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H R T I C" U L T U R E 



September 27, 1913 



QUARANTINE UPON POTATOES. 



Washington, September 22.— N'ot- 

 wjthsuncling the fact that potatoes 

 have been placed on the free list in 

 the new tariff bill, the recent action 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board in 

 continuing indefinitely the quarantine 

 against potatoes from the British Isles, 

 Germany, Austria-Hungary, Newfound- 

 land, and St. Pierre and Miquelon, the 

 principal sources of outside supply, 

 makes it improbable that there will be 

 any reduction in the price of that 

 staple article of food. The object of 

 the quarantine, which was first im- 

 posed just a year ago, is to prevent 

 the introduction into the United States 

 of a dangerous potato disease, now 

 unknown in this country. This dis- 

 ease is known as the potato wart, the 

 potato canker, or black scab, and is 

 prevalent in the above-mentioned coun- 

 tries. 



This notice is of considerable import 

 to potato growers, as it not only in- 

 sures their crops from the ravages of 

 this disease, but also may affect the 

 price of potatoes. Our potato crops are 

 accustomed to vary greatly, running 

 from a great shortage one year to a 

 great surplus the next. The quaran- 

 tine shuts off practically all supply 

 from abroad — though it may be noted 

 that it does not affect potatoes from 

 Bermuda or Canada — and means that 

 we shall have to produce practically 

 all the potatoes we consume for an in- 

 definite length of time. The year be- 

 fore this quarantine order was issued 

 (in 1911) there was an importation of 

 13,000,000 bushels of foreign potatoes 

 into the United States. 



A communication from the London 

 Bureau of Agriculture, transmitted 

 through the British embassy and our 

 State Department, has recently asked 

 that this quarantine against potatoes 

 he raised or modified. The Federal 

 Horticultural Board, however, has 

 ruled that the risk of introducing new- 

 diseases into the llnited States is too 

 great to justify a change. A consid- 

 erable area in England and Scotland Is 

 more or less infected with wart dis- 

 ease, and these infected districts ad- 

 join Liverpool and other ports from 

 which shipments would be made to the 

 United States. The quarantine against 

 Ireland is particularly important, be- 

 cause of the existence there of certain 

 potato diseases known as powdery scab 

 and pink tuber rot. These diseases 

 also exist in the other countries placed 

 under quarantine. 



Regarding the importation of Euro- 

 pean potatoes for seed, the Department 

 finds that practicallv all European va- 

 rieties are unfit for culture in the 

 United States, as comnared with the 

 hest of our own. The Board holds that 

 it is detrimental for American agricul- 

 ture to encouraee the sale and use of 

 foreign seed potatoes (as was done by 

 dealers prior to the quarantine), be- 

 cause of their relative lack of vigor 

 and productivity in the local fields. 



The Bmrd also states that the pres- 

 ent condition of the 1913 potato crop 

 in the TTnited States is, on the whole, 

 most promising. Tt does not seem ap- 

 parent at this date that market condi- 

 tions will require an importation of 

 potatoes into the TTnited States this 

 winter. — Nrw York Evening Telegram. 



DAHLIA SHOW AT MICHELL'S. 



Over two hundred varieties of 

 dahlias were exhibited on the occa- 

 sion of the fifth annual show of the 

 H. F. Michell Co.. held at their seed 

 store in Philadelphia, the 23rd, 24th, 

 2.5th and 26th inst. Most of these 

 were grown at the Michell nursery at 

 Andalusia, Pa., and proved a great at- 

 traction to the public — besides being 

 of educative and commercial value. 

 In addition to this the store's custom- 

 ers were invited to compete for prizes 

 in dahlias and other flowers, also veg- 

 etables, and some very good displays 

 resulted from this. Among the prom- 

 inent prize winners were William 

 Robertson, John Little. Robert Mor- 

 row, George Zinn. William H. Hart, 

 David Aiken, N. McGranaghan, Stephen 

 Aiger, J. J. Burleigh and Wm. 

 Xorris. A fine collection of hardy 

 outdoor flowers came from W. S. Ma- 

 son, Farmington, Conn., and was 

 awarded a special prize. The judges 

 were Joseph Hurley. Haverford. Pa.; 

 Peter H. Lane, M. D., Chestnut Hill, 

 and George C. Watson, Philadelphia. 



The show was free to the public. 

 All of the employees worked hard to 

 make it a success, but special mention 

 is due to Messrs. Freud. Fuld and 

 Bradley. 



INCORPORATED. 

 Christiana Hundred, Del. — J. Elmer 

 Betly Co.; flowers and nursery; capi- 

 tal stock ?2.5,000. 



Wilmington, Del. — The Buflin Pure 

 Seed Company; capital stock, $1,000,- 

 000; to plant, grow, sell and deal in 

 and with seeds of all kinds. 



Velasco. Brazoria County. Tex. — 



Robb & Lanning: purpose, horticul- 

 ture and agriculture; capital stock, 

 $25,000. Incorporators: Norman K. 

 Robb, E. E. White, J. I. Lanning. 



PATENTS GRANTED. 



1.073,114. Plant Supporter. Simon 

 Gudgeon, New Bedford, Mass. 



1.073.188. Weeding Implement. Fred 

 E. Van Houten, Denver, Colo. 



FIREPLACE DAYS. 



FIrpplace days, and O. bow sweet 

 Around the flaming log to meet, 

 The sunshine of a hundred years 

 To burn away our sighs aud tears. 

 With leaping spark and golden tongue 

 C>f flame to fill the room with young. 

 01(1 fireplace days come back, come back, 

 With sweet tieart eyes to look from 

 flroam 

 Vnto tlie old log burning there. 



Bright with the ruddy flreplate gleam! 



Fireplace days, and here we are 

 Beneath the golden Autumn star. 

 Tlie fiddle tuned, the cider drawn. 

 The old floor waxed, tlie sand spread on. 

 And light hearts waking to the blaze 

 Of liacklogs in the fireplace days. 



01(1 fireplace d.iys. so full and rich 

 With memories loved and old. 



Of sweet lie.'irts in the lanes of life 

 Worth all their weight In gold! 



Fireplace days, and ain't it fine 

 To watch the old brass andiron shine, 

 And click the tongs and see the coals 

 Flip off as Mister Backlog rolls 

 Down from his perch, hail" burned In two, 

 To spread his broad smile wide for you. 

 Old fireplace days, and goodby chill 



When here the warm glow of the Are 

 Burns in the hearts tliat love it still, 

 The homellght of love's old desire! 

 — Baltimore Sun. 



Wh-V HORTICULTURE hu 

 T T " ^ stood the teit as a profitable 

 Advertising medium for the trade. 



Because 



It is read by the 

 men ot sUoding 



and influence in the Horticultural field, 

 every one of whom ii a prospective buyer. 



Why 



HORTICULTURE is to 



widely read. 



■-'*'*'*»•-■ •^*' distinctly repre»eo. 

 latiTe of American Horticulture and are 

 thus indispensable to the Florist, Nursery- 

 man, Seedsman and Gardener. 



AnAdmirer^.Su 



TURE in the Central West writes ; " il 

 has won on its merits. It is our most prized 

 weekly visitor." 



And Nown 

 You See 



low HORTI. 

 CULTURE has 

 managed to 

 elbow its way 

 in between its older rivals and why the 

 best trade advertisers find it an indispen- 

 sable auxiliary. 



Ui _ JWJ --. That the men who read 

 ^ l^O HORTICULTURE 



^l^/~f ••£^4- ^'^ *^*^ ^°^ °^ "^^° t^*t 

 ^ cere I advertisers lilce to talk 

 to and if you have anything to advertise 

 you can't afford to get along without them 



NEWS NOTES. 



West Grove, Pa. — Burgess John B. 

 Tanguy has purchased of A. Spark 

 Watkiiis the Guernsey avenue green- 

 houses, for some time owned and oper- 

 ated by the latter, possession given at 

 once. The property includes a chain 

 of greenhouses with four acres at- 

 tached, chiefly devoted to growing and 

 shipping chrysanthemums and carna- 

 tions. Price $2,700. 



New York — Quite a number ot flor- 

 al people had a narrow escape from 

 injury in the wreck of the Whitestone, 

 College Point trains, last week, in 

 which three persons were killed and 

 many hurt. Among those who helped 

 to extricate the injured were P. J. 

 Smith. James Coyle and Frank Gold- 

 smith. Frank Zuber was among those 

 who were hurt but fortunately his In- 

 juries were not very serious. 



