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MEETING OF POTATO PATHOLOGISTS 
On June 24-26, Dr. Seaver represented the Garden at the 
meeting of potato pathologists held on Long Island for the 
purpose of studying the various experiments conducted there 
by the state and by the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture. The meeting was one of the most important of its kind 
ever held, since it was attended not only by representatives from 
many of our own states but also from England, Ireland, Holland, 
Bermuda and Canada, about ninety in all being in attendance. 
The headquarters for the meeting during the first three days 
was at Riverhead, Long Island. The first meeting was held in 
the court-house at Riverhead on Tuesday evening, June 24. 
The address of welcome was given by Mr. Talmage, one of the 
large potato growers of the Island. Mr. Talmage referred to 
the fact that plant pathologists are inclined to criticize the far- 
mer for not taking advice more readily. He explained that 
the reason for this was the fact that many of the farmers felt 
that the advice was given by a set of men who would starve to 
death if they had to make a living on the farm, hence their 
slowness to take up with new suggestions. After introductory 
remarks by a number of the members, the work for the following 
day was outlined in detail, which was to consist of an examina- 
tion of the various experiments being conducted. The trans- 
portation facilities, which consisted of about twenty-five autos, 
were provided on Wednesday by the North side farmers and on 
Thursday by those of the South side. 
On Thursday trips were made as far as Orient on the extreme 
eastern end of the island, stops being made at intervals for the 
study of fertilizer tests, immature seed tests, and for the study 
of the so-called degeneration diseases “mosaic” and “‘leaf roll.” 
Special interest was shown in the latter, the stock for which was 
supplied by Mr. P. A. Murphy, of Canada, Mr. E. J. Wortley, 
of Bermuda, and Dr. H. A. Edson, of the United States De- 
partment of Agriculture. An attempt was made to show to 
what extent the diseases are contagious and the effect of climate 
as a prerequisite for the diseases. On Wednesday evening a 
