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or lies on the ground in a mummified condition. Minute black sclerotia 

 are formed in abundance on such mummified fruit, which, on the return of 



Fig. 311. — Beown Eot of Fruit {Monilia friictigena). 



Showing the appearance of various kinds of fruit attacked by the fungus. The 

 lower figure shows the fungus attacking Cherry flowers ; these become brown and 

 shrivel, and the cause is often attributed to frost. 



spring, produce spores. These find their way to the leaves and blossom, 

 and the disease commences anew. To prevent this danger all diseased 

 Apples should be collected and burned, and the trees should be sprayed 



