THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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on. Our nursery trees can be worked over and fine trees 
made in one year. The trunks of the bearing orange 
trees that are killed can be sawed off at the ground, and 
from the sprouts that will come, good trees will grow in 
three years, that will be giving us those fine old seedling 
oranges again that Florida is famed for. Our pineapple 
too, if properly handled—though killed to the ground— 
will send up rattoons and suckers, that when one year 
old, will give us that luscious fruit, and we are hoping for 
many prosperous years to come. 
“ A few old people tell us of a cold wave that reached 
down over Florida in 1835, that killed nearly all the 
orange trees, and now it is here again.” 
THE FAR NORTHWEST. 
Portland, Ore., Feb. 18.—The Oregon State Horti¬ 
cultural Society and the Northwest Fruit Growers’ Asso¬ 
ciation held a joint meeting in Portland, beginning Feb. 
6th, which lasted three days. The sessions proved inter¬ 
esting as well as instructive to the members : many points 
of great importance were discussed ; the new bills before 
the state legislatures, empowering the horticultural boards 
of the several states to quarantine and compel disinfec¬ 
tion of nursery stock, orchards and fruit infected with 
injurious insect pests or scales were approved by the 
societies. Like every good work, these laws have been 
pushed through in the face of a great deal of opposition. 
The general plan outlined in the bills before the legisla¬ 
tures of Washington, Oregon and Idaho is to form quaran¬ 
tine stations; several in each state and at which points 
all trees and fruits are to be inspected and either clean 
certificates furnished or the property destroyed if refusal 
to disinfect is made. In this way we hope to eradicate 
the pests which have for several years played such havoc 
with our orchards. The bills carry an appropriation of 
several thousand dollats with them to carry on the work. 
The fruit exhibit, coming mostly from the state of Ore¬ 
gon, was very attractive. Many fine specimens of apples 
and dried fruits were displayed. Union County, Ore., 
alone showed a grand display of apples, there being about 
eighty varieties in the collection. Dr. Lewis deserves a 
great deal of credit for the enterprise displayed in getting 
this large collection together. The Hood river apples 
also attracted a good deal of attention. The general 
verdict reached by these organizations was to educate 
the people as to what to plant; how to plant; how to care 
for their trees and how to pack. We expect good returns 
to result from these meetings in the above lines. 
Dr. J. Guy Lewis, who collected the fruit exhibit in the 
World’s Fair at Chicago, addressed the meeting upon the 
great importance of keeping up the reputation gained by 
the Northwest at Chicago. S. A. Clark, the veteran fruit 
grower of the Northwest, strongly opposed the con¬ 
tinuance of the horticultural boards. So much opposition 
was raised to his resolution that it had to be withdrawn. 
President Bloss of the Oregon Agricultural College gave 
a short address upon the co-operation of the colleges with 
the boards and it was very desirous that harmony should 
exist between the two institutions. Addresses were also 
made by the Hon. T. R. Platt, D. D. Oliphant, president 
of the Chamber of Commerce, L. A. Porter of Lewiston, 
Ida. The latter tried to show that Idaho was something 
more than a “ sage-brush desert state ” and when water 
was turned upon its desert lands, the finest of fruit could 
be produced. 
Representatives from the four great railroads of the 
Northwest were present, each of whom promised co-opera¬ 
tion and assistance in securing the lowest fruit rates 
possible for fruit shipped to the eastern market. The 
Nicaraugua canal was also discussed and it was declared 
that the completion of this canal would be a great boom 
for the Northwest. 
Dr. J. R. Cardwell, president of the State Horticultural 
Society, delivered his annual address and dwelt strongly 
upon the advantage of the continuance of the state horti¬ 
cultural boards. J. R. Anderson, statistician of the 
Department of Agriculture of B. C., addressed the meet¬ 
ing upon the resources of his province. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 
President, Dr. N. G. Blalock ; secretary, Hon. T. R. Coon ; 
treasurer, F. L. Ragsdale, of Walla Walla, Wash.; vice- 
president, for Oregon, S. A. Clark, of Salem ; vice-president 
for Washington, F. E. Thompson, of Zillah ; vice-president 
for Idaho, L. A. Porter, of Lewiston ; vice-president for 
British Columbia, J. R. Anderson, of Victoria. 
Walla Walla was selected as the place for the next 
annual meeting. Dr. J. R. Cardwell, who retired from the 
office of vice-presidency for the state of Oregon, was pre¬ 
sented with a very handsome gold-headed cane by the 
members of the association. The doctor has been a long 
and constant worker toward improving the fruit industry 
of the Northwest. 
The winter through this section has been mild and a 
great deal of work has been done in the orchards. Those 
who have not been inclined in years past to cleanse their 
orchards will now be compelled to do so. The Oregon 
law has passed both houses of the legislature and to make 
it a law requires only the governor’s signature. 
In a report on the Western New York Horticultural 
Society’s meeting of recent date there was a statement 
made to the effect that eastern nurserymen and orchardists 
need not fear the San Jose scale, as it only spread and 
continued to exist in mild climates where portions of the 
year were exceedingly dry. It is true that this pest can 
be found extensively in such sections of this Pacific coast, 
but it is gradually traveling eastward and can be found in 
Eastern Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and some eastern 
states where it requires something more than the favorable 
conditions of the elements to eradicate it. Wherever any 
trees are known to be infested with this disease, the 
owners of such trees should be compelled to cleanse them 
forthwith. The people of the East should profit by the 
experience of the Pacific coast orchardists in dealing with 
this pest promptly,* 
