WILT OF CUCURBITS. 
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/ . LITERATURE. 
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SmitH, Erwin F. Two new and destructive 
/ 1893. 
f diseases of curcubits: 1. The muskmelon 
/ Alternaria; 2. A bacterial disease of cucumbers 
/ cantaloupes, and squashes. Paper read Aug. 
/ 21, 1903, before Sect. G. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci. 
/ at "Madison, Wis. Proc. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci., 
42nd meeting, for 1893. Salem, 1894, pp. 
258-259. Also aseparate. Brief abstract in 
Bot. Gazette, Sept., 1893, p. 339. 
1894. Ha.stTEpD, Byron D. Fungous diseases of the 
muskmelon. 14th Ann. Rept., New Jersey 
State Agric. Exp. Sta. and the 6th Ann. Rept. 
New Jersey Agric. College Exp. Sta. for 1893. 
Trenton, 1894. Part II, pp. 353-355, 1 fig. 
of leaf. See also p. 426 at bottom. 
Describes a disease of muskmelons said to be widely prevalent 
and attributes it to bacteria. From a statement on the bottom 
of p. 354 respecting the appearance of some of the leaves it 
is possible that a portion of these plants were attacked by 
Bacilius tracheiphilus, but all could not have been, since this 
organism does not cause a moist soft rot of the stems such as 
Dr. Halsted particularly describes. He says it is a disease com- 
plained of especially in the South (Mississippi) and also that: 
“This disease is ule acting, and healthy tissues, when inocu- 
lated, soften and decay in a few hours.” Possibly this disease 
was due to the soft rot organism since described by Giddings as 
Bacillus melonis. 
1895. SMITH, ERWINF. Bacillus tracheiphilus sp. nov., 
die Ursache des Verwelken verschiedener 
Cucurbitaceen. Centralbl. f. Bakt., 1895, 
2 Abt., Bd. I, No. 9-10, pp. 364-373. Alsoa 
separate. 
1896. SMITH, ERwin F. The path of the water- 
current in cucumber plants. * * * 5. The 
> result of parasitic plugging of the vessels. 
American Naturalist, July 1896, pp. 561-562. 
SeLBy, AuGUSTINE D. Certain troublesome 
diseases of tomatoes and cucurbits. Proc. 
Columbus Hort. Soc., Quarterly Jour. of 
Proc., Columbus, 1897, No. 4, Ann. Rept. 
for year ending Dec. 31, 1896 (vol. x1), p. 113. 
Also a separate. 
Reports the occurance in Ohio of cucumber-wilt due to B. 
tracheiphilus: ‘The watermelon also suffers from attacks of 
Bacillus tracheiphilus, Smith” (p. 115). 
1897. 
1897. 
Setsy, A. D. Diseases of cucurbits, 1. Bac- 
terial blight (Bacillus trachetphilus). Bull. 73, 
Ohio Argic. Exp. Sta., Wooster, Ohio., Dec. 
1896, pp. 233-235. Printed at Norwalk, 
Ohio, 1897. 
“The bacterial disease of muskmelons * * * has proven 
destructive at most points in the State.” 
SmrtrH, Erwin F. The spread of plant diseases: 
A consideration of some of the ways in which 
parasitic organisms are disseminated. Lecture 
delivered before the Mass. Hort. Soc., March 
1897. 
27, 1897. Proc. of the Society for 1897, 
printed in 1898. Also a reprint from the 
same, pp. 9. 
An abstract of the lecture appeared in one of the Boston 
papers soon after its delivery, and there was also a sepa- 
rate of this abstract. 
1898. SmitH, Erwin F. Some bacterial diseases of 
truck crops. Trans. of the Peninsula Horti- 
cultural Society, Meeting at Snow Hill, 
Md., Jan. 11-12, 1898. Also a separate pp. 
142-144. 
1899. Sturcis, W. C. Some common diseases of 
melons. 22dAnn.Rept.Conn. Agric. Exp. Sta. 
for 1898, Hartford, 1899, pp. 225-228, 234, 235. 
The first three pages are on bacterial wilt. Spraying experi- 
ments in several localities were made with Bordeaux mixture, 
potassium sulphide, sulphur, and Laurel green, but no con- 
clusive results were obtained. ‘‘It is probable that the suscepti- 
bility of melons to contract pond bacterial _ wae is unaffected 
by the fungicid ly 
Removing and destroying all wilted vines is the only practical 
method of preventing the spread of the disease. 
1899. SeELBy, A. D. Further studies. of Cucumber, 
Melon and Tomato diseases. Ohio Agric. 
Exp. Sta. Bull. 105, Columbus, Ohio. 1899, 
8 vo., p. 221. [A brief note.] 
1899. IwANoFF, K. S. Uber die Kartoffelbakteriosis 
in der Umgegend St. Petersburgs im Jahre 
1898. Zeitschrift f. Pflanzenkrankheiten, 
1899, Bd. Ix, p. 131. 
Author also reports having found B. tracheiphilus doing much 
damage on cucumbers in 1898 in Russia near St. Petersburg. 
1900. STONE, GEORGE E. AND Situ, R. E. The 
bacterial cucumber wilt. 12th Ann. Rept. 
Hatch Exp. Sta. of Mass. Agr. College, Jan. 
1900, P. 57. 
Reports occurence of B. 
tracheiphilus on cucumbers at 
Amherst, Mass., in 1889. 
1901. GARMAN, H. Enemies of cucumbers and re- 
lated plants. Kentucky Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station Bulletin No. 91, Lexington, 
Kentucky, March 8, rgor. 
1901. SmitH, Erwin F. Entgegnung auf Alfred 
Fisher’s ‘‘ Antwort,” etc. Centralbl. f. Bakt., 
1901. 2te Abt., Bd. vi, Nos. 3, 4, and 5-6. 
Also a separate. 
Plates 1 to vi, and the accompanying text, pp. 139 and 190 
to 195, relate to B. tracheiphilus. With one exception the plates 
are heliotypes from photomicrographs by the writer. 
1904. CLINTON, G. P. Squash Wilt. Bacillus trachei- 
philus Sm. Report of the Conn. Agric. Exp. 
Sta. for 1903. New Haven, 1904, Part rv, 
Report of the Station Botanist, p. 359. 
“Summer and Hubbard squash, also muskmelons and cucum- 
bers, are subject to this wilt, which last year was more common 
than usual." An excellent figure of wilting and wilted squash- 
vines is given. 
1907. Kirk, T. W. Bacterial Wilt of Cucumbers. 
Ann. Report, New Zealand Department of 
Agriculture, 1907, vol. xv, p. 158. 
Kirk believes that he has observed the wilt of cucumbers 
due to Bacillus tracheiphilus, in New Zealand, but the specific 
organism was not isolated. 
1907. Epwarps, S.F. Bacillus tracheiphilus. Thirty- 
second Annual Report, Ontario Agric. Col. 
and Exp. Farm, 1906. Toronto, 1907, p. 137. 
“It is difficult to isolate this bacillus or to keep it alive, for 
it grows feebly or not at all in the ordinary media of the labora- 
tory, copeciaily 3 in gelatin media. We have devised, prepared, 
and tried many special media and have found several in which 
the organism grows freely, the growth in certain gelatin media 
being especially copious and characteristic. 
1909. SACKETT, WALTER G. Wilt of the cucumber, 
cantaloupe and squash. Colorado Agric. 
Exp. Station, Bul. 138, Jan. 1909, pp. 22-23. 
1909. TROOP, J. AND WoopBury, C. G. Melon Wilt. 
Indiana Agric. Exp. Station, Twenty-first 
Annual Report (for 1908), Lafayette, 1909, 
pp. 30-31. 
1910. SELBY, A. D. Brief handbook of the diseases 
of cultivated plants of Ohio. Ohio Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station Bulletin 214. 
Wooster, Ohio, March, 1910. p. 394. 
