J. F. DASTUR lis¥é 
brought under cultivation only the previous year. Nevertheless, the disease 
appeared in both the plots by the middle of October, when the plants had 
commenced to set fruit, and was equally severe. 
Treating infected seeds with different strengths of copper sulphate solution 
and of formalin before sowing was also tried, but naturally the rate of germina- 
tion was not higher as the fungus has been found to hibernate within the seed. 
During the chilli season of 1917-18 eight }-acre plots were laid under 
chillies to try remedial measures that had suggested themselves in the 
light of experience gained in previous years. 
The writer wishes to make his acknowledgments to Mr. G. S. Henderson, 
Imperial Agriculturist, for the assistance he has given in carrying out these 
experiments. Acknowledgments are also due to Md. Taslim, Fieldman to 
the Imperial Mycologist, for the care he has taken m looking after these 
experiments. 
The plan of the experiments is shown in the following diagram :— 
| Chillies grown | Control Manured 
with maize. | local local 
Bombay variety | One row of | Varieties Varieties 
maize after | 
every 3 of 
chillies 
1 2 3 | 4 
| 
. re | 
Teshawar variety Control local Local varieties Manured Iccal 
varieties sprayed with | varieties late 
1 p.c. Bur- | sown 
RN OC Li 
mixture 
5 6 7 | 8 
On all the plots except on Nos. 1 and 5, local varieties were grown ; plots 
| and 5 were under Bombay and Peshawar varieties respectively. Seeds for 
plots 1 to 7 were sown in seed beds in the end of June, and the seedlings were 
transplanted a month later. Seedlings for No. 8 were transplanted in the 
end of August, the seeds having been sown a month previous. The first four 
pickings of ripe fruits from plots 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7 were made on the 30th of 
October, the 12th of November, the 24th of November and 8th of December. 
Fruits from plot No. 8 were first picked on the 20th of December. 
The yields were low as compared with those normally obtained. This was 
largely due to over-spacing, the plants being sown 24” x 24” apart as against the 
usual 18”x12.” The soil was also poorer than that ordinarily used for 
