CHAPTER X 

 DISEASES OF THE BRAMBLES 



BRAMBLE plants are subject to attacks from some 

 serious diseases. So injurious are they at times, and so 

 hard to control, that the cultivation of one and another 

 of these fruits has been driven out of certain localities by 

 their ravages. Positive remedies are not easily found. 

 From their nature and habit the plants do not lend them- 

 selves to treatment as well as many other kinds of fruits. 

 Sprays often do not adhere well, and during much of the 

 time when they may be needed are unsafe because of the 

 presence of the fruit upon the bushes. In some cases 

 more definite knowledge concerning the life-history and 

 habits of the pest may be needed. It often happens that 

 careful methods of growing and training, with frequent 

 renewal of plantations, are the most feasible means to 

 employ. In some cases such methods are effective, in 

 others they are not. 



The present discussion can hope to add nothing to what 

 is already known. Its aim is to present in brief form what 

 is known that may be of help to the busy grower in his 

 fight with these enemies should he meet them. 



BED RUST 



Cceoma inter stitiale, Schlecht. 



This disease was first described by Schlechtendal in 1820 under 

 the name given above. Since then its names have been many and 



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