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GRASSES OP IOWA. 



FIr. 135. Corn wilt. Cross-section stem of maize, the black areas, the vessels filled 

 with bacteria. (Stewart, Geneva, N. Y., Agrl. Exp. Sta.) 



CORN WILT. 



Another bacterial disease of corn has recently been worked 

 over quite carefully by F. C. Stewart* of the Geneva, New 

 York Agricultural Experiment Station, and there is hardly any 

 room to doubt that this disease is different from the Burrill 

 disease and is due to a specific cause. 



Stewart briefly called attention to a disease occurring on 

 Long Island which had the following characters: The plants 

 wilt and dry up, although the leaves do not roll as they do 

 when they die from lack of mgisture. In young plants death 

 occurs in a few days. In older plants it requires a longer time 

 for the disease to run its course. The disease may attack the 



•Garden and Forest. 10: 3. 8. 



