Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


first and the larger branches succumb gradually as the disease
progresses, thus giving the trees a ragged appearance (Fig. 17).


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 Fig. 17.-Orange tree nearly dead from girdling by foot rot.

When the top becomes half dead, numerous watersprouts fre-
quently develop from the branches. It is often characteristic of
trees attacked by foot rot to die irregularly, one side going first.
During dry periods, the foliage of trees which have been severely