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of Hawks Park for cut surfaces, is made 
as follows: 6 ounces alcohol, i pound 
rosin, 2 ounces tallow, 1 ounce spirits of 
turpentine. Mix the tallow and rosin and 
heat together. Take off and cool and 
turn alcohol in slowly. Last put in the 
turpentine. 
In conclusion it may be said that pre¬ 
vention rather than cure is what we 
should strive for in the future, and even 
after the disease is present, the pruning 
knife and the saw are of first importance 
and the once “cure all” method of spray¬ 
ing should be used with care. For or¬ 
ange trees at least, it seems to me that 
spraying with fungicides in our present 
state of information should not be de¬ 
pended upon and should be looked on 
rather as a temporary means of relief in 
some severe cases of disease. In the 
treatment of these troubles, it is neces¬ 
sary, as has been stated before, to know 
all the different agents both fungous 
and insect that are working in an orange 
tree ; and to adopt the method that will 
be best fitted when one considers the ef¬ 
fect of this treatment on all of them 
taken together. 
Prof. Hume: In connection with this 
report we have two other speakers, but 
I believe it would be a good idea to have 
at least part of the discussion now. 
I might say in this discussion that 
Prof. Fawcett is a very modest man. He 
has worked out and put before you today, 
a problem which has puzzled the best in¬ 
vestigators in this country, both in the 
peach growing districts and in California, 
and it has come off just as plain as the 
rule of two and two are four. But I 
think you ought to know the study and 
observation and investigation which has 
made his talk possible. 
Mr. Gillette: Prof. Fawcett stated to 
us that he thought in the early stages of 
this disease (gummosis), it might be 
controlled. I would like to ask him by 
what method or what means it can be 
controlled, and what he has found most 
successful. 
Prof. Fawcett: I have had very little 
experience myself in treating it the way 
I would treat it since this recent discov¬ 
ery. The method as employed was to 
take off the loose bark and paint with Car- 
bolineum. The results were not as sat¬ 
isfactory as we wished; although it seem¬ 
ed to help it, it did not cure the trouble. 
Mr. Stevens of DeLand, has cured a 
number of cases by cutting back, in the 
early stages, into the live wood both ways 
from the point of infection and, in some 
cases, putting grafting wax over it. 
Mr. Gillette: What was the disinfec¬ 
tant used? 
Prof. Fawcett: I think he used Car- 
bolineum. But some caution must be 
used in using Carbolineum, because if 
you get it too strong, it might do much 
harm. I advocate a more mild disinfect¬ 
ant, such as Bordeaux, or a paste of lime 
and sulphur. Of course, you can weaken 
Carbolineum with soap and water. 
Mr. Gillette: The Professor’s experi¬ 
ence coincides with mine, exactly. I pre¬ 
sume I have had more experience with 
gummosis than almost anyone here, for 
the reason that I had charge of a large 
grove in Cuba. You never have seen 
gummosis in Florida that compares with 
that they have in Cuba. In a grove of 
