Fig. 1.— Beet canker. 1, appearance of a diseased beer 9 
"" \S^!fSS ' have detected this fun « us on *«* * 
have not yet been lifted. 
The substance of the fungus consists of a dense mass of slender 
o r r min 2 a r s„.frr imbedded in a « lail '5' "tat^fte ^SSS 
m!w g tL ? m °? S CTUSt two t0 tbree Hues thick. When 
mass of otairt? "^ -"T ' S C0TCred wi,h * d <™" 
sideration, which, judging IS a 7 the P arasite ™der con- 
be identical with \he?^T GdL Wl ^^^ g™ appears to 
said to attack potatoes and dahlias ™ mmte * rh ^ophila, Sacc, 
roots showing vrnVt^a^^^T^ to ™ 1 ^* 
more, the roots should be rW™Ji? i hen st0I ™g : further- 
possibility of sweating in tie pTl 5 ;^' 8 ° aS '° a ™W "V 
also from information, I find it a LJ * P 6reoI ™l observation, 
