graperot (graprot)

Any disease of grapes which results in the decay of the berry. The black-rot fungus is Phoma uvicola, which causes the grapes to shrivel and turn blackish. It forms numerous pustules just beneath the surface, which are conceptacles containing spores. In America this is the most destructive rot. The white rot is caused by Coniothyrium diplo diella. When Per onos por a viticola attacks the berries, the resulting decay has been called brown rot. A recently discovered fungus ( Greener i a fuliginea ) is said to produce bitter rot. grapery (gra'per-i), n.; pl. graperies (-iz). [ She led the way to a little conservatory, and a little pinery, and a little grapery . Mi Edge worth, Absentee, vi