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GARDENING FOE THE SOUTH. 



fore, important that early applications of Bordeaux 

 mixture be made, and as thoroughly as possible — begin- 

 ning before the blossoms open, and repeating the spray- 

 ing three or four times, with a week or ten days inter- 

 vening between each application, care being taken not to 

 extend the spraying until the fruit is stained. 



Monilia fnwtigena (Pers.). The rot of peach, plum, 

 quince, and cherry. *" The fungus makes its appearance 



Fig. 63— Monilia frudigena. Geneva, N. Y„ Bulletin 86. 



on the flowers soon after or about the time the petals 

 fall. At first a slight discoloration appears at a given 

 point; this rapidly increases in size until at length the 

 entire flower assumes a brownish hue. 



"After killing the flower the fungus frequently attacks 

 the pedicels, where it produces similar discolorations to 

 those described above. The dead flowers usually remain 

 on the tree for three or four weeks, then if the weather is 

 wet they begin falling, and as they consist at this time 

 of a soft mass of rotten tissue they stick to any part of 



*B. T. Galloway, Sec. Veg. Path. Report, Department Agriculture, 1888. 



