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it contains an official tag which the nurseryman must have previously 

 purchased from the official in charge. With such a multiplicity of laws 

 and "provisions" to Ije observed, certainly thQ path of the nurseryman 

 who attempts to follow them all is anything but pleasant. Our law is 

 simple, plain, easily observed, and, I believe, as effectual as that of any 

 other State. I believe, too, that it will stand the tests of the courts much 

 better than some of those already mentioned. We prefer to believe that 

 most nurserymen, at any rate, are honest, and that it is quite unnecessary 

 to give out the impression that they are not by hedging them about by 

 so many laws. 



Uniform Laws. 



Right here let me say that I believe that one of our greatest needs 

 today, so far as our American fruit interests are concerned, is national 

 legislation looking to the enactment of uniform inspection laws: and these 

 laws should apply not only to imports but to exports as well. At the 

 annual meeting of the American Apple Growers' Congress, recently held 

 in St. Louis, the statement was made by a New Yorli exporter of Ameri- 

 can fruits, that during the past year a number of shipments of apples 

 were rejected in the European marliets because they were covered with 

 San Jose Scale. If that be true, is it any wonder that Germany is trying 

 to exclude American apples as well as American meat? A uniform sys- 

 tem of inspection before shipments are made would very largely obviate 

 this difficulty. 



Scale Infested Localities. 



Last year I reported the San Jose scale as having been found in 

 twenty-five counties. To this list is now to be added Allen, Bartholomew, 

 Grant, Johnson, Kosciusko, Marshall and Pulaski, making thirty-two in 

 all to date. Besides these just mentioned, we have found eighteen new 

 localities where the scale has not been known before. In some instances 

 quite large orchards are infested, but in most cases the damage done Is 

 only slight as yet. My assistant (Mr. J. C. Marquis) reported that he 

 found the conditions in Switzerland county not so favorable as hp could 

 wish; and in Jefferson county, near Madison, there seems to have been 

 a letting up on the spray pumps, as one or two orchards which, a year ago, 

 seemed to be practically free from the scale were found to be well cov- 

 ered again. Orchardists should remember that they are in this fight to 

 stay, and nothing short of eternal vigilance will win. About the same 

 condition exists in and around Evansville as was reported a year ago, 

 except that the scale seems to be spreading to new localities. During the 

 summer my assistant visited the Southern Insane Hospital at Evansville 



