218 MEETINGS OF HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 



Information from various persons present showed that orchard inspection is 

 carried on in six States. 



On inquiry it did not develop that the scale has had much influence on prun- 

 ing methods. 



A paper by Prof. H. T. Fernald on " Inspection for gypsy and brown-tail 

 moths " was read by the secretary. 



Adjournment to 1.30 p. m. 



On reassembling the election of officers resulted in the following : S. A. 

 Forbes, chairman; John B. Smith, vice-chairman; A. F. Burgess, secretary. 



The report of the committee on uniform tags was taken up and adopted, as 

 follows : 



""Resolved, That a committee of three be elected by ballot by this association 

 to have charge of the issuing of one tag good to admit nursery stock into all 

 States requiring tags. Said committee to elect a secretary, who shall secure a 

 statement from the official inspectors of the State of each nursery wishing to 

 do interstate business as to the exact conditions of the said nursery, and, if sat- 

 isfactory, to issue the nurserymen the official tags of the committee at such cost 

 as the committee may decide. In case the conditions of such nursery are such 

 as to make allowing his interstate business doubtful the statement of the con- 

 dition must be submitted to all members of the committee. The committee 

 also recommends that a designated color of tags or certificates be used by this 

 committee, and a separate color by all State inspectors for all other shipments 

 of nursery stock not using interstate tags for each shipping year. And we 

 recommend the adoption of this measure by all boards of control or States 

 involved." 



The specified committee was then elected by ballot, those receiving the 

 highest number of votes being chosen, viz : S. A. Forbes, L. R. Taft, and A. F. 

 Burgess. 



Professor Taft having resigned, R. I. Smith was elected in his place on the 

 committee. 



On motion, the association voted to adjourn at the end of the Thursday 

 morning session. 



The following resolution was adopted, with instructions that the Secretary 

 appoint the secretary and two others as the stated committee : 



''Resolved, That the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors, 

 through its secretary, respectfully requests the honorable Secretary of Agri- 

 culture that a revision of Bulletin No. 13, New Series, Division of Entomology, 

 be published, giving brief explicit directions to nurserymen as to the method of 

 compliance with the laws or regulations of each State, and the regulations of 

 States in addition to their laws, and that the previous and present proceedings 

 of this association be published in this bulletin, the same to be edited by a 

 committee of this association and published under the supervision of the Chief 

 of the Bureau of Entomology." 



After discussion of crown gall the following resolution was adopted : 



''Resolved, That it is the sense of those present that in the present state of 

 our knowledge regarding crown gall it is advisable that all nursery trees and 

 plants showing evidence of this disease at digging time should be destroyed." 



The treatment for woolly aphis in the nurserj' was discussed. Most inspect- 

 ors require them to be thrown out ; some practice dipping. 



The following resolution was adopted : 



"Resolved, That the American Association of Horticultural Inspectors urges 

 ample appropriations by Congress to control the spread of the gypsy moth ; and 



"Resolved, That this be communicated to the honorable Secretary of Agri- 



