FUNGI AND FUNGICIDES. 



BROWN ROT. 



The brown or fruit rot of stone fruits is known in but few 

 localities in the State. Wherever this disease occurs, its pres- 

 ence is shown by the ashy gray spores on the surface of the 

 fruit. Sometimes, where several fruits are clustered together, 

 a small brown spot appears and rapidly spreads until the 

 whole becomes shrunken, soft, and discolored. The interior 



FIG. 5. Pear cracking. 



FIG. 6. Leaf blight. 



of fruits which do not indicate much outward attack will show 

 a brownish, rotten appearance when cut open. 



Wherever the disease exists, care should be taken to gather 

 all diseased fruit, generally known as mummied fruit, which 

 may cling to the fruit spurs or fall to the ground, as the spores 

 thereon will infect the next year's crop. 



The same remedies as are used for pear scab will check this 

 disease. 



