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vania Railroad, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Prof. F. C. Stewart, Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. ; Mr. S. N. Spring, Con- 

 sulting Forester, New Haven, Conn. ; Prof. C. C. Curtis, Professor 

 of Botany, Columbia University, New York City ; Hon. Robert P. 

 Bass, Forest Commissioner, Peterboro, N. H. 



Commissioner Whipple acted as Chairman of the meeting. The 

 nature of the disease was fully explained by Prof. Stewart and 

 Dr. Metcalf, after which followed a general discussion, and a state- 

 ment to the general press was prepared. It was finally decided 

 that further importations of German White Pine were undesirable, 

 because the most careful inspection on the docks, is unable to ex- 

 clude infected stock unless it happens to have the conspicuous 

 spore bodies. A resolution was adopted advocating the passage 

 of a law giving the Secretary of Agriculture the same power to 

 exclude fungus diseases as he now has in relation to insect dis- 

 eases. It was also agreed that each state should take prompt 

 measure to prevent the spread of the disease. 



The following plan for eradicating the disease was adopted for 

 New York State, the State Department of Agriculture and the 

 Forest, Fish and Game Commission working in cooperation : 



i. Procure as complete a list as possible of every place where 

 Heins' White Pine stock has gone during the past two years. It 

 is our desire to extend this list to include all other stock im- 

 ported from Germany and France. 



2. Inspect all such premises and destroy all Ribes plants wild 

 and cultivated within one hundred yards from such trees, and 

 even a further distance where practicable. The Ribes plants 

 should be pulled up or cut out in such a manner as to prevent 

 sprouting. For example, the skunk currant should be pulled up 

 because it spreads by underground stems, while gooseberries and 

 cultivated currants difficult to pull up may be cut off below 

 ground. Burn all such plants found as explained under section 4. 



3. Keep close tab on cultivated currants and gooseberries in all 

 districts of the state where suspicious pines are located, and after 

 July 15th keep closer watch than heretofore on currants and 

 gooseberries throughout the state. 



4. Destroy by burning all infested or suspicious pines or Ribes 

 plants. This is especially important in 1909, for Ribes may be ex- 

 pected to show signs of the disease, if at all, after July 15th. 



