WINTER BLIGHT. 181 
cation of the trou- 
ble is dwarfing and 
slight fading of the 
leaves, and the ap- 
pearance of more 
or less ill-defined 
yellowish spots or 
splashes. These 
spots soon become 
dark or almost 
black, and the leaf 
curls and becomes 
Stim. the edges 
drawing downward 
and giving the 
plant a wilted ap- 
pearance... */T his 
condition of the 
leaf is well shown 
in Fig. 62 (page 
180). The spots 
grow larger, until 
they often become 
an eighth of an 
ingéh across ofr 
even more, and 
they are finally 
more or less trans- 
lucent. This in- 
jury to the foliage 
causes the plant to 
dwindle, and the 
stems become 
small and_ hard. 
Fruit production 
is lessened, or if 
the disease appears 
before flowers are 63. A plant attacked by winter blight (at the 
formed, NO | thie back), compared with a healthy one. 
