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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. HKOWN ROT (Manilla frucligena). 



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 



