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" Resolved, That it is the sense of those present that all nursery stock be 

 fumigated before being planted." 



An amendment to except regions where San Jose scale is believed to be 

 absent was lost. 



After adjournment the association met at 4 p. m. and took up the discussion 

 of the license system for nurserymen. The discussions were participated in by 

 Mr, Albertson and Col. C. L. Watrous, representing the American Association of 

 Nurserymen. The following resolutions were adopted : 



" Resolved, That the former action of this association, that nurserymen 

 should not be required to pay the ordinary expenses of inspection, be reaffif'med. 



" Resolved, That it is the sense of those present that it is unjust for the 

 authorities of any State to charge a license fee of nonresident nurserymen. 



" Resolved, That it is the sense of those present that it is undesirable to estab- 

 lish a license system for resident nurserymen of a State." 



The tag system for outside nurserymen as required by some States was dis- 

 cussed — in particular, the hardships to nurserymen from lack of uniformity in 

 the same — and a committee, consisting of Messrs. Taft, R. I. Smith, Sanderson, 

 Burgess, and Mackintosh, was appointed to consider the question of uniformity 

 of tags and report at this meeting. 



The question was asked in sending out duplicate certificates as required by 

 some States whether the inspecting officer furnish them or the nurserymen. 

 Discussion showed that both systems were used in different States. 



After adjournment the association met again at 7.30 p. m. 



The distribution of San Jose scale in the nurseries and orchards was dis- 

 cussed for the respective States by the various representatives present, each 

 giving an account of his methods of inspection and granting certificates and 

 procedure in case infestation is found. 



After adjournment, met again at 9 a. m., Wednesday. 



A motion was carried to proceed to election of officers at the opening of the 

 afternoon session. 



The secretary was directed to have published all formal action taken at this 

 meeting in the National Nurseryman and send abstracts to the members of 

 the association. 



The committee on uniform tags gave its report, and on motion the discussion 

 was made the second order for the afternoon session. 



The question of recent additions to our knowledge of insecticide measures 

 against the San Jose scale was discussed. The general opinion was that the 

 lime-sulphur wash is the cheapest and best, though some had good results with 

 recent patent compounds. 



The time for nursery inspection was discussed, and showed considerable 

 variation. No new action was taken on this subject. 



A committee of three was appointed to design a form for a uniform certifi- 

 cate and to prepare a list of pests to be considered in nursery inspection and 

 report at the afternoon session. 



After discussion of what constitutes a nursery the following resolution was 

 adopted : 



"Resolved, That a nursery, in the inspector's sense, is a place where hardy 

 fruit and ornamental trees, vines, shrubs, or plants are grown for sale or dis- 

 tribution." 



The attitude of commercial fruit growers toward inspection work for control 

 of San Jose scale was discussed, and showed much interest toward keeping 

 down the pest and preventing its introduction, but no alarm in regions where 

 the scale has long been introduced and methods of control have it well in hand. 



