THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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the national committee on freights agreed to try to get the 
present requirements simplified. 
A detailed report of supply and condition of stock was 
made by each firm present, which developed the fact that the 
supply was lighter than at this time last year. 
The association will meet at the Centropolis Hotel in Kan¬ 
sas City, Mo., on the third Tuesday in June, 1897. 
FOR A HIGH SPECIFIC TARIFF. 
A meeting of the Eastern Nurserymen’s Association was 
held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms in R Chester, Dec. 
23d. William C Barry presided and William Pitkin, secretary 
of the Chase Brothers Co., Rochester, was secretary. There 
were present Mr. George, of Storrs & Harrison Co., Paines- 
ville, O.; Theodore Smith of W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, 
N. Y.; Mr. Henry, of Sears, Henry & Co , Geneva ; George 
Atwood, Geneva; C. W. Stuart, Newark, N. Y.; James F. 
Le Clare, Brighton, N. Y.; E. C. Pierson. Waterloo, N. Y.; 
Irving Rouse, John Charlton, Thomas W. Bowman, Charles 
Little, Mr. McGowan, of W. S. Little & Co.; Horace Hooker, 
Robest C. Ades, Robert C. Brown, of Brown Brothers Co.; A. 
D. Pratt, John Glen, of Glen Bros. Co., of Rochester. 
The object of the meeting was a discussion of the tariff. 
After most of those present had expressed their views which 
were unanimously for a high specific tariff on all imported 
nursery stock, resolutions were adopted declaring in favor of a 
tariff providing for a specific duty of $2 per thousand on all 
imported seedlings, 3 cents on roses, budded, grafted or on 
own roots, and 30 per cent, ad valorem on all shrubs. 
The following committee was appointed to go to Washing¬ 
ton to present the matter to the congressional committees : 
William C. Barry, Irving Rouse and William Pitkin. 
A PROMISING NEW GRAPE. 
At the annual fair of the American Institute in Madison 
Square Garden, New York, from September 28th to October 
29th last, John Charlton exhibited his new seedling red, 
No. 2. 
The committee on fruit reported as follows : “ No. 2. A 
cross between Brighton and Mills. Cluster medium compact, 
not shouldered ; berries variable from medium to large ; 
quality very fine ; two seeds, free from astringency ; pulp 
much like Mills. Very valuable as an amateur grape.” 
This grape was exhibited at the Western New York fair 
here in Rochester in 1895, when a first premium was awarded 
it. It was also awarded a first premium at the same fair in 
1896. 
Mr. Charlton is very sanguine of its proving to be the finest 
grape in quality yet introduced. We shall watch it with 
interest. 
ONTARIO FRUIT GROWERS. 
The annual meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers Associa¬ 
tion was held at Kingston, December 2-4. There were papers 
by Professor Shut on “Gardening in Relation to Civilization,” 
and Professor Fowler on “ Fertilization of Fruit Trees and 
Causes of Failure,” and F. G. K. Pattison, of Grimsby, on 
“Overplanting.” There were addresses by Hon. Sidney 
Fisher, dominion minister of agriculture, and Hon. John 
Dryden, minister of agriculture for the province. 
A resolution was adopted calling for the maintenance of 
present duties on fruit and fruit trees, “to prevent the utter 
ruin of Canadian nurserymen by United States nurserymen 
driven to sell their stock at frightful loss, owing to the enorm¬ 
ous production by southern nurserymen.” 
OPERATION OF THE MARYLAND LAW. 
Richmond, Va., Dec. 15. —On the subject of the Maryland 
insect law, W. T. Hood & Co., Old Dominion Nurseries, said: 
“We are of the opinion that the action of the various states, 
and public opinion will soon require that the national govern¬ 
ment take con'rol of the matter and pass a law so that inter¬ 
state-commerce will not be impaired. We are of the opinion 
that legislation is to the benefit of the nurserymen and also of 
the planter. There can be no doubt that great injury has 
resulted in some instances from the dissemination of infected 
stock. The direct loss on this account has been very light as 
compared to the loss which has resulted indirectly to the 
nurserymen through the decrease of trade which has been 
directly caused from fear to plant freely when in planting the 
risk hid to be incurred of this San Jose scale and other 
injurious insects. 
“ Every one who has had much experience in handling agents 
appreciates how very quickly the general public will ‘catch 
on’ to any plea they can offer as a reason for not ordering. 
The agent thereby is discouraged and sales are restricted. In 
our own business this season, in order to meet the requirements 
of the Maryland law, we have had a state inspector on our 
packing grounds during our entire packing season and all of 
our stock has been inspected, also all stock was fumigated with 
hydrocyanic acid gas before being trenched in the packing 
ground. We did this, though our nursery has a clean bill of 
health. 
“A shipment of trees which we made this fall to Baltimore, 
though it had been inspected and the stock also fumigated, 
yet having been shipped without the certificate required by 
law, was refused by the nurseryman to whom it was shipped. 
He notified us at once that under the law of Maryland he 
could not unpack the stock, and it was therefore held subject 
to our order until properly inspected. By a later mail we were 
advised by the state entomologist of Maryland that he had, at 
the request of the consignee, inspected the stock, and that it 
had been accepted. He further advised that the conditions of 
the law would be enforced hereafter. We doubt if there are 
three nurserymen in the United States who in handling stock 
meet the requirements of this Maryland law as strictly in¬ 
terpreted and as enforced against us in the case cited.” 
Apple exports for the present season up to December 12th 
amount to 2,108,150 barrels, as against 461,759 in 1895—6, 
and 1,024,797 in 1894—5. There have been shipped this 
season to Liverpool 137,675 barrels, to London 486,893, 
Glasgow 352,785, to other points 130,797. 
In Liverpool Baldwins are quoted at $1.68 to $2.88 per 
barrel; Greenings, $1.44 to $2.94; Northern Spys, $1.80 to 
$2.52; Snows, $3.60 to $3.78; Kings, $3.36 to $4.20 ; Russets, 
$1.92 to $3.06. 
