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Excerpt from The Control of Black-Rot of the Grape Should be thoroughly understood and the work properly carried out from the beginning. Owing to the failure of many Vineyardists in their efforts to pre vent black-rot, a series of investigations was undertaken to demon strate the efficiency of the best methods at present practiced and at the same time to improve, if possible, both methods and mixtures and also to secure more accurate knowledge of the life history and habits of the black-rot fungus and of the-other parasitic fungi which are more or less destructive to the grape. This work was commenced in the spring of 1906 at North East, Pa. In 1907 it was extended to central New York and Michigan, and the past season, 1908, it has been carried on in Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan, and New Jersey. In Order to determine the various factors inuencing the black - rot fungus and its successful control, as well as the relative importance and relation of these factors, it seemed necessary to carry on the work at different points which should represent different soils and climatic conditions as well as with different varieties of grapes and methods of training and cultivation. 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.