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heat and moisture, and send out slender tubes, as shown at c in Fig 54. These 

 spores live through the winter in the shriveled fruit and in old leaves and stems- 

 Although a great many methods of combatting and destroying this fungus 

 have been tried, yet, so far, none have been proved reliable. Certainly the 

 trouble may be lessened considerably by carefully burning the old vines as well as 

 the old and decayed fruit, which so often are allowed to lie upon the ground 

 through the winter, and thus preserve the spores until another season to continue 

 their destructive work. Other fertilizers than barn manure should be employed ; 

 and we would recommend our readers to experiment with the following fungi- 



FiG. 54.— Fungus Causing Tomato Rot. 



cide, which has been recommended by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture : One-half an ounce of sulphuret potassium, dissolved in a gallon of 

 water and sprayed upon the vines so as to thoroughly wet all the fruit. Apply 

 first when the fruit is about half green and repeat at intervals of ten days till the 

 fruit begins to color. For the drawings used in this article, and much of the 

 information, we are indebted to the Report of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture for 1888. 



Early Grapes for Market Use. — Popular Gardening says there is no 

 better first early grape for market or table than the Worden, unless the newer 

 Moyer, or Green Mountain, should prove such. Moore's Early is not productive 

 enough. The Ives has been largely grown for early market, but now has an 

 unsavory reputation. It colors early but ripens late, and when fully ripe is really 

 a good grape. But as an early market sort it is a fraud, and one shipper of Ives 

 " has done more damage to grape growers, by restricting sales and consumption, 

 than ten shippers of really good later grapes have been able to repair." Plant the 

 Worden and let the Ives alone. 



