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attacked. The fungus can live in the soil as a saprophyte, and 
there forms at least two forms of reproductive bodies, which are 
dispersed by wind, birds, or small animals. When the mycelium 
comes in contact with the rootlets of a living tree it becomes 
parasitic, and spreads rapidly in the living tissues. 
" All diseased plants should be burned, and the soil where 
infected plants have grown should be thoroughly mixed with 
quicklime, if available ; if not, the soil should be burnt, so as to 
destroy all remnants of roots which contain the mycelium. 
Diseased patches of ground should be isolated by digging a trench 
about 1 foot deep, and left open. Wood ashes or manure con- 
taining potash, hut 710 acid, dug into the soil among the roots is a 
preventive. 
" The disease has probably been imported with trees from 
Europe. If the roots of imported trees are made very moist, 
and kept in a warm place for three days, the fungus, if present, 
will show itself under the form of snow-white strands and tufts 
of mycelium." 
A vote of thanks was unanimously accorded to Mr. Massee for 
his important investigation. 
FRUIT COMMITTEE. 
January 15, 1895. 
P. Crowley, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver Knightian Medal, 
To Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Crawley, for a collection 
of seventy varieties of Apples and Pears of good appearance and 
quality, the most noteworthy varieties being Golden Noble, King 
of the Pippins, Eoyal Kusset, and Dutch Mignonne. 
Silver Banhsian Medal. 
To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for a collection of 
forty dishes of Apples, the most noteworthy varieties being 
