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In order to permit private citizens to ship a few trees or shrub- 
Ijery or plants to friends, or perha])s from tlie country to their own 
places in the city, we have inaugurated a system of permits, that 
the law may be complied with. It is only necessary for a citizen 
to send the name and address of both consignor and consignee, the 
number of packages and variety of stock each contains, and the 
])rol)al)le date of shi])inent and we issue a ])ermit which takes the 
]dace of the nurserymen’s shi])ping tag, and is accepted as such by 
the ex])ress or freight agent or ])ostmaster. A record is kept of 
parties receiving* ]:>ermits and the numbers of same and if it is evi- 
dent, from the number of these records that a business of some mag- 
nitude is l)eing transacted l)y any ])arty, without ])roper inspection 
of stock, issuance of i)ermits to that party ceases, with a suggestion 
that they conform to the law and obtain a regular certihcate. In 
other words, these permits are not intended for use in the nursery 
trade. 
Christmas trees shij^ped into our cities from wooded sections 
are of course exempt from the rules of our insjiection laws. De- 
])rived of their roots, they could in no way be regarded as nursery 
stock nor would they in that condition come under the designation 
of forest trees— the latter being subject to the regulations of the 
Ins])ection Service. hA])ress and freight agents should govern 
themselves according!}'. 
ddie presence of crown gall on ras])1)erry or blackberry ])lants 
disqualihes a nurseryman from receiving a certihcate until the 
affected block or blocks of plants are destroyed. The jiresence of 
the hairy root form of crown gall on apple would also discpialify 
if ol)served. The presence on aj^ples of a large amount of crown 
gall in the “hard gall” form would, when found, call for a request 
from the inspector that the nurseryman eliminate such stock, for 
])usiness interest if for no other reason. At the same time, while 
])ointing out to nurserymen tlie infectious character of the disease, 
in view of the fact not only observed by the inspector but also 
claimed again and again by ]>ractical growers, that in ]\Iinnesota, 
trees affected with the “hard gall” form of the disease, are not 
seriously impaired as to growth and bearing cpialities, the Minne- 
sota inspector does not disqualih' a nurseryman if a moderate 
amount of this disease is found in the nurseiw. Nevertheless, the 
fact that these trees so affected are rejected by law in many states 
(and in fact this form of the disease may be destructive to trees 
in other latitudes and in other soils) is em])hasized so stronglv by 
the Minnesota ins])ection force that nurserymen need no further 
stimulus to eradicate it as far as possible when found. 
