About 1946 we noticed that all of the pecans on the Busseron were like these that we have here--did not mature, completely covered with scab fungus and dropped off the tree. The shells were so thin that you could just crush the whole pecan, hull, shell and all with no meats in them. The Major tree right beside it and the two Green River trees had none of this trouble, and they have none of it as yet. And each year now that this Busseron tree has borne there, practically all of the nuts have been like this. At the time we located this disease first in 1946, I sent samples to the U.S.D.A. at Washington and also to the Southeastern Pecan Laboratory at Albany, Georgia, and Dr. Cole, there identified it as pecan scab. I reported the presence of the disease to Mr. Wilkinson and to Dr. Colby and they were surprised to see the disease on Busseron in any location, and particularly that far north. In the south this disease frequently affects Schley, Delmas, Alley and Van Deman and some others. Formerly the trees were sprayed with Bordeaux Mixture. I think they are using Zerlate now. It's a problem to be reckoned with. It occurs on the nuts and on the leaves, and it is carried over winter on the stems and the one-year shoots. Further News About Oak Wilt E. A. CURL, _Illinois Natural History Survey, Urbana, Ill._ In 1951 a review of the oak wilt situation was given in a paper, "Present Status of the Oak Wilt Disease", at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting of the N.N.G.A. at the University of Illinois. The following report is aimed at bringing up to date the present known distribution of the oak wilt disease, recent developments in scientific research on the disease, and possible control measures. The oak wilt disease is caused by the fungus _Chalara quercina_ Henry and is characterized by a very noticeable bronzing and wilting of leaves that drop prematurely. Brown streaks are usually present in the outer sapwood. These symptoms may be seen from June to September or until normal autumn colors of the foliage develop. More than 30 species of oak are known to be susceptible to the disease. Other susceptible genera of the family Fagaceae are Chinese chestnut, _Castanea mollissima_, golden chinquapin, _Castanopsis chrysophylla_, tanbark oak, _Lithocarpus densifiora_, and _Nothofagus_ from South America. The red and black oaks seem to be most susceptible and are often killed within 6 weeks after infection. Distribution