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Cotton Disease. Blight. Plate 5.
1.  Cotton plant. (Short staple or upland) (Gossypium herbaceum.) perfectly vigorous.
and healthy plant. as to outward appearance.  2. The same plant a few days
afterwards. exhibiting the first symptoms of Blight. the leaves & "blooms" drooping
and withering  3. Same plant 10. or 12 days. afterwards. the large bolls still adhering
& ripening. & the foliage fallen to the ground.  4. Same plant exhibiting
a second growth. which sometimes occurs during favorable seasons.  5. Stalk & root
cut longitudinally. in order to show the centre [center] diseased & blackened. This disease
does not always extend so far into the stalk as in the figure. or. is of as dark
a color.  6 Transverse section. of a blighted stalk showing centre [center] part blackened
and diseased.  7. Transverse section of healthy stalk. T Glover

        