Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1913 — Preventing Black Rot. [ARTICLE]

Preventing Black Rot.

Black rot has been very destructive on cabbage and cauliflower for several seasons, and means of relief, even slight, will be welcomed by growers. Recent investigation by the New York Station, at Genesee, show that the germ of disease may be carried over winter on the dry seed, a fact previously doubted by scientists, and that these germs may produce the disease when inoculated Into the healthy plants. It is therefore a wise precaution to disinfect the cabbage seeds, as removing one possible source of infection. This ean be done very cheaply, easily and safely by soaking the seeds for IK minutes in corrosive sublimate solution of 1 to 1000 strength.