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September, 
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Wanted, A Tree Preserver 
“There is a business opening in 
Milwaukee for an intelligent 
young forester willing to apply 
his learning to the preservation 
of local trees. A clientele could 
readily be assembled among 
people willing to pay for proper 
care of their trees. Provided, of 
course, that he brought creden- 
tials from some reputable school 
of forestry and were certified 
beyond preadventure as an au- 
thority to be trusted. 
“Plenty of people with two or 
three fine trees on their holdings 
would welcome the chance to 
employ a permanent caretaker 
to look after the well-being of 
those cherished possessions 
which, once destroyed, cannot 
be replaced in their pristine 
beauty in much less than a life- 
time. Indeed, it may be doubted 
whether trees, under the adverse 
conditions that now prevail— 
their roots pavement-bound from 
rain and sun, their tops at the 
mercy of electric companies vest- 
ed with plenary powers against 
all foliage that interferes in the 
least with trolley or telephone 
wires, dependent on smoky and 
vitiated air — could ever attain 
the same magnificient spread 
as did the elms, poplars and 
maples whose youth was passed 
under more kindly auspices. 
“Trees, especially well grown 
ones, need not so much to be 
fussed over as to be held under 
strict supervision. A tree in 
perfect health requires only occa- 
sional pruning and little of that; 
what it does need is the attend- 
ance of a tree doctor on the 
Chinese plan, whose mission is 
to keep it in good care and to 
apply the remedy indicated at 
the first hint of trouble. His 
experienced eye should note at 
once a premature yellowing of 
the leafage, the ravages of in- 
sects or other untoward symp- 
toms, whereupon spraying, cul- 
tivation, insecticides, excision of 
decay with cement tilling, or 
whatever the case demanded, 
could be gone about without 
delay.” 
The above article taken from 
a Milwaukee daily of late date 
has points of merit. The right 
kind of man should certainly be 
able to make more than a living, 
he should be able to establish a 
very profitable business. The 
trouble lies in finding the right 
man. There are too many quacks 
and too few regular practitioners. 
The tree owners of Milwaukee 
and other cities need to examine 
very carefully the credentials of 
any person whatsoever who pre- 
tends to be a “tree surgeon.” 
Control of Apple Grading. 
(Continued from page 4) 
fruit growers. The Standard 
Apple Act of California has in- 
creased her grower’s profits. 
The Commissioner of Agri- 
culture of New York writes, 
“The grading law (of New York 
State) has increased the demand 
for New York State apples by 
improving the grade and estab- 
lished standards. It has 
widened the distribution and 
enabled the crop to be marketed 
at higher prices. The highest 
price ever paid for New York 
apples to the farmers was paid 
this fall, and this result was due 
in no small measure to the New 
York grading law.” 
The Commissioner of Agri- 
culture of Canada writes, “Un- 
doubtedly the result of our 
fourteen year’s experience with 
the legislative control of our 
fruit industry has proven to be a 
great benefit and has been a 
means of establishing confidence 
with the trade, that previously 
did not exist.” 
In 1910 the United States 
consul in Edinburgh records the 
fact that “Canadian apple im- 
ports are gaining a very strong 
position in Scotch markets, in 
some cases supplanting the 
United States supplies. The 
tendency of the British trade is 
to favor the Canadian grower 
and packer, chiefly because 
Canada exercises a supervision 
over the grading, packing, and 
branding of its fruit that is 
entirely lacking in the American 
product.” 
Since the passage of the Can- 
adian Fruit Inspection act, trade 
journals and brokers who furnish 
market reports distinguish be- 
tween Canadian and American 
apples. Canadian apples are 
quoted on an average of about 
fifty cents a barrel higher than 
American, due largely to the 
uniform packing and marking. 
The majority of large com- 
mercial apple growers prefer to 
pack standard fruit, because this 
is the simplest and most direct 
way to secure a perfect under- 
standing between the buyer and 
the seller. Many careless, ignor- 
ant, or dishonest packers, how- 
ever, unless forced by law, insist 
upon ruining the reputation of 
and taking hundreds of dollars 
out of the pockets of the honest 
and careful growers of the United 
States every year. 
A compulsory grade and pack- 
age law for the packing of apples 
does increase the profits and 
sales of the growers. Every 
horticultural organ should there- 
fore, for their own profit and 
welfare support the enactment of 
a law establishing a uniform 
Federal and State standard for 
grading and packing apples. 
Cut off all dead flower stalks. 
They reduce the vigor of the 
plant and make the garden un- 
sightly. 
