CHAPTER XII. 



DISEASES. 



XT is to be expected that we shall find great diversity 

 of experience in respect to the diseases of the vine 

 in different climates. In the Atlantic States of America 

 we have two evils, so universal, and so much more serious 

 than all others combined, that they deserve special con- 

 sideration. Every one who has had any experience with 

 grapes will understand that I refer to mildew and rot. 

 Mildew has been the bane of the husbandman from the 

 earliest ages. God repeatedly warned the Israelites that 

 blasting and mildew should be sent as a penalty for 

 disobedience. By the prophet Amos (iv. 9) he reminds 

 them, "I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: 



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