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grades in proportion. If one has given the height 

 and the caliper measurement of trees, he can form 

 some judgment as to whether they are tall and 

 spindling, or short and stocky. Otherwise the cali- 

 per measurements are of very little interest to the 

 buyer. 



The important issue of the whole transaction is 

 to secure healthy, vigorous, clean trees grown in a 

 section where yellows is not prevalent, and other- 

 wise free from diseases and insects such as San 

 Jose scale. It is also important, of course, to secure 

 the varieties ordered true to name and to have the 

 deliveries made when the trees are wanted. In ac- 

 tual orchard experience these questions come up fre- 

 quently and sometimes with great seriousness. 



NURSERY INSPECTION 



Along with the handling of peach trees as with 

 other fruit trees the question of nursery inspection 

 arises. At the present time some kind of nursery 

 inspection is provided in nearly every state of the 

 Union and most states require a certificate of such 

 inspection before trees will be admitted to the state 

 from outside. This inspection system has been the 

 outgrowth of a good many years of careful experi- 

 ment, both as to its practical entomological and its 

 legal aspects. At the present time we have a fairly 

 well-matured system, which is probably as efficient 

 as any such system can be. Doubtless this inspec- 

 tion serves to prevent to some extent the dissemina- 

 tion of San Jose scale, yellows, rosette, little peach 

 and other insects and diseases. At the same time 

 it has its limitations. 



It is well known that this inspection is not per- 

 fect, and nobody expects it ever will be. No in- 



