Excerpt from Bordeaux Mixture as a Fungicide That the time was ripe for the reception of such a fungicide as Bor deaux mixture is easily understood when it is remembered that the Vine growin g districts of France were, one after another, being invaded by the dreaded mildew. The discovery was fully appreciated, as is evidenced by the hosts of articles which are to be found in the French agricultural and viticultural papers appearing subsequent to 1885. Much of the work since this date upon the mixture has been to discover its most economical form, the best methods for its preparation and application, and general use for the preventionof as large a number of plant diseases as possible. While to the French is due all credit for the discovery of Bordeaux mixture as a fungicide, its extension has been much more rapid in America than in any other country. It is somewhat surprising to find how comparatively little the mixture has been used in France upon other plants than the vine and potato. It seems to have been confined almost entirely to the treatment of black rot of the grape and the downy mildews. The list of diseases given in this bulletin shows better than any detailed description the wonderful extension of the use of the mixture in the United States. 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.