Plate I. 



Cherries and Prunes Affected with Brown-Rot. 



Fig. 1. — Black Republican cherries affected with brown-rot, collected at Salem, Oreg., April 

 13, 1915. Fig. 2. — Same as figure 1, but not affected with brown-rot. Fig. 3.— Italian prune 

 mummy bearing five apotliecia, collected at Felida, Wash., April 9, 1915. This prune was 

 buried to a depth of about 2 inches and the apothecial cups were borne just above the 

 surface of the soil. Fig. 4. — Italian prunes affected with brown-rot, collected at Felida, 

 Wash., April 9, 1915. Fig. 5. — Same as figure 4, but not atfected with brown-rot. Fig. 6. — 

 Same as figure 5, but tliese are blossoms that were yellow and apparently unpollinated. 

 Note the small size of the ovaries in comparison with tliose of figures 4 and 6. All the pho- 

 tographs reproduced above were taken from specimens that had been preserved in formalin. 



