March 8, 1919 



HORTICULTURE 



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roses, at the Jenkintown Club and 

 reading room. Jenkintown. Pa., June 

 24 and 25; exhibition of dahlias, out- 

 door cut flowers and vegetables, at 

 Masonic Hall, Aidmore, Pa., Sept. 16 

 and IT: annual exhibition and chrys- 

 anthemum show, at the First Regiment 

 Armory, Broad and Callowhill streets, 

 Philadelphia. Nov. 5 to 8. inclusive. 

 At all the above exhibitions prizes 

 are offered for vegetables tor the 

 school gardens and war gardens. 



Daviu Ki -i . Secy. 



CAN THE UNITED STATES GROW 

 ITS OWN FRUIT STOCKS? 

 We are beginning to appreciate 

 more and more," says one of the plant 

 pathologists of the United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, "that our fu- 

 ture successful fruit culture is inti- 

 mately associated with the problem of 

 stocks. With the exception of the 

 grape, no far reaching studies have 

 been made on stocks in this or any 

 other country. We have followed cer- 

 tain empirical practices in the past, 

 but as competition becomes greater 

 and the demand for the highest grades 

 of fruit and plant products increases, 

 we must know more of the actual re- 

 lation of stocks to quality of product, 

 to the length of life of the tree or plant, 

 to adaptability to soil and climate, to 

 resistance to disease and insect at- 

 tacks." 



One of the questions to be solved, 

 according to the Department of Agri- 

 culture, is the practicability of produc- 

 ing in this country the millions of or- 

 dinary apple, pear, plum and cherry 

 stocks which hitherto have been se- 

 cured largely abroad. Another need 

 is the systematic study of stocks with 

 a view to their improvement and bet- 

 ter adaptability to the wide variety of 

 conditions and needs that exist here 

 and that are likely to develop as the 

 fruit industry becomes more complex. 

 If fruit industries are to be maintained 

 the department thinks it is imperative 

 I hat there be available full supplies of 

 the ordinary stocks, and it is desirable 

 to find or develop stocks that may pre- 

 vent some of the losses from insects 

 and diseases. 



"If stocks are to be produced in this 

 country to take the place of those 

 hitherto secured abroad," the state- 

 ment continues, "it would seem proper 

 that efforts should be made by the 

 government to aid those who are 

 anxious to know where the work can 

 best be done and how it may be done 

 to the best advantage. The problems 

 involved are so complex that private 

 interests can not well handle them. 

 The chief problems are to find regions 

 and soils in this country where stocks 

 may be commercially grown and to 

 demonstrate on a commercial scale 

 that such stocks are equal to or better 

 than those grown abroad. Correlated 

 with the problems of commercial stock 

 production is that of securing seeds 

 for stock. There is need for develop- 

 ing our home supplies. This is a long 

 time proposition, as there are few rec- 

 ognized sources of supply here, such 

 as exist in Europe." 



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PROTEST AGAINST THE EURO- 

 PEAN CORN BORER QUARAN- 

 TINE 



If the proposed quarantine against 

 "all herbaceous plants" is put into 

 effect in New York and Massachusetts 

 because of the presence in those 

 States of the European corn borer, 

 agricultural men, nurserymen, plants- 

 men, florists and gardeners say it will 

 put out of business the various 

 branches of the industry. About 

 twenty men engaged in these various 

 lines appeared before the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board at Washington at its 

 hearing on February 26, to protest 

 against the proposed action of the 

 Board. 



All of the evidence presented was in 

 opposition to the quarantine. It 

 seemed to be the opinion of all of the 

 speakers that a quarantine affecting 

 the whole of each of the two States 

 would be more drastic than the 

 situation would warrant, especially 

 in view of the fact that the agricul- 

 tural commission of New York has 

 ample authority to do its quarantining 

 within the State and was willing to 

 do so whenever necessary, and similar 

 power is about to be granted the 

 Massachusetts Commission, while both 

 States are setting aside ample funds 

 to combat the borer and bring it under 

 control. 



Commissioner Wilfrid Wheeler, of 

 Massachusetts, and George Atwood. of 

 Albany, both urged that the States be 

 permitted to carry on the campaign for 

 the extermination of the borer without 

 the intervention of the Federal Gov- 

 ernment through the issuance of a 

 quarantine order. They sought, of 

 course, the assistance of the Federal 

 Government in the work, but ex- 

 pressed the belief that they could bet- 

 ter handle the situation in the manner 

 suggested. Mr. Wheeler stated that 



as soon as the authority is granted 

 him through the measure then pend- 

 ing before the Massachusetts Legisla- 

 ture he would take the necessary 

 steps to quarantine the infected areas 

 in his State. 



New York is furnishing its depart- 

 ment of agriculture with $200,000, of 

 which $75,000 is to be made available 

 immediately, to try and get rid of the 

 pest in that State. 



The Board nas taken the whole 

 problem under advisement. 



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