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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New England tomato crop threatened by blight

Deadly vegetable disease spreads quickly
By Ali LaFay
alafay@eagletribune.com

As if tomato growers didn't have enough to worry about with the constant rain and scarce sunshine, now tomato plants across New England have become infected with late blight. That's the same deadly fungal disease that caused the Irish potato famine in the 1840s.

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