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Stanford, E. E. Studies on Resistance of Tomatoes to 

 Bacterial Wilt. N. C. Ag. Exp. Sta. 40th Ann. Kept., 1916- 

 1917, pp. 92-93. 



See also Stanford, E. E. and Wolf, F. A. "Studies on Bac- 

 terium solanacearum." Phytopathology, Vol. VII, No. 3, June, 

 1917, pp. 155-165. 1 Fig. 



The first note on this disease was by Prof. T. J. Burrill 

 in 1890. The first paper relating the disease to a definite micro- 

 organism was by the writer in 1896: "A Bacterial Disease of 

 the Tomato, Eggplant, and Irish Potato." U. S. Dept, Agric. 

 Bull. No. 12, Div. Veg. Phys. and Path., Washington Govt. 

 Printing Office. Here the name Bacillus solanacearum first 

 appears. 



The first paper proving the disease to occur in tobacco was 

 also by the writer: "The Granville Tobacco Wilt." U. S. 

 Dept, Agric., Bu. PL Ind., Bull. 141, part II, Washington Govt. 

 Printing Office, 1908. 



The last notes are by 



Smith and Godfrey, Brown Rot of Solanaceae on Ricinus, 

 Science, N. S., Vol. XLVIII, July 12, 1918, pp. 42-43; and by 



Smith and McCulloch, Bacterium solanacearum in Beans, 

 Science, N. S., Vol. L, Sept. 5, 1919, p. 238. 



