ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
no. 6.] rn 
XXX.-PLANT DISEASES. V.-DISEASED APPLES 
AND MELONS FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
(With Plate.) 
The subjoined letter has been received at Kew from the Cape of 
Good Hope Government Commercial Agency, 73, BasinghalJ 
Street, London, E.C. :— 
"I have taken the liberty of forwarding to you one box 
containing apples of various kinds, which have been grown in 
Cape Colony. You will notice that they are all disfigured with 
marks or spots, and I am informed by the apple judges that 
these marks prevent the fruit being of any commercial value. 
" Would you kindly inspect them and give me all the informa- 
tion that you possibly can that will be of value to the fruit 
growers of Cape Colony, as to what the spot or fungus is ; what it 
is caused through, and what is the most effectual and cheapest 
remedy that can be employed in the Cape Colony to get rid of it. 
" I have also sent a melon which has spots on it." 
The subject has been investigated by Mr. Massee, Principal 
Assistant, Cryptogams, Herbarium, Kew. 
Apple Disease. 
The first evidence of disease is indicated by the appearance c 
minute, scattered, discoloured blotches on I 
are confined to the calyx or "eye" end oi the fruit. <>r m " th> 
words, to that portion not imbedded in 
contained in the case in which the apples « 
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"'en/ inxtaiire perfectly free from blemish. For several week 
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