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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
MICHIGAN LAWS. 
Sec. i. That it shall be unlawful for any person to keep 
any peach, almond, apricot, plum, prune, cherry, or nectarine 
tree, infected with the contagious diseases known as yellows or 
black knot, or to offer for sale or shipment, or to sell or ship 
to others any of the fruit thereof ; that both tree and fruit so 
infected shall be subject to destruction as public nuisances, as 
hereinafter provided, and no damages shall be awarded in any 
court in the state for entering upon premises and destroying 
such diseased trees or parts of trees and fruit if done in accord¬ 
ance with the provisions of this act ; and it shall be the duty of 
every person, as soon as he becomes aware of the existence of 
such disease in any tree, parts of trees, or fruit owned by him, 
to forthwith destroy or cause said fruit or trees to be destroyed. 
Sec. 2. In any township in this state in which such con¬ 
tagious disease exists, or in which there is good reason to 
believe it exists, or danger may be justly apprehended of its 
introduction, as such information becomes known to the town¬ 
ship board or any member thereof, it shall be the duty of 
said board to appoint forthwith three competent freeholders of 
said township as commissioners, who shall hold office during 
the pleasure of said board, and such order of a pointment and 
of revocation shall be entered at large upon the township 
records. 
Sec. 5. Whenever any person shall refuse or neglect to 
comply with the order to remove and destroy the tree or parts 
of trees so designated and marked by the commissioners as 
aforesaid, it shall become the duty of the commissioners to 
cause said tree or parts of trees to be removed and destroyed 
forthwith, employing all necessary aid for that purpose, the 
expenses for such removal and destruction of trees or parts of 
trees to be a charge against the township ; and for the purpose 
of said removal and destruction, the said commissioners, their 
agents, and workmen, shall have the right and power to enter 
upon any and all premises within their township. 
Sec. 6. If any owner neglects to uproot and destroy, or 
cause to be removed and destroyed as aforesaid, such diseased 
tree, or parts of trees or fruit, after such examination and 
notification, and within the time hereinbefore specified, such 
person shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and punished 
by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by imprison¬ 
ment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, 
in the discretion of the court ; and any justice of the peace of 
the township where such trees may be, or where such nursery 
stock or fruit is sold, shipped, disposed of, or delivered as 
aforesaid, shall have jurisdiction thereof. The words “ parts 
of trees,” wherever used in this act, shall refer to black knot 
only, and not to trees affected with yellows. 
FREE FROM INSECTS AND DISEASE. 
John B. Smith, entomologist to the New Jersey Agricultural 
College Experiment Station at New Brunswick, N. J., makes 
this announcement: “ I have this 9th day of September, 1896, 
examined the nursery stock of the West Jersey Nursery Com¬ 
pany, Stanton B. Cole, proprietor, grown at Bridgeton, in the 
county of Cumberland, state of New Jersey, and find no indi¬ 
cations of the presence of San Jose scale, peach rosette, yel¬ 
lows, or any other dangerous insects or plant diseases that 
■might be transferred on nursery stock from the nursery to the 
orchard.” 
PEACH GROWING IN MARYLAND. 
Wesley, Md, Dec. 14.—A member of the firm of William 
M. Peters’ Sons said : “The past fall’s business has been as good 
as we could reasonably expect; sales not as large as last spring; 
more retail than wholesale ; could no doubt have sold more 
had we accepted cut prices. We anticipate a better demand 
for peach in the spring, both in a wholesale and retail way. 
While prices have ruled low for several seasons, we have in¬ 
creased our stock of peach especially for fall 1897, by budding 
over one million fine seedlings, in anticipation of a revival in 
business generally. As we give the growing of our stock our 
personal attention, it has kept us very closely confined at 
home, and we have paid but little attention to what was going 
on away from home. 
“ The law passed by our last legislature we knew nothing of 
until we saw it mentioned in The National Nurseryman. 
I admit it was a surprise, while I notice it has been condemned 
by some nurserymen outside of our state. I am personally 
acquainted with the gentleman who was, no doubt, at the front 
in the matter, and l must say, that had I suffered as I know 
he has, I would have done the same thing. A visit to his 
place by any practical fruit grower or nurseryman will explain 
the necessity of such a law. 
“ We of course had to stand a thorough examination and 
infection by our state entomologist, Professor W. G Johnson. 
I must say he is thorough and understands his duty. After 
doing his duty, as the law demands, at our nursery, he wrote 
us a very nice letter complimenting us in many ways and gave 
us a certificate of inspection, a copy of which has to go with 
every shipment. We are in a section free from any disease or 
any scale of every kind that Mr. Johnson could detect. He 
advised us to be careful that we did not import disease from 
other sections through buds or scions for propagating We 
attribute our success so far to the quality of soil selected as 
far as disease is concerned; and, further, by growing peach but 
once on the same land. Having 1,500 acres of our own 
we are not compelled to grow twice on same land. Be¬ 
sides, we have had an experience of more than 30 years in 
growing peach especially. The professor, I think, got some 
points while here. Preparation of soil, selection and applica¬ 
tion of commercial fertilizer have much to do with a fine 
healthy growth of trees and it can not all be learned in a few 
years ” 
The Ohio Horticultural Society held its annual meeting at 
Athens December 2, 3 and 4. General C. H. Grosvenor, in a 
short address, welcomed the visitors. A response was made 
by E. H. Cushman, of Euclid, president of the society. 
At the recent meeting of the Southeastern Iowa Horticul¬ 
tural Society a committee was appointed to consider the intro¬ 
duction of the study of horticulture in the public schools. 
WORTH MANY TIMES ITS COST. 
F. F. Beardsley & Co., Charles City, la.:—“As you have kindly 
sent me two or three copies of your most valuable journal, I will now 
enclose a draft for one year’s subscription, as I have concluded that 
the information gained from reading The National Nurseryman is 
of more value than many dollars to any one engaged in the nursery or 
fruit growing business. Our trade is improving and we expect a good 
business this coming season.” 
