SOME NEW ISUUAKGANE DISEA 





Dteei^iI>TltoN OF PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. AppeajfiKce of split Icane^'yli^f^ted with Cephilosportum Sacchan 

 Katural size. , 



{(!f'rJialo!^poH>fni Sacchari Hnt\ 



2 Appearance of splifc cane infected with jy<?w</«r5omna <5occ/iari. x 1|. 

 -Ix^thJ-'tJtlu^i^ P^**'1^"^^i-i^^^^^*i^f' "^^ ^("'(^hari. Natural size. 



cau.sed by CoUetotj^ichum falcaf/imi '^■fmu ■■ 

 the name red rot might equally •-• " ^ 



Lices distinct reddening of the c 

 encountered. With a little praoti- 

 tinguished and they are caused bj^ 



As in red rot, the earlier sysupi 

 in such cases of severe infection of 

 planting as cause the death of the y^^a^^ 

 more fully referred to beiow, little J> 

 about half grown. At this period affe- 



(unted, single stools, or patches of varyinji 



>served scattered through the fiel 



"valent. From this on until the time of harv > 



dividual canes, or even of whole stools, occu. 



i>. as if insufficiently supplied with water, fo 



JK'oh become lic^ht a';d hollow'. If the cani- 



