ENEMIES OF PLANTS. 



33: 



Those fruits which touch each other are most 

 easily affected ; hence, the importance of thinning 

 the fruit. Another point to be remembered is 

 the fact that the fruits infested by these fungi 



FIG. 123. — BROWN ROT (Moniliafrucligfna). 



dry up and remain upon the tree, and thus carry 

 the spores over to the next year. These mum- 

 mified fruits (Fig. 123) should be destroyed or 

 fed to hogs. Frequent spraying with the diluted 



