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have been sending their berries in here and selling them for 

 lower prices than we could afford to. It is going to be up 

 to us in succeeding years to grow a better product for our 

 local markets. 



MR. WASHBURN : I would like to ask if the speaker 

 lias had any experience with white pine blister rust. 



MR. TAYLOR: We have had experience at the Geneva 

 station where we have been compelled once to wipe out our 

 entire collection practically of currants and gooseberries 

 and start it over again. We have done so willingly. This 

 has been our own personal experience. There is considera- 

 ble agitation, of course, at the present time in regard to 

 what shall be done with reference to the white pine blister 

 rust, not so much because of its harm to the currant and to 

 the gooseberry but because of its damage to the white pine, 

 and at the present time we are recommending that those who 

 wish to grow the black currant wait i.ntil those in authority 

 who are specially interested in our laws have determined 

 what the attitude shall be. Efforts are now being made to 

 practically prohibit the growing of the black currant and in 

 some localities the growing of the other currants until this 

 white pine blister rust is under control. As I understand it 

 —I am not an authority on this, but the white pine blister 

 rust does not spread from white pine to white pine. It 

 must spread first from the white pine to the currant or 

 gooseberry and then back, in some way, through the spores 

 from the currant and gooseberry to other white pines and 

 after a white pine is once infested it ultimately will be 

 doomed. 



MR. JENKS: We have a crowded program for the re- 

 mainder of the afternoon and I think, perhaps we had better 

 bring this interesting discussion to a close here. I would 

 call your attention to the trade exhibits that are down in 

 the basement. Most of you have already visited them. The 

 trade people solicit your attendance and patronage and the 

 I'ruit Growers' Association recommend the same. 



