ANTHEACN'OSE OF THE MANGO IN" FLORIDA. 15 



blooming time, though spraying has served to keep the panicles and 

 fruits free from infection. 



It appears that while total failures may sometimes occur, more 

 often the weather conditions will be such as to favor good settings of 

 fruit. 



It is probably never so dry but that spraying will have to be 

 resorted to in order to keep the fruits free from disease after they 

 have set, and no amount of fertilization or soil medication will take 

 its place. 



The production of good crops of mangos in Florida and throughout 

 tropical and subtropical zones generally is very definitely related 

 to the weather conditions at blooming time. Large crops can not be 

 expected when the weather at this time is moist and showery. This 

 may be due to some extent to imperfect pollination, but the trouble 

 is chiefly caused in Florida by the anthracnose fungus (Colletotri- 

 cJium gloeosporioides) . 



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