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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBEB 12, 1916. 



NURSERY STOCK for Florists' Trade 



FRUIT TREES. ORNAMENTAL TREES. SHRUBS. SMALL FRUITS. ROSES. CLEMATIS. PHLOX. PEONIES. HERBACEOUS 

 PERENNIALS. AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII. CALIFORNIA PRIVET. BARBERRY THUNBEROU 



Writ* tor our wholesale trade Ust 



TO YEARS W. A T. SMITH COMPANY '»oo a^^s 



OKMXVA. NEW YORK 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



for Fruit, Grape, and Garden Cultiva- 

 tion in Wadenswil, Canton Zurich. 



Wit^ reference to the experiments in 

 this canton, the report of the Econom- 

 ics Director states that, although the 

 improved American vines also suflFered 

 during the rainy years of 1913 and 1914, 

 they nevertheless recovered well during 

 the better grape year of 1915, and on 

 the whole they thrived and developed 

 better in both dry and wet seasons than 

 the native vines. A record has also 

 been kept of the yield in grapes and 

 wine of the different experUoental vine- 

 yards. These records and tests indicate 

 that in quality the yield of the im- 

 proved American vines was not inferior 

 to that of the jiative vines, but allow- 

 ance must be made for the fact that, 

 in case of a heavy yield of grapes, the 

 yield of the wine is always compara- 

 tively short. The average grape yield 

 per American stock when grafted with 

 the native Bauschling variety was three 

 kilos (6.6 pounds), and when grafted 

 with the Burgunder variety the average 

 was two kilos (4.4 pounds). It has 

 therefore been recommended that im- 

 proved American vines be planted not 

 only in places where the grape vines 

 had formerly been pulled up, because 

 the vineyards were infested by the 

 grape louse, but also in all new plant- 

 ings in general. U. S. Consul General 

 F. B, Keene says experiments are now 

 also being made at the Experiment Sta- 

 tion at Wadenswil with improved 

 American stocks in vineyards which 

 have been infected with grape mildew. 



OLASSmr STBAWBEBSY PLANTS. 



The Federal Horticultural Board has 

 classified strawberry plants as nursery 

 stock within the meaning of the quar- 

 antine law. W. A. Orton, acting chair- 

 man, is the author of the following 

 letter: 



In reply to your Inquiry as to whether straw- 

 oerry plants fall In the definition of nursery stock 

 as deflned In the plant quarantine act, Aupust 

 20, 1912, you are advised that It is the decision 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board that straw- 

 berry plants are nursery stock within the mean- 

 ing of the act. The strawberry Is hardy In tem- 

 perate climates and does not come under the defi- 

 nition of herbaceous plants: namely, those that 

 perish annually down to and sometimes Including 

 the root; that Is, soft, succulent plants. 



In view of the wide territory through which 

 strawberry plants are grown in this country. It 

 Is desirable to maintain Inspection of strawberry 

 plants for the reason that thev may carry dan- 

 gerous diseases and Insect pests. 



AZAI^AS AFTEB AUi? 



In addition to a quantity of Dutch 

 bulbs, the steamer Nieuw Ansterdam, 

 from Rotterdam, which docked at New 

 York October 2, discharged a number 

 of plants, roots and shrubs, some of 

 which undoubtedly are of Belgian ori- 

 gin — azaleas, etc. — coming to this coun- 

 try as they did last year, similarly de- 

 scribed in the manifests and via Rotter- 

 dam. This would indicate .that the 

 seemingly insurmountable barriers 

 raised by the belligerents against the 



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