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Excerpt from A Damping-Off Fungus of Radishes <p>During the month of June 1921, radishes of the White Icicle variety showing blackened areas were brought to the Department of Plant Pathology from a few gardens in Madison. In general appearance these radishes were very similar to those 'which Edson'a) had formerly described as being affected with an organism'whick he named rheoseorangium.aphanidermatusl, It was 'with these radishes that the writer began to make a study of the disease to see if it was produced by the same or other organisms. <p>About the Publisher <p>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com <p>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.