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Th* RURAL NEW-YORKER 
March 6, 1921 
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Transmitting Potato Disease 
Mv potatoes last year seemed free from 
blight, but in cutting them I found a few 
affected with some form of rot. Will that 
disease be carried on the knift in cut¬ 
ting? Should I disinfect the knife after 
cutting one of these affected potatoes? 
J. s. 
There is no experimental proof that 
late blight or other diseases can be trans¬ 
mitted from diseased to healthy potato 
tubers by means of the cutting knife. 
However, it would appear that this is en¬ 
tirely possible. Therefore, plant patholo¬ 
gists have very generally recommended 
that the knife be dipped in formaldehyde 
(one part in about 20 parts water) after 
cutting into a diseased potato. 
New Jersey. mel t. cook. 
When potatoes are infected by the late 
blight, which is a dry-rot disease, it is 
very frequently followed by an ill-smell¬ 
ing soft bacterial rot. There is little or 
no danger of carrying the late blight on 
the knife used in cutting the potatoes, as 
only the mycelium is found within the 
infected tubers. Occasionally the fungus 
fruits in little tufts on the surface of the 
tubers, and in very rare instances the 
spores might be carried to the cut sur¬ 
face. This is so unlikely to occur that it 
can be neglected as a source of infection. 
The bacterial germs of the soft rot could 
he'very easily carried by the knife in cut¬ 
ting, but as these gain entrance only 
through diseased tissues caused by the 
dry rot, it is of no particular importance 
to prevent them from getting on the cut 
surfaces, especially since these germs 
would he plentiful in the ground at any 
time. While season is the important 
factor with late blight, it is desirable in 
cutting the potatoes to throw out. any of 
those showing a dry somewhat sunken 
reddish-brown diseased area immediately 
beneath the skin, as this is an indication 
of the presence of the blight fungus. 
Connecticut. G. p. Clinton. 
While it is true that theoretically late 
blight and rot might be spread from one 
seed piece to another by the cutting- 
knife, practically it makes but little dif¬ 
ference, as a few pieces would escape no¬ 
tice anyway and infect the field. Scien¬ 
tists have some ground for 'belief that 
part of the germs are invisible to the eye. 
In any event, whenever weather condi¬ 
tions favor the spread of late blight the 
germs travel through the air for long dis¬ 
tances, and no matter how much care 
any one grower used, his field would be 
infected from those of careless neighbors. 
There is another disease, fusarium wilt, 
which is very bad in Ohio and in States 
of the same latitude. This disease is 
spread from one seed piece to another by 
the knife. It is a very good thing to 
have two knives, and keep one in a can 
of a solution of formalin, changing knives 
when a wilt-infected potato is noticed. 
These can be told by a dark browning in 
the interior of the tuber, beginning a 
short distance from the stem. In had 
cases this browning may extend through 
a large part of the tuber, usually keep¬ 
ing about one-eighth to one-quarter of an 
inch from the skin. When a very large 
share of the tubers of any lot of seed are 
found to he infected with fusarium wilt 
it will pay the grower to sell them for 
table use and 'buy fresh seed which has 
little or no wilt infection in it. 
Tioga Co., N. Y. daniel dean. 
In regard to the spread of late blight 
in potatoes from one tuber to another 
through the medium of the cutting-knife, 
would say that it is possible to carry the 
disease iu this way. It is not probable, 
however, that any appreciable amount of 
blight will be so spread, because the fun¬ 
gus is very sensitive to drying out, and 
the cut surface of potatoes dries very 
quickly on exposure to the air. I do not 
know of any specific experiments which 
have been carried out to test this particu¬ 
lar point. R. E. VAUGHAN. 
Wisconsin. 
Cleaning Apple Seeds 
How are apple seeds treated to secure 
a stand of seedlings? E. B. F. 
Dracut, Mass. 
Crush the fruit and place iu a tub of 
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ier than the pulp, will sink to the bottom, 
and can be collected and dried. Mix the 
seed with sand and allow to freeze. Sprin¬ 
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cultivate the seedlings as they grow. 
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