Show to tb flat fight disease s in cabbage plants measures for control of the infections that cut down profits next years cabbage crop can be made more by observing the results obtained with this seasons seii sons crop declares A L exten salol specialist in plant pathology for or the ohio state university by recognizing the type of diseases present in their cabbage during tho the growing season he says growers are in a good position to take the proper control measures for or next years crop infected fields yellows one of the most serious cabbage diseases in ohio can be controlled only through the use of yellows resistant seed of the early pointed copenhagen type the danish bald head bead and the flat dutch type of cabbage fields infected with this disease points out should not be planted to cabbage for many years unless resistant plants are used signs of disease plants infected with yellows are dwarfed and have a sickly yellow appearance pe arance the lower leaves drop from the plant one by one often leaving a naked stalk or small head bead without any lower leaves present on the stem occasionally one side ride of the plant may be infected leaving the other side healthy if the milr ald alb lb of the older leaves or the file cabbage stem Is cut across the water conducting tissues will be found to be dark but not jet black the disease Is caused by a soil organism which will live in the soil for many years it develops best at high temperatures for this reason the season of 1930 showed an unusual amount of yellows even in some fields planted with disease resistant varieties |