1909.] American Gooseberry Mildew Order, 1909. 231 



The new Order applies to the whole of Great Britain. A summary 

 of its principal provisions is given below : — 



Notification of Disease. — Section 3 provides that the occupier of any 

 premises on which there is a bush which is, or appears to be, diseased, 

 shall forthwith notify the fact to the Board, or to the Local Authority, 

 and where practicable a specimen showing the disease shall accompany 

 the notice. 



Precautions to be Adopted in Case of an Outbreak. — Section 4 pro- 

 vides that the occupier of any garden in which disease exists or appears 

 to exist shall as soon as is practicable spray all the diseased or suspected 

 bushes, and all gooseberry and currant bushes in the garden to which 

 the disease is likely to spread, with a solution of liver of sulphur (con- 

 taining not less than one pound of liver of sulphur to thirty-two gallons 

 of water) ; provided that this provision shall not apply to bushes which 

 have shed their leaves. 



No bush shall be moved from th-j garden until after the investigation 

 required by Section 5. 



Ail diseased fruit and all clippings from diseased or suspected bushes 

 are to be forthwith destroyed by the occupier by burning or other effec- 

 tive method. 



Investigation by Local Authority. — Section 5 provides that the Local 

 Authority on receiving notice of the existence of disease shall forthwith 

 take such steps as may be necessary to determine in what gardens the 

 disease exists, and shall cause notice of such determination to be served 

 on the occupier of each of such gardens, which shall thereupon become 

 "infected premises." 



The notice is as far as practicable to include in the infected premises 

 only those parts of the garden in which there are or recently have been 

 diseased bushes. 



Action to be taken by Local Authority. — Section 6 provides that the 

 Local Authority may at any time by a notice served on an occupier of 

 infected premises require him to adopt such measures for prevention of 

 the spread of the disease as are authorised by this Article and specified 

 in the notice. 



A notice under this Article may require the occupier of the premises 

 as regards all or any of the bushes on the premises to adopt any one or 

 more of the following measures : — 



(a) To destroy on the infected premises the fruit (if any) on each 

 diseased bush ; 



(b) to prune the bushes in such manner as may be directed by an 

 Inspector of the Local Authority and to his satisfaction ; 



(c) at such time or times as may be specified, to spray the bushes 

 thoroughly with a solution of liver of sulphur (containing not less than 

 one pound of liver of sulphur to thirty-two gallons of water), or with 

 Bordeaux mixture, or with a solution of sulphate of copper, as may be 

 directed by the notice; 



(d) to spray in like manner the ground beneath each diseased bush 

 and the site of each bush which has been destroyed on account of disease. 



The provisions in the Order will not prevent the destruction by the 

 owner, by fire or other effective method, of any bush if such destruction 

 takes place on the infected premises. 



