§ Mr. C. BATHURSTasked the President of the Board of Agriculture whether his attention has been called to the experiments of Mr. T. Thorne Baker, who claims to have succeeded in destroying American gooseberry mildew by applying to it, on the infected twigs, a sulphide solution which is afterwards decomposed by the application of a high-frequency electric discharge; whether the success of these experiments is admitted by the Board; and, if so, whether the process is one which can with advantage be adopted by local authorities in stamping out this fungoid pest?
§ Mr. RUNCIMANThe Board have no information about Mr. Baker's experiments beyond the statements which have appeared in certain newspapers, and those statements do not suggest that there is any good reason for departing from the present method of dealing with American gooseberry mildew.