3oo Bacterial Disease of Tomatoes. [aug., 



protective measure against the invasion of the beetles from 

 adjacent breeding grounds, the treatment of strips not less than 

 12 ft. wide with peat litter and lime water, or with fresh horse 

 dung, is worth considering. 



Dusting the plants in the dew with tobacco dust is an 

 excellent method, and this should not be expensive. 



{Deutsche Landwirtschaftliche Presse, July ist, 1905.] 



This disease has long been known in France, where, during 

 certain seasons, it has assumed the proportions of a destructive 

 epidemic. A single example was received 



Disease^f at ^ GW some y ears a S° f° r identification, 

 Tomatoes. since which time until the present season 

 its occurrence in this country has not been 

 noted. Quite recently, however, examples of th^ disease have 



Bacterial Disease of Tomatoes. 



