§ Mr. CHARLES BATHURSTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, in what counties outbreaks of gooseberry mildew have occurred this season; will lie state what is the extent of these outbreaks; and how does the existing prevalence of this disease compare with that in previous years?
§ Mr. GULLANDUp to the 16th instant nine cases of American gooseberry mildew had been reported from Cambridgeshire, three from Huntingdonshire, and two from Hampshire. These cases showed merely traces of mildew on the fruit and young shoots. As yet it is to soon to institute any useful comparison between the outbreaks of this and previous seasons as disease has only just appeared.
§ Mr. C. BATHURSTIs the Board not aware that serious cases exist in Gloucestershire at the present time?