THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
talking with the planters of that state and vice versa. And 
the planting has not been confined to the orchardists of 
Colorado, for many have crossed its borders from other 
states and have established orchards and nurseries. 
Reports from various sections of the country are to 
the effect that the peach crop has been jeopardized by the 
frosts which have followed long seasons of warm weather. 
If the buds have not already been injured there is much 
reason for the belief that they will be before all danger of 
frost is past. 
TO MAKE IT CRIMINAL. 
Horticulturists of the state of Washington propose the 
following as a state law : “ Any person or persons who 
shall sell, offer for sale, distribute or give away any tree or 
trees, root or roots, grafts or scions, infested with the injuri¬ 
ous insect popularly known as woolly aphis (lanigera) shall 
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall be 
fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than two 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not 
less than thirty days nor more than one year.” Also a 
similar law regarding scale. 
LEGISLATION ON INSECTS. 
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In an address before the Fruit Growers’ Convention of 
the Pacific Northwest a few days ago, E. F. Babcock said : 
” Six months as judge at the Columbian P^xposition, 
and a daily, yes, hourly critical examination of some one of 
over fifty states, provinces and foreign countries assigned to 
me, has left an indelible impression of the vast extent of 
the ravages of the various insect pests, and the conviction 
upon my mind that something must be done to destroy 
these pests or that we shall be compelled to abandon the 
cultivation of our orchards and vineyards. Washington, 
Oregon, Idaho and California were assigned to me and I was 
pleased to note that they were less affected than any other 
section, but I also noticed the evidences that they were here 
but very slightly on the specimens shown. In my native 
state. New York, when I commenced to learn my business 
over forty years ago, their ravages were comparatively un¬ 
known. The fruit was uniformly fair, clean and smooth, 
and she was known and acknowledged to be the greatest 
fruit state in the Union ; one of her counties, Niagara, hav¬ 
ing, a surplus of over i ,000,000 barrels for export for years. 
This year from the reports we learn that her product is 
less than seventy-five thousand barrels ; not sufficient for 
her own consumption. Pemnsylvania is about in the same 
condition—no better. Ohio, which was at one time not far 
behind, which had millions of barrels for export, was not 
represented at the Columbian Pixposition ; was unable to 
get together enough to make a respectable showing. Indi¬ 
ana, which in former years was a close second to any of the 
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great fruit .states, came in with a small collection ; less than 
one-tenth in number of varieties she was able to show in 
former years. Those who saw the fruit from Illinois dur¬ 
ing the PCxposition, could not fail to notice the great destruc¬ 
tion from the insect pests of the fruit shown on her tables, 
and could fairly infer from what was shown the character of 
that left behind. Missouri, which had a crop worth over 
ten millions of dollars two years ago, and which made such 
a .splendid show of her fruit at the World’s P'air, New 
Orleans, 1884—’85, was unable to show one-fourth of the 
number of varieties at Chicago. Her crop has been esti¬ 
mated at one-twentieth of that of two years ago. 
“ I do not wish to be understood as saying that this con¬ 
dition was entirely due to the ravages of the pests, for there 
were other causes, in some instances exhaustion of soil, 
drouth, climatic conditions, etc., but I do say that the lead¬ 
ing cause ot these failures was from ravages and destruc¬ 
tion by insect pests. It is needless to go further; it was 
practically the same through all the states.” 
JAPANESE PLUMS IN IOWA. 
In connection with what was said at the annual 
meeting of the Western New York Horticultural Society, 
the following communication to American Gardening, 
from A. B. Dennis, Iowa, is of interest: “I have a 
large collection of Japanese plums, possibly the largest 
in Iowa, and think I have given them a more extensive 
and careful test during the past five years than anyone 
in the state. My seventy trees include Burbank, Ogon, 
Satsuma, Yellow Japan, Bailey and one or two unnamed 
varieties. All of them came through the last winter, 
which Professor Budd said was the most severe on ten¬ 
der trees and nursery stock we have had in twenty years, 
without harm, and several trees bore heavy loads of fine 
fruit the past summer. I am satisfied the Ogon and 
Burbank will stand this climate to perfection, and that 
at least some of these Japanese plums will prove more 
satisfactory in this latitude than any European sorts 
ever introduced in Iowa. I should not advise extensive 
planting in this climate, except for experimental pur¬ 
poses. Crosses of these Japanese plums with our natives 
may give us valuable varieties. I have within the past 
few days received scions of 51 varieties of Japanese 
plums and their seedlings. I shall test them on my 
ground, and hope for good results from some of them 
at least. I have also a collection of 50 varieties of our 
best natives, and on the improvement of these I build 
my hopes for best success in plum culture in this trying 
climate. ” 
ADVERTISEMENT SOLD 100,000 PLANTS. 
J. W. COGDALL, Springfield, III. —“ Enclosed you will find 
$5 for two months’ advertisement and National Nurseryman 
for one year from date. The advertisement sold principally all 
my 100,000 plants in the last two months.” 
