Definition of "leaf-blight" [leaf-blight]

• A disease affecting the leaves of various plants, caused by parasitic fungi. (noun)
• A few of the hosts, with their specific leaf-blights, are as follows: buckwheat, Ramularia rufumaculons; cabbage, Macrosporium Brassica; celery, Cercospora Apii; cotton, Cercospora gossypina; pear, Entomosporium maculatum; tobacco, Cercospora Nicotianæ. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Bunch medium, very compact, shouldered; berry medium, round, greenish-white, covered with white bloom; thick skin, pulpy, but very sweet, and of fine flavor; makes an excellent white wine; very productive, but somewhat subject to leaf-blight in wet seasons; does not rot or mildew."
• "Subject in many locations, to leaf-blight, and is _there_ a very slow grower."
• "Bunch long and loose, large, shouldered; berry medium, round, pale red, with fine lilac bloom; pulpy; of fair quality, but subject to leaf-blight, and mildew."