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c. Steamed rice cultures to obtain the color of the conidia of the 

 firet twelve Btraine. 



flasks of steamed rice were inoculated with the first twelve* 

 strains, the ones used in the apricot inoculations. These cultures, as 

 before, had bean grown on the same medium the same length of time before 

 ueing for inoculating. The colors were obtained by viewing the less 

 dense musses of conidia through the flasks. All these cultures were 

 planted November 23, 1916. Table 3 gives the color* on rice and the 

 date the colors were determined, together with the colors as found 

 on the apricot fruits. 



