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and syringed on to the stumps of the old bushes, and on the ground 
about, and on the neighbouring bushes. The bushes pushed up new 
shoots, and at the date of Sept. 29th, 1893, Mr. Speir reported that 
during the spring no affected buds were noticed, either on the bushes that 
were cut back, or on the others surrounding them, and during the year 
the bushes appeared in a very favourable way of making good growth 
and healthy wood in the future. 
In 1894 Mr. Speir reported that ‘‘the Currant bushes treated for 
Mite in 1891 and 1898 still keep quite free’’; but the improvement, 
however, did not last thoroughly, for in 1897, on February 27th, Mr. 
Speir wrote me as follows :—‘‘I regret to notice to-day that some 
bushes which I severely pruned and dressed with paraffin emulsion 
some years ago for the Currant Mite are again showing symptoms of 
the disease. Both last spring and the one before I think I wrote you 
stating that the treatment up to these dates seemed effective; such, 
however, appears now not to be the case. I am therefore inclined in 
future to advise no one to attempt a cure, but to pull up all infested 
bushes at the jirst symptoms, and also the nearest apparently healthy 
bush to those visibly affected.”’ 
On April 7th, in the past season, Mr. C. D. Wise (Manager of the 
Toddington Fruit-grounds, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire) favoured me 
with the following report in continuation of his previous observations 
on the subject of clearing infested bud galls, which, I think, completes 
observation of all the plans hitherto tried as remedial measures being 
more than palliatives of this destructive infestation. 
In the following notes it will be seen we have details of the number 
of quarts of galled buds gathered in the years 1896 and 1897, with 
cost of gathering per acre; and also the absence of benefit from the 
outlay (see note dated December 22nd, 1897). Likewise Mr. Wise 
reports that no benefit was found to result from cutting the Currant 
bushes down to the ground, with treatment specified :— 
** Gall Mites on Black Currants.—We have a very serious attack of 
Gall Mites this spring, as will be shown by the following statement :— 
a pOuanity of Called, Gost of Picking. 
1 S96" *..." Te-quarts 2.2. 3s. 6d. per acre 
SSO asc. Le ort nee 7s. 6d. 4 
2 1396? <-. en ee 4s. 6d. » 
1307 FG es eee 6s. 9d. » 
3 TOSG) © c* ao aS eens ro. N 
LOOT 1G) ae cee TOS. Od 5; 
‘‘ Where we have picked the Gall Mites off last autumn, the attack 
seems to be quite as bad this spring. You will see that the cost per 
