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perhaps only in a little corner, of the nurs¬ 
ery, it will be an unjust law. 
Mr. Griffing—understand there is a 
movement among the entomologists to get 
a uniform law about inspection. 
Prof. Smith—Yes, sir; the entomolo¬ 
gists of the United States at their last 
meeting advocated that, and the nursery¬ 
men have also taken it up and tried to 
get them, to work together. They should 
work together, with the idea of getting 
some uniformity in the laws, or some one 
law that would be adopted by all the 
states. 
Prof. Rolfs—^Tell us how much is ap¬ 
propriated annually by the legislature for 
this entomological commission in Geor¬ 
gia. 
Prof. Smith—$10,000. Of course, on¬ 
ly a portion of that has to be used for 
nurser)/^ inspection. If we did nothing 
but keep with the nurseries, we would 
not need that much. Our work covers 
a larger field now. 
Mr. Waite—I would like to ask Mr. 
Rolfs in regard to this scab or scaly bark 
that I have noticed in a few groves in 
this section; that is, on the Gulf Coast, 
some time ago. I presume Prof. Rolfs 
can give you a better description of it than 
I can. 
Prof. Rolfs—^Last year, immediately 
Upon the experiment station being sep¬ 
arated from, the university, Mr. Fawcett 
took charge of that work on the scaly 
bark and has been working upon it since 
that time. 
Mr. Fawcett—•! was in hopes that the 
subject of scaly bark would not come up, 
but I will try to tell you all I can about 
it. This disease became known to the 
experiment station only about two years 
ago, when a specimen was first sent in to 
us from this vicinity for our examination. 
In investigating the distribution of this 
disease I found it was confined to a limit¬ 
ed area including this peninsula from just 
above St. Petersburg to a few miles above 
Tarpon Springs. 
The first infection covers only a small 
spot, and this enlarges until finally the 
whole limb becomes scaly and scabby and 
reminds one of the progress of leprosy. 
Almost nothing is known of a remedy 
for scaly bark, but we are beginning some 
investigations with a view toward pre¬ 
venting the spread of this disease. 
Mr. Longley—Does it appear only on 
the orange tree, or does it also attack 
other citrus fruits? 
Mr. Fawcett—It is confined almost en¬ 
tirely to the sweet seedlings variety. 
Grapefruit seems to be free. We have 
begun experiments with the Bordleaux 
mixture. 
Mr. Skinner—I think it was from my 
g'rove that the specimen you speak of 
came. I have experimented a little with 
this disease myself and inoculated the 
trees and the roots with a little bit of 
sulphite of copper with beneficial results. 
The scaly bark is almost identical, I think, 
with the “brown spot” that occurs 
through this section and makes the fruit 
rot. (The specimen referred to was sent 
in by the Secretary and taken from Mr. 
Skinner’s grove.) 
Mr. Fawcett—I might say that along 
in the fall about August, the fruit becomes 
covered witli these spots, and there is 
every indication that the fruit has be¬ 
come infected from these scabs. The 
disease is a serious one and needs to be 
looked into. 
Mr. Waite—I would also like to ask 
if, in treating the disease called “Mela- 
