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At the same time we would appreciate any notes as to your me- 

 thods of treatment of the canker. . ' , , ^ • „ +„ 



We have not yet found this disease m Cuba, but are anxious to 

 be ready for It should it appear, or if possible to prevent its m- 

 iroduction"- 



• No reply to this letter was received, but I talked matters over 

 with Mr. Stirling in January without obtaining more information as 



to shipments. , ,. , , , • a.- 



In "Modern Cuba" for November 1914, I published a description 

 of citrus canker with one illustration, in order that the citrus grow- 

 ers of Cuba might obtain some idea of the diease and if found would 

 report it. 



On the 23rd of November, 1914, the President of Cuba issued a 

 decree absolutely forbidding the further importation of citrus plants. 



The Secretary of Agriculture made a request from the Customs 

 House Service for a list of all living plants imported during the years 

 1913 and 1914. A long list was obtained but nothing new resulted 

 from this. 



On Dec. 24 the Secretary of Agriculture authorized me to make 

 a trip to Florida for the purpose of acquainting myself with the citrus 

 canker in the field in order that I might be prepared for inspection 

 work in Cuba. Accordingly I spent from the 29th of December to the 

 8th of January in Dade Country. Mr. Frank Stirling and Mr. Joy 

 Heck kindly facilitated my visits to the infected groves. 



On Dec. 14, 1914, the Secretary of Agriculture ordered an 

 inspection of all the citrus groves of the Island of Cuba to be made 

 either by the Entomologist or by myself. As a matter of fact pract- 

 ically' all the inspection has been done by us jointly. The work was 

 started in January 1915 after my return from Florida, and has con- 

 tinued at intervals to the present. On May 30 of the present year 

 a report was made to the Director of the Estacion Agronomica by 

 the Entomologist and myself of the progress of the inspection work. 

 This report states that all the colonies from one end of Cuba to the 

 othet where citrus was grown for export had been visited and the 

 canker was not found in any of them. As a matter of fact the inspec- 

 tion covered practically all groves whether they were producing fruit 

 for export or not. 



The report does not cover the Isle of Pines which is yet to be 

 officially inspected, but as a pathologist has been working on the 

 Island for about two years there is little prospect of any canker being 

 found there. 



During the visit of Mr. Krome to this Station last year he 

 informed me that Mr. Tenney was looking up a list of shipments to 

 Cuba and he stated that I would receive further information on this 

 point. Nothing has been heard about this. 



Some weeks ago I visited Armand Bros, in Marianao, talked with 

 Mr. Armand and visited his place. There is no citrus canker visible 

 on his property nor has he any serious disease within the last two or 

 three years. He states, as I have mentioned on a preceeding page, that 

 the shipment to which you refer in your letter was returned to the 

 original shipper, without taking the plants from their packing. 



Mr. David Sturrock, who is now resident 'here, states that he was 

 employed at Griffing's Nursery when the package from Armand's 

 was returned He informs me that the plants were in bad condition 

 and were burned. 



Mr. Krome and some associates I understand have been or are 



