

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION No. 541 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



October 1944 



MARKET DISEASES OF FRUITS 

 AND VEGETABLES 



Beets, Endive, Escarole, Globe Artichokes, 



Lettuce, Rhubarb, Spinach, Swiss Chard, 



and Sweetpotatoes 



BY 



GLEN B. RAMSEY 



Senior Pathologist 



and 



JAMES S. WIANT 



Associate Pathologist 



Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases 



Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering 



Agricultural Research Administration 



NOV 2 4 i944 



DEPARTMENT OF A6R«3UtfMt 



UNITED STATES 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



WASHINGTON : 1944 



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