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Small purple or red spots appearing on the leaves. They 

 eventually become larger and browner, making the leaf appear 

 blotched. The growth of the young berries is also checked, leaving 

 them juiceless, shrivelled, and green, and not larger than peas. 



Remedies. In mild cases, destroy all affected leaves ; this will 

 prevent the disease spreading. In bad cases mow the bed close, 

 rake up the leaves immediately and burn them ; or the bed may be 

 covered with dry litter and then burnt off. The strawberry plant 

 will soon throw up clean leaves if the weather is propitious. Spray 

 with Bordeaux mixture or ammoniacal carbonate of copper, at 

 intervals of two or three weeks, beginning as soon as the fruit is 

 picked, or preferably, early in the season and before blossoming. 



G-RAPE VINE. 



GTRAPE ANTHRACNOSE OR BLACK SPOT (Sphacelomaampelinum, 

 De Barry Gloeosporium ampelinum, Sacc.) Two distinct forms of 



Black Spot occur in Australia. 

 Anthracnose, however, is the more 

 common as well as the more trouble- 

 some of the two. It is easily 

 recognised, when the spots reach 

 a certain size, by the centre becoming 

 white, owing to the fructification of 

 the fungus which causes the disease. 

 On account of its appearance, the 

 disease has been known as " bird's- 

 eye rot." The favourable conditions 

 necessary to its spread are warmth 

 and moisture, either in the form of 

 damp weather or heavy dews, accom- 

 panied by skies so cloudy as to 

 prevent quick evaporation in the 

 mornings. Hence it is preferable, 

 in establishing a vineyard, to plant 

 those varieties much affected by 

 Anthracnose on slopes exposed to 



Anthracnose or Black Spot. the morning SUn. 



The winter treatment is by far the most efficacious in the case 

 of Black Spot, and the varieties most subject to it should be 

 particularly attended to, viz., Carignane, G-renache, (Eillade, 

 Clairette (syn. Blanquette), Aramon, Blue Portuguese, Black Ham- 

 burgh, and many white table-grapes ; the Muscats ; and amongst 

 the American grapes, V. Eupestris and V. Eiparia. 



Remedies. Sulphate of iron wash after pruning. Burn the 

 trimmings after pruning. After the leaves open, use sulphur, lime, 

 and powdered green copperas. Should the disease persist in spite of 

 the winter treatment, it is recommended to dust the vines two or 



