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Fbbbdabz 9. 1922 



thinp was in good humor, and while no 

 quarantine vote was taken, it was quite 

 evident that Dr. Marlatt lacked admir- 

 ers in the New England Association of 

 Nurserymen. 



More Lectures. 



A letter was read from Albert C. 

 Burrage, president of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, concerning a hear- 

 ing February 1, on a bill to protect the 

 may flower, Epigsea rcpens, and asked 

 the support of the association, which 

 was given unanimously, the legislative 

 committee being empowered to attend 

 the hearing on behalf of the New Eng- 

 land Association of Nurserymen. 



At the afternoon session, Dr. J. K. 

 Shaw, of the Massachusetts Agricultural 

 College, Amherst, gave a wonderfully in- 

 teresting and instructive lecture on 

 "Identification of Apples in the Nurs- 

 ery Row." He had many skillfully pre- 

 pared slides. He said there were 15,000, 

 at least, names for apples, but only 300 

 actual varieties. Out of 2,500 tests made, 

 only three proved mistakes. In a regular 

 mixed orchard, ninety per cent could be 

 determined easily by the leaves. The 

 cost for identification would probably 

 be about 3 cents per tree, and he felt 

 this might not pay in regular orchard 

 practice, but J. J. McMannion felt that 

 any purchasers would gladly pay such a 

 small tax to secure trees true to name. 

 Leaf investigations were only possible 

 until fall, but Dr. Shaw said he pro- 

 posed now to take up bud selection, 

 which should prove more valuable to 

 growers than leaf selection and the 

 Massachusetts Agricultural College 

 would publish a bulletin about it. This 

 should prove a valuable weapon in the 

 hands of reputable nurserymen, who are 

 on the warpath against the "wildcat" 

 operators in mistagged and inferior 

 goods. 



Edward W. Breed, for the standardiza- 

 tion committee, said his committee ap- 

 proved of the code prepared by the Or- 

 namental Growers' Association, and that 

 the committee favored eleven-sixteenths 

 of an inch as the standard unit for fruit 

 trees; all trees also must be tied in bun- 

 dles of tens. The committee's recom- 

 mendations were adopted. 



Harlan P. Kelsey reported for the com- 

 mittee on the National Botanic Garden, 

 at Washington. The chairman, J. K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, had died and it was 

 necessary to appoint a new chairman. 

 Mr. Kelsey suggested the committee be 

 carried over another year, which found 

 favor. Edward W. Breed spoke on the 

 proposed United States Chamber of Hor- 

 ticulture and the association pledged its 

 support to the same. It was felt such 

 a chamber misrht use its influence to 

 secure patent rights for raisers of novel- 

 ties; legal advice would be sought at 

 once regarding it. One member men- 

 tioned the case of a man known locally 

 who made no less than $30,000 in one 

 month on a special ice cream prepara- 

 tion, in royalties. This chamber would 

 also prove invaluable in taking up quar- 

 antine and other matters with the Fed- 

 eral Horticultural Board, also froight 

 and other matters. H. P. Kelsey, W. E. 

 Campbell and E. W. Breed were placed 

 on the committee. 



Mr. Stranger spoke on the new East- 

 ern Association of Nurserymen and 

 hoped the New England Nurserymen's 

 Association would get in touch with and 

 cooperate with the same. There was 

 some ob.iection raised to the title of the 

 new association, which only took in a 



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 2% -inch pota, $20 per 100. 

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 2^ -Inch pots, $20 per 100. 

 8 -Inch pots, $36 per 100. 

 6 -Inch pots, $16 per doc. 

 4 -Inch pots, very heavy, $65 per 100. 



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Dracaena Undenll 

 Same type aa Masaangeana, but with the 

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 4-inch pots, $12 per doz. ; $100 per 100. 

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