1921.] Ory Rot of Potatoes. 1171 



or plant or cause to be planted any onion seedling plants in 

 an infected place unless such plants have been raised in land 

 which is not in an infected place.' 



(b) Onion plants grown in an infected place shall not be 

 removed from the infected place unless and until the plants 

 have been inspected while growing by an Inspector of the 

 Ministry and certified by him to be free from Onion Smut, 

 and have been washed free from soil. 



(2) Restrictions as regards Movement of Onion Plants grown 

 in an Infected Area. — No person shall remove outside an 

 Infected Area any onion plant grown in the Infected Area 

 unless and until the plant has been inspected while growing 

 by an Inspector of the Ministry and certified by him to be 

 free from Onion Smut. 



(3) Dealings with Diseased Plants. — An Inspector of the 

 Ministry may by notice served on the owner or person in 

 charge of plants affected with Onion Smut require the destruc- 

 tion by him forthwith of such plants by fire or other suitable 

 method, and the same shall thereupon be destroyed accord- 

 ingly. Onion plants visibly affected with Onion Smut shall 

 not be sold, or offered for sale for any purpose. 



(4) Notification of the Disease. — (a) The occupier or other 

 person in charge of any land in an Infected Area on which 

 Onion Smut exists or appears to exist, and any person having 

 in his possession or under his charge onions which are affected 

 with Onion Smut, shall forthwith notify the fact by post or 

 otherwise to the Ministry or an Inspector of the Ministry. 



(b) If Onion Smut is found to exist in any subsequent year 

 on land in respect of which notification of disease has been 

 given a further notification of disease shall be given. 

 Failure to comply with the Order renders a person liable to 

 penalty not exceeding £10. The Order does not apply to Scot- 

 land or Ireland. 



A full text of the Order (No. 720 of 1920) may be obtained 

 from H.M. Stationery Office, Imperial House, Kingsway, 

 London. W.C.2, price Id., excluding postage. 



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At this season of the year the disease known as " Dry Rot " 

 is apt to show itself in regrettable quantity in seed of first 

 Dr Rot of ear ly potatoes. It is particularly severe in 

 Potatoes var * e ty May Queen. The disease is 



caused by a fungus which, entering the 

 seed after lifting, develops extensively after the turn of the 



