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such a proviso in his purchasing contract. He can not tell whether 

 the scale be dead or alive until the trees start to grow and the pests 

 have time to shrivel or develop. 



It is not the purpose of this office to persecute the nurserymen, 

 but rather to aid them. There are not one-half as many fruit trees 

 planted annually in this State as there should be, and throughout 

 the southeastern portion of this State, where the San 'Jos^ Scale is 

 rampant, there will not be one-tenth as many trees bought and 

 planted this year as there would have been had the scale proven 

 less destructive during recent years. When it is possible to assure 

 prospective purchasers that the pest will not be carried to their 

 premises on infested stock, and that it can be held in check by 

 simple and effective means in growing orchards, then the sales of 

 fruit trees will increase, and this very important industry will 

 commence to assume something near the important rank it should 

 in this great Commonwealth. 



Since the first of August last 167 nurseries have been inspected in 

 this State by the State Nursery Inspector, Enos B. Engle, assisted 

 by Professors Wm. A. Buckhout and Geo. C. Butz, of the Pennsylva- 

 nia State College. Many of them were visited twice and some 

 thrice. All this important work has gone through this office, and a 

 record of every detail is kept here. 



The following is a list of the nurserymen of Pennsylvania whose 

 trees have been inspected and who have complied with the require- 

 ments of the law, holding certificates entitling them to sell and ship 

 stock: 



Adams County. 



Name. Place. Acres. 



M. E, Hartman, Arendtsville 4 



William Starner, Arendtsville, % 



A. D. Taylor, Arendtsville, 4 



E. W. Cook Aspers, 2 



R. E. Elden Aspers 2 



E. E. Eppleman, Aspers, 1 



W. S. Adams Bendersville 6 



John Dietrich, Bendersville, % 



John Eppleman, Jr., Bendersville, 14 



R. E. Garrettson, Bendersville, % 



O. P. House, Bendersville, 7 



R. S. Little, Bendersville, % 



Wm. Myers, Bendersville, 1 



J. H. Peters, Bendersville, 3 



E. C. Porter, Bendersville 3 



Mrs. Angelina Sheeley, Bendersville, 2 



A. S. Wright, Bendersville, 6 



