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AMERICAN FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JOURNAL 
November, 1900 
mu,' Imported through certain ports 
after fiinilgatlou. 
France prohibits the Importation of liv- 
ing plants frnm tin I 'idled Slat* '' atul ad- 
mits frill 1 s only aft. -r inspection 
tj.-riiiniiy prohibits the imparl utlon of 
plants, ale - fruit* When in*|r..tl..n show* 
pit mw ..f scale I'rict) trr emp,. rated 
fruit- are now admitted at •rttulti jmrfa 
without Inspection. 
.Viistro-Hunguty prohibit* tin liupurfu- 
tjou or American plants nr fruit* nr wrap- 
pings which liave enntaiii.nl satin* wlilel. 
show presence r»f t lie sea In. The ports of 
admission nre limited in three. 
Belgium permit* the Importation of 
AnieilfWin plant* anil fruits Hi rough rer- 
tiiln port* If the shipment!, hoar cert 111 - 
rales from competent authorities, other- 
Impi.l tatl.iH of all pin Ilfs 1111 . 1 fruits from 
the I ultc.l Stales. 
THE BELGIAN HARK FRAUD 
A I'ulir.U'llIll i-itrivvp.uuleut of Che N»\V 
V. irk Sill. aptly States hid it v strong points, 
wlieti he sin* Hint hss than a year ago 
(tin entire slate wits Belgian hare ina. 1 . 
h in. lei s were Importing animals fr-.ni 
n limn. i iin>l paying exoihltnnl prlci*i f r 
.In in. evert man with 11 hack yard sotut 
ha. I a sign st retch c<l Herons his hulls.- with 
"Ituhbltry" npt.n It; newspaper* devutud 
special Issues to the ludtulry, mill from 
every ■tatulpolut 11 promised to rltal I In 1 
mil.. -nil wealth of CaUfi.rnttl ns 1. hull. let- 
tip of tnuguHleent fortunes N’ow the luili 
l.le has broken and the agricultural an. I 
horticultural Interests of southern Call- 
Tile feetllnllty of the luire in this climate 
is I icy t tin 1 all .■xpeebtlloiIB of Ihe pioneers 
lu the Industry, one ral.l.lt in tills city 
in fourteen months raise. I JUn young, and 
there are rrum r.o.t n mi n in.txitt nutinnl* 
lit this WUlllLy Jtlolie .Nut only .In they 
multiply at a tvoiulerful rate, hut they 
are hardy itiitl do well In the open ’Ihe 
eoyole* nut] Wild va is. Which are nut him 1 
.■tleint.-s In the ral.l.lt family have lie. 11 
nearly ex terotlllM led. Ill .vein* cone (lift 
jack rnlihlt and e.itlnlitnll have iieen a 
crenl nietuiec to planters ft ml It Is only 
a few years since that annual nil. lilt 
drlv.-s were held, at which I liotmund.s r.f 
the l.umilew were rolltule.I up ail. I shitty lt- 
tcrud. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ILLINOIS 
STATE HORTICULTURAL .SOCIETY 
AT CHAMPAIGN. 
The forty-fifth annual convention of the 
Illinois State Horticultural Society will be 
held In the new Agricultural Tiuililliiig of 
the University of Illinois nt t'liaiMpnltrn, 
I've. 11 , 10 a ml Ul> 0 . Vri'tinsen.eiits 
with railroads nrc tint yet fully completed, 
but: those who expert to attend should tin- 
tir.v the seer, -Inn in advance, when they 
will be advised of whatever rules a re ob- 
tained. 
'fill' Mt.«*i»* rspreMDtf the of. tiaoj h 
trrlgmlog dltcJuu are *l,n«vo tbrouglt the tulihli.- of the e, n ,. 
In it... f.un.uta llaar Rlrer V*||.., „f utait. 
The 
Hon 5 Ull,n,, ' D ‘« »» held for Inspee. 
1!",!,. denroyeil It found Infected by 
Th,. N( . (ll " r , ,, |irnblblt the iul| , 
.1. I . "“lesw :i- . ompn 
yits*™- -< « 
„ V ?" Z-nland adroit* IK, plant* only 
’ Dunedin, Christ t:hureh u..|u.. 1! tnn 
Au. kh.n., when 
l>lautiI, iM rtoU ' 5 l|1 " lUiportRtion of 
oMm.7.ul the Import it tlon 
Stated r '"" fn "" « nltvd 
The Cape or Hood II., r „. prghlhll* the 
rur.U" arc threatened with a Belgian hare 
,.M Ihe .'Oort to create a .lomuml for 
tne lull e for loot] pu r poses was Uot *ue 
'.‘i ' , . 1 "' I ' 1 ' 1 ’"'"t market price* are 
, onsid. rably le..* than U n ijulred for feed 
a one. and the Industry is prolltless and 
fecuuniulng It is for this reason that 
na.K breeder* who have become disgust 
■I - H. Ihe almost utter inch of a market 
. f ‘". weretly, and In * 01 ..,. 
bis u ores "["'lily. 1 tinting them loos.. 
; " 0M ' " n "" Country In order to avoid 
Hi.', xpeime of feeding 
II" i" thin condition „r nir,ii, - 
. Ki'lhapH l». ulUb'Nltunil (a lter when 
H Is stiileil that there art, probably more 
Hiuii Rsi.tHMi hurts lu lids Still, ui present 
A program of nnuBiml Interest, b.,ih 
mu n practical nn) | ,, Icntifle aland point, 
wll pres.iited The follow ing am some 
o'ei 1 t i ,, ;.::" ,J ';; 1 " " 1,1,11 "»» »■.. , u*, i : 
„ ' . "'i 'Hide and the It Ip- 
"»■ r ""'l' "tid I’luui," I’rof Waite. 
Uept'ftment oi "Tip ITunlm. 
of Orchards I low and \\ |, CHuhiI.I be 
,V V V'"' "t 'I * , wii Hull 
. , Nui,, 'T.v I t'*i l'iuf K V Korin's ; 
Window Gnrd.nlng;' \i , . i Ihmlipll. 
Inglu -. ' .Modoru M..H„„|. „f |V;,el. H„.w 
1 "I'nieslrv r,„ Mil 
11,11 ' \ Rl’fT, r, Hniv. rsity 
" . V ,T . ' ‘''O k nit lire f.„ || h . lain, 
er. J. Krloud ; "Unchltig and Muikotlnu 
