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into the interior, the result being " mouldy " cacao, which 

 is inferior in value to what might have been produced. 



No. 17. " Pink Disease " {Corticium lilaco-fuscum). 

 — ^This disease is recorded by Stockdale* as being first 

 noticed in Dominica, and subsequently in St. Lucia. He 

 remarks that it does not at present appear to be of a very 

 serious character, and can be satisfactorily kept in check. 



No. 18. " Scabby Pod."— Under this name Stockdale 

 refers to an affection of the pods which has been recorded 

 from Grenada and Dominica, and states that on placing 

 them in a damp chamber fructifications of a species of 

 Lasiodiplodia appeared. Pods of this character are 

 frequently seen in Trinidad, where they have been regarded 

 as having a surface scarified by insects, thus allowing of 

 ready infection from Diplodia spores. When it is recog- 

 nised that the single bite of an insect causes the appearance 

 of a spot of the peculiar mucilage of cacao, which is a 

 highly suitable means for affording entrance to the growth 

 of the Diplodia spore, it will probably be allowed that 

 the presence of this fungus may always be anticipated 

 where scarification of any kind occurs. 



No. 19. Another fungus has been recently found on 

 cacao, prominent by its bright red-coloured stroma, from 

 which issue myriads of dark-coloured spores, evidently 

 by propulsion. It has been determined as Hypoxylon 

 rubiginosum, Fr. Collected by A. Fredholm. 

 * West Indian Bvlktin, vol. ix. pp. 178-188. 



