Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of 

 Horticultural Inspectors* 



(Continued from the February issue) 

 Evening Session, December 26, 1909, Continued. 



President Washburn presiding. 



The President presented Professor Surface, who read the following 

 paper : 



RESULTS OF VARIOUS REMEDIES FOR SAN JOSE 

 SCALE, IN PENNSYLVANIA ORCHARDS, AS SEEN BY 

 THE INSPECTORS IN THE ORCHARDS 



By H. A. SiKFACE, Harrisburg, Pa. 



[Withdrawn for publication elsewhere] 



WHAT SHOULD BE THE FORM OF OUR CERTIFICATES? 



By Franklix Sherman, Jr., Raleif/h, X. C. 



For some years I have been considering whether we entomologists 

 (especially those of us in the eastern states) can devise some method 

 of bringing our certificates of nursery inspection more nearly in line 

 with the facts as they really exist. I violate no confidence in saying 

 that the certificates as now issued in all of our eastern states are 



'A CORRECTIOX 



It appears that Professor Headlee was incorrectly reported on pages 80-81 

 of our February issue. The following is therefore inserted at his request 

 and gives the tenor of his remarks. — Ed. 



The Farmer's Institute organization in Kansas has been able to engage 

 a practical, up-to-date horticulturist. This man goes about the state con- 

 ducting the fruit-production side of the regular institutes. He meets with 

 fruit growers, finds out their problems, and gives them the benefit of his 

 long and successful experience. On request he visits individual fruit planta- 

 tions, looks carefully into local conditions, and suggests methods whereby 

 the yield may be improved. 



In general, our people do not know how to grow high grade fruit, al- 

 though our regular fruit growers produce fruit that will compare very favor- 

 ably with the best grown in the country. The Farmer's Institute organiza- 



