252 STATE BOARD OF HORTICULTURE. 



spores, which are freely carried by the wind, and to this is due 

 the thorough infection of the atmosphere referred to above. 

 There is no means better calculated to disseminate the disease 

 than this practice. Fruit should never be allowed to become 

 " blue." By the time it reaches the white-mold stage it should 

 either he destroyed hy fire, or, .what is probably more feasible, 

 be buried so that it will not be turned up by plowing, or in anj' 

 other manner. 



In practically all parts of the State, the long, dry summer 

 period affords a very available time for the thorough disinfec- 

 tion of the packing-house. The mold spores can be killed by 

 protracted drying, and it should' be the practice to so thor- 

 oughly air all packing-houses during the hottest and driest 

 part of the summer, that they will be entirely free from the 

 fungus for the beginning of the next year's campaign. 



Sulphur should be burned so that the fumes will come in 

 contact with every part of the inside of the packing- or curing- 

 house. Usually these buildings are not tight enough to permit 

 of very thorough work, so that no prescription of the amount 

 to use can be safely made. The material is not expensive, so 

 that the best policy is to use it very liberally whenever the 

 presence of the fungus in quantity is known or suspected to 

 exist in the house. 



