Family Solanaceae 301 



Arkansas, Idaho, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connec- 

 ticut, Montana, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ala- 

 bama, Utah, Georgia, Delaware, South Carolina, 

 Florida, Mississippi, Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada, 

 Rhode Island, and Arizona. The area in 1909 de- 

 voted to tomatoes was estimated at 207,379 acres, 

 and the crop valued at $13,707,929. The leading 

 producing States are as follows: Maryland, New 

 Jersey, Indiana, Delaware, Florida, Virginia, Mis- 

 souri, New York, Ohio, Texas, California, Tennessee, 

 Pennsylvania, Illinois, Mississippi, Kentucky, Michi- 

 gan, Iowa, West Virginia, Arkansas, Colorado, Utah, 

 Kansas, and Massachusetts. States with less than 

 one thousand acres are omitted. 



DISEASES OF THE EGGPLANT (Solatium 



melongena) 



Southern Wilt, see Tomato, p. 342. 

 Damping Off, see Pythium, p. 43. 



Fruit Rot 



Caused by Phomosis vexans (Sacc. and Syd.) Hart. 



The disease is quite common in New Jersey, and it 

 undoubtedly occurs in the more southern States. 

 The trouble has been recognized as serious, but the 

 cause has been only recently worked out by Harter. 1 



Symptoms. Fruit rot attacks all parts of the plant 



1 Harter, L. L., U. S. Dept. of Agr. Jour. Agr. Research, 2 : 331- 

 338, 1914- 



