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FUNGOID PESTS OF CULTIVATED PLANTS. 



United States. In 1864, which was a very dry season, the Apricots in 

 many gardens were attacked. Fruits were in some cases spotted whilst 

 quite green, in other cases the attack did not seem to take place till they 



FIG. 18. BROWN EOT OF FRUIT (Manilla fructigena). 



were nearly ripe. The intermediate or half-ripe condition was apparently 

 that in which the attack was most prevalent. The first indication was 

 a little discoloured brownish spot, very slightly sprinkled with whitish 

 minute tufts of threads, on some of which a solitary spore might be 



