fall. The bacterial leaf- 



Fig. 4. Celery bacteri.al loaf spot. 



spot (Fig. 4) was severe In the Goshen crop and along with early blight 

 was killing many leaves. Long petiole lesions were very common. This dis- 

 ease was also found near Lafayette and Indianapolis. 



Late blight caused by Scptoria petroselini was noted near Goshen and 

 Lafayette but was not as destructive as early l)light. Possibly the higher 

 temperatures prevailing in Indiana cause early blight to be more destructive 

 than late blight. 



A mottling of the foliage of the Easy Bleaching variety suggestive of a 

 mosaic disease was noted at Goshen and Lafayette. Nematode root-knot 

 was found at (ioshen. .MTected jilants were liadly sttmted and displayed 

 a peculiar type of tipburn. 



