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There appears to be at pvesent no outdoor treatment for this 

 trouble other than by obviating the conditions which favor the 

 rot. Some growers may associate this rot with that caused by 

 smut, but the rot caused by bacteria and Botrytis is quite dis- 

 tinct, and shoukl not be confounded with the smut. 



