EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



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scedlino- nursery trees imported into New York State from 

 France. As there is no provision for inspection of imported 

 stock at the ports of entry, the importer should liavc the stock 

 looked over carefully before distributing it. 



As a result of the Governors' Conference at 1 Boston, a 

 nieetinq- of the boards of agriculture and State nurserv in- 

 spectors of the six Xew England States was held at Boston, 

 December 4, 1*'08. The question of securing greater uniform- 

 ity in the laws of the New England States regulating the in- 

 spection of orchards and nurseries and the shipment of nur- 

 sery stock was discussed, the chief idea being to promote or- 

 charding in New England and to protect this section of the 

 country from insect and fungoiis pests. The matter was fur- 

 ther considered by a sub-committee which met at Baltimore 

 at the time of the Official Horticultural Inspectors' meeting on 

 December 28, 1908. A rough draft was prepared, embodying 

 the chief desirable features of our present law and strength- 

 ening the weak points. An attempt will be made to enact 

 this in modified form, or some similar measure, in the other 

 X^ew England States. A National measure would be desir- 

 able so far as uniformity is concerned, but this cannot be ob- 

 tained, and the onlv alternative is for the States to cooperate 

 by making their laws as uniform as possible. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



W. E. BRITTON, New Haven, Chainiiaii. 



C. D. JARVIS, Storrs. 



E. M. IVES, Meriden. 

 The above report was accepted. 



President (jold then called for the first address on the 

 morning's program, "Commercial Fruit Cirowing in New Eng- 

 land." and introduced as the speaker, Prof. F. C. Sears, Profes- 

 sor of Pomology at the ^Massachusetts Agricultural College. 



