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and it is possible for such stock to be shipped into Con- 

 necticut, when it could not be sold in New York or any 

 other State where nursery laws exist. In case this State 

 should enact laws controlling the distribution of pests, 

 there should be some provision for the inspection and 

 destruction of infested stock at ports or places of entry 

 into the State. The certificate system alone is inadequate 

 and fumigation might be just as much so if the work was 

 placed in incompetent hands. 



If imported stock was subjected to a careful inspection 

 when brought into the State, it would not only prevent the 

 spread of dangerous insects within our borders, but 

 unscrupulous nurserymen of other States would soon learn 

 to be more careful about the kind of stock shipped into 

 Connecticut. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. E. Britton, Chairman of Com?}iittee. 



The report of Dr. W. C. Sturgis, Chairman of the 

 Committee on Injurious Diseases, was given as follows, 

 and was followed by a lively discussion. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLANT DISEASES, 



By W. C. Sturgis, Mycologist Connecticut Experiment Station. 



Owing to other duties, I have found it impossible to 

 rely upon my personal observations as a basis for a report 

 on the prevalence of fungous diseases during the past sea- 

 son. One member of your committee, however — Mr. A. 

 B. Plant of Branford — has compiled an admirable series of 

 notes on the subject, made in his neighborhood, and to 

 these I may add such information as has come to me inci- 

 dentally or through correspondence. 



SMALL FRUITS. 



Strawberry. — The dry weather of the past season was 

 beneficial in preventing any serious outbreak of the "Rust" 

 or Leaf Spot (Sphaerella). It is reported as very light 

 throughout the State. Where the practice is followed of 



