Excerpt from The Ripe Rot or Mummy Disease of Guavas It was not on account Of the economic importance of the ripe-rot or mummy disease of the guava that a study of the life history of the fungus causing it was begun, for at that time the disease was not thought to be of enough economic importance to warrant a careful investigation. It was studied, rather, as a side line along with the anthracnose of cucurbits, and more especially on account of its similarity to the bitter-rot disease of apples. 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.