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A Bacterial Disease of Tomatoes.* 



FAbstract.l 

 By William Stuart. 



During the winter of 1898-99. while engaged in an experimental study 

 in the growing of tomatoes by the aid of chemical fertilizers, considerable 

 annoyance was occasioned by the appearance of a disease which attacked 

 the fruit and rendered it uumarlietable.' Usually the fruit showed no sign 



Fig. 1. Tomatoes affec-ted with bacterial digeaee. 



of injury until two-thirds grown, and sometimes not until fully developed. 

 The first visible appearance of the disease in infected fruits was in a slight 

 watery discoloration of the tissue beneath the epidermis. As the disease 



["Published in full in the Thirteenth Ann. Rep. of the Ind. Exp. Sta., pp. 33-36, Jan., 

 1901.] 



'A disease similar in its character was reported by Beach, in Bulletin 125 of the New 

 York State Agr. Exp. Sta., Geneva, pp. 305-306, July, 1897. 



11— A. OK Science. 



