268 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Prof. E. J. Zavitz, Department of Forestry, Guelph, Ontario, wrote: 

 ' I realize the seriousness of this situation and if it is thought advisable we 

 shall cease importing white pine. I have been considering, during the last 

 year, the advisability of growing all our own planting material from the 

 seed, realizing the danger of importing disease. I shall be glad to co-operate 

 in any way with the efforts of your conference." 



Immediately following the conference in New York city a second con- 

 ference was held in Albany at the office of the Commissioner of Agriculture 

 to devise means to handle this disease in this State. There were present: 

 Hon. R. A. Pearson, Commissioner of Agriculture; Mr. George G. Atwood, 

 Chief Nursery Inspector, Department of Agriculture; Prof. F. C. Stewart, 

 Botanist at Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva; Mr. Austin Cary, 

 Superintendent State Forests, and C. R. Pettis, State Forester. The fol- 

 lowing plan of work was adopted: 



" i. Procure as complete a list as possible of every place to which 

 He ins' white pine stock has gone during the past two years. It is our desire 

 to extend this list to include all other stock imported from Germany and 

 France. 



"2. Inspect all such premises and destroy all Ribes plants, wild and 

 cultivated, within 100 yards from such trees, and even a further distance 

 where practicable. The Ribes plants should be pulled up or cut off in such 

 a manner as to prevent sprouting. For example, the skunk currant should 

 be pulled up because it spreads from underground stems, while gooseberries 

 and cultivated currants, difficult to pull, may be cut off below ground. 

 Burn all such plants found as explained under No. 4. 



"3. Keep close tab on cultivated currants and gooseberries in all 

 districts of the State where suspicious pines are located, and after July 15 

 keep closer watch than heretofore on currants and gooseberries throughout 

 the State. 



"4. Destroy by burning all infected or suspicious pine or Ribes plants. 

 This is especially important in 1909 for Ribes may be expected to show signs 

 of the disease if at all after July 15. 



" When the plants are to be burned it should be done where they are 

 found or at a place to which they are carried in bags made of closely woven 



