I ndUiua I'laiil Discm^cs. 



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inrcctioii c.-iuscd liiii-rciiiicss. Kiisl \v;is of .uciicr;il iiccinrciicc. One platil 

 iinVctiMl witli llic l(';if-si)()t cfiuscil Uy I'lu/sdih i iini :r<i( iikijiiHk wsis fouii.l ;it 

 .Slic'lli.vvillo liy J. V. 'Prost. Severe liiiil iii.iiir.\ (Kciiried in iiuniy sections. 



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i>i'jil"-s|iol (Ine i)i-oh;il>ly lo I'hiilloslichi i,h(i.s(<,liii<i was roniid very aliun- 

 liaiil liolh on jeav.'s and i.ods in a Held near I tecker Aniiust. \'.K Tins dis- 

 ease was noted at N'ailonia in I'.Un. 



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r.y far tlie most serious disease was liaetei'ial wilt due to Bacillus truch- 

 cilihihis. This disease was noted in m-eeniiouses and niarivPt gardens, and 

 in the ]iicl<le crop ahcnt riynioutii wilt was far worse than previously 

 recorded and continued its attack well into the season. Where the sini^de- 

 plant-t(i-tliediill system of culture was used, wilt caused many uuproduc- 

 li\-e hhink spaces in the fields, and row plantiui: woidd have heen preferahle 

 to hill iilautinj; tliis season. 



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Mosaic (Fig. (\) was not jirevaleul in greenhouses hut in the jiickle crop 

 was very desti-uctive and lanked next to wilt in inipoilance. II wa < found 

 in 12 out of 1") fields exanuned near IMyniouth. Au^'ust .".l. but in ue.ieral 

 the attack .seemed to he of re<-enf incei)tion. The outstandiuL' symptom was 

 the yellowiuir ratluM- than tlii" mottliiiji of the foliage. 



Authracuose due to (Ollclolrichinn I(i(/<n(iriiini was destructive in the 

 same greeidiom-es where it occurred last year and was again associated wit!, 

 the pi-actice of overhead watering. Xe fruit infection lias hi-eii noteil. 



Angular leaf-spot caused by Haiti riii in liirliriiniiiiis was found in cold- 

 fi-auie cncumhers and to a slight extent in tlie i)ickle crop ahout IMymouth. 

 Seed disinfecticrn for this di.sease is now in'acliced hy the Heinz company 

 and their croji is relati\-ely frei' fi-om infection. 



