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  By 
  W. 
  C. 
  Reed, 
  Vincennes, 
  Ind. 
  

  

  Indiana 
  pecans, 
  thirteen 
  varieties: 
  Luce, 
  Beard, 
  Busseron, 
  Porter, 
  Squires, 
  

   Kentucky, 
  Hall, 
  Sullivan 
  (2), 
  Warwick, 
  Indiana, 
  Wilson. 
  

  

  By 
  Col. 
  C. 
  K. 
  Sober, 
  Lewisburg, 
  Pa. 
  

  

  Photograph 
  of 
  his 
  chestnut 
  orchard 
  and 
  nursery. 
  

  

  By 
  C. 
  A. 
  Reed, 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Exhibition 
  jars 
  of 
  Holden 
  walnut, 
  Warwick 
  pecan, 
  Kentucky 
  pecan, 
  Luce 
  

   pecan. 
  Hales 
  shagbark, 
  Kirtland 
  shagbark, 
  Weiker 
  shagbark. 
  

   Exhibition 
  of 
  Squirrel, 
  Perfection 
  and 
  Great 
  Grip 
  nut 
  crackers; 
  White, 
  

   Jones 
  and 
  Galbreath 
  budding 
  tools. 
  

  

  By 
  Arrowfield 
  Nurseries, 
  Petersburg, 
  Va. 
  

   Seedling 
  pecan 
  trees. 
  

  

  THE 
  HICKORY 
  BARK 
  BORER 
  

  

  That 
  our 
  correspondence 
  with 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  State 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Ag- 
  

   riculture, 
  as 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  report, 
  has 
  borne 
  fruit 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   calling 
  of 
  a 
  conference 
  at 
  the 
  oflfice 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  at 
  Albany 
  on 
  Febru- 
  

   ary 
  24th, 
  "to 
  consider 
  methods 
  of 
  control 
  of 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer". 
  

  

  Among 
  those 
  present 
  were 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  Frederick 
  Allien, 
  representing 
  Riverdale 
  Park 
  Association. 
  

  

  H. 
  W. 
  Merkel, 
  Forester, 
  New 
  York 
  Zoological 
  Park; 
  representing 
  Bronx, 
  

   Valley 
  Parkway 
  Commission. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Murrill, 
  Acting 
  Director, 
  New 
  York 
  Botanical 
  Garden. 
  

  

  J. 
  J. 
  Levison, 
  Forester, 
  Department 
  of 
  Parks, 
  Brooklyn. 
  

  

  Wesley 
  B. 
  Leach, 
  Consulting 
  Arboriculturist, 
  Boro 
  of 
  Queens. 
  

  

  Clifford 
  R. 
  Pettis, 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  State 
  Forests, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  E. 
  P. 
  Felt, 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Deming, 
  Sec, 
  Northern 
  Nut 
  Growers' 
  Ass'n, 
  Westchester. 
  

  

  George 
  G. 
  Atwood, 
  Chief, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Horticulture, 
  State 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  B. 
  D. 
  Van 
  Buren, 
  Assistant 
  Chief. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Jordan, 
  Director, 
  State 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Geneva. 
  

  

  George 
  L. 
  Barrus, 
  Conservation 
  Commission, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  S. 
  H. 
  Burnham, 
  Assistant 
  State 
  Botanist, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Donald 
  Reddick, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Plant 
  Pathology, 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  

   Ithaca. 
  

  

  Glenn 
  W. 
  Herrick, 
  Professor 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  College 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  Ithaca. 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Rankin, 
  Conservation 
  Commission, 
  Albany. 
  

  

  P. 
  J. 
  Parrott, 
  Entomologist, 
  State 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Geneva. 
  

  

  F. 
  C. 
  Stewart, 
  Botanist, 
  State 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Geneva. 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  prolonged 
  discussion 
  the 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  unanimously 
  

   adopted 
  : 
  

  

  WHEREAS, 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer 
  is 
  at 
  present 
  extremely 
  injurious 
  and 
  

   destructive 
  to 
  hickory 
  trees 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  and 
  has 
  already 
  

   destroyed 
  and 
  is 
  threatening 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  thousands 
  of 
  valuable 
  trees; 
  

   and 
  

  

  WHEREAS, 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  demonstrated 
  in 
  several 
  instances, 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  scale, 
  

   that 
  the 
  hickory 
  bark 
  borer 
  can 
  be 
  practically 
  controlled; 
  therefore, 
  be 
  it 
  

  

  