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Excerpt from Experiments in the Control of Grape Anthracnose Anthracnose affects practically all the green parts of the plant. On the green shoots it causes cankers (pl. I, fig. Which first appear as small, light-brown, slightly sunken spots. These spots enlarge, sink deeper, and become darker in color as the disease progresses. If the canker is near the base of a shoot, the whole shoot may be killed. If not killed directly by the disease, the shoot may be so weakened as to be easily broken. The fungus causes cankers on the petioles and ribs of the leaves (pl. I, fig. On the stems of bunches of grapes, and on the tendrils. On the grape berries it first appears as light-brown spots, which rapidly become darker and are soon surrounded by a circular bright-red zone, which, as seen against the green background of the grape, presents the very striking appearance that gives the disease the name of bird's-eye rot. The berries in later stages of the disease shrivel and dry up (pl. I, fig. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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