Fig Smut (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Fig SmutOn September 2, 1921, a series of cultures from the inside of Adriatic figs of the different types was started to study further the question as to when the first natural introduction of smut spores occurs. Since the previous cultures had shown that figs of the first four types contained no smut, this experiment was confined mainly to types 4, 5, and 6. The figs were cut off at the stem, carried at once to the labora tory and cultured the same day. Fig agar slants were ordinarily used. All the usual precautions were taken to avoid the possibility of smut spores being introduced into the cultures from any source other than the fig pulp to be tested. After carefully Opening each fruit, a part of the pulp just below the eye, but not in contact with the surface, was cut out with a sterile needle and transferred to the culture tube. Five hundred and eight tubes from as many different figs were made in this manner, with results as before. Figure 4 shows typical cultures from the pulp of figs of type 5. Various other molds, yeasts and bacteria were also present and the abundance of these showed the same relation to maturity of the fruit as did that of the smut.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.