SUCCESS IN MARKET GARDENING 



tion of all leaves, twigs and dead growths which 

 may contain the spores. 



The various liquid preparations for spraying 

 and so protecting the foliage and succulent stems, 

 by way of which the spores are apt to gain footing 

 on growing plants, generally operate by coating 

 the surfaces with a thin film of some substance 

 in which the spores cannot germinate, while yet 

 it is harmless to the plant. The spraying should 

 be repeated, at intervals of ten or fifteen days at 

 most, at such time and as long as any danger of 

 an attack is to be apprehended. This time varies 

 with the different habits of different fungi; further 

 knowledge than we now possess on that point will 

 doubtless be gathered as time goes on. 



IN CONC LUSIO N 



I AM very sure that much in the preceding 

 pages will be directly helpful in the way of prac- 

 tical guidance to any one engaged, or about to 

 engage, in the business of vegetable-growing. 

 Indirectly, also, the cultivator or student will 

 be benefited, if, by their perusal, he is stimulated 

 to a livelier sense of the variety and importance 



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