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The nearer we can come to it the better, and the purchaser who pays 

 a first-class price is justly entitled to receive trees which are not 

 infested, — but when our certificates so explicitly state that "no 

 evidence of San Jose Scale, etc., is found," is not the customer (if he 

 really gives any attention to the certificate at all) led to believe that 

 the state has guaranteed this stock, and that he need not worry about 

 these trees? Is it entirely best either for ourselves or our fruit- 

 growers, to encourage them in the belief that ''this nursery has been 

 examined and there is no scale or other trouble in it, therefore this 

 young orchard which I am setting out is making a clean start?" 



Even though we adhere to the old system of certificates (and I 

 am not sure that there is any better) we should certainly hammer it 

 into the minds of our constituents that our systems are not perfect,^ 

 and let them know that it is their business to watch the trees carefully 

 after they are put out, — that no system of state inspection can take 

 the place of watchfulness on their part, and that no matter what 

 help the state may give or try to give, it is self-help upon which each 

 should be prepared to rely. 



But our Association is not concerned merely with the inspection of 

 young stock in nurseries — the work of inspecting growing or bearing 

 trees in the orchard also claims our attention, and as we are all pretty 

 well settled in our habits or determined in our minds regarding the 

 inspection of nurseries, I think that we might profitably discuss in some 

 detail the methods and results of orchard inspections. Here, as in 

 nursery inspection, we shall find the extent of work varying with the 

 amount of money and force of inspectors available, but if we can 

 compare the methods followed, the pests sought for, the methods of 

 following up the inspections by advice, letters, etc., we can surely 

 reap great benefit. 



Surely we are all glad to see the variety of papers on the present 

 programme, and especially those which will instruct us regarding some 

 of the recently introduced pests or ones liable to be introduced into the 

 United States or Canada. And let me hasten to say that this good 

 programme is not in any degree attributable to your President — I think 

 that our active and efficient Secretary must be the one responsible for 

 this treat. 



The appearance of these papers on recent introductions or pests 

 liable to be introduced suggests this thought: would it be in order 

 for us to request or suggest that the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 prepare a Bulletin in which all these new or threatening pests (whether 

 disease or insect) be figured, and that the stages to be sought for by 

 nursery inspectors be shown so far as possible in natural colors in their 

 natural location on the plants concerned? Such a publication might 



