INSECTS AND DISEASES 



Wilt. Another disease which in some 

 sections is becoming more common on the 

 sweet corn is the wilt. Long Island seems 

 to have discovered the disease first. From 

 this section it has been reported in other 

 parts of New York and as far west as Iowa. 

 The plants that are affected wilt or drop 



Multiple, hermaphroditic and diseased (smut), all on 

 one stock. 



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