THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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many as anything nearly as serious as it has been depicted. 
It is a fair question whether there are not natural enemies that 
will suppress it.” 
Mr. Bissell, Maryland : “ Professor Johnson, of Maryland, 
has published a large amount of data on this subject. There 
is a great deal of literature upon it. I don’t see how any 
intelligent nurseryman can be ignorant of the danger from the 
San Jose scale, after hearing what Professors Johnson, Al- 
wood and Bailey have to say about it. I have talked with 
Virginia orchardists who have been seriously affected by the 
scale. I think the agitation has done a world of good. We 
know how to treat and control it. I know many nurserymen 
who are fumigating all their stock. We have found that in 
very many cases we cannot grow fruit without spraying.” 
Mr. Van Lindley, N. C.: “I don’t think the entomologists 
have said too much about the scale. One nursery in Georgia 
was destroyed by the San Jose scale and several orchards 
have been devastated. I am not surprised at a Texan who has 
not seen it. I know the scale and what it has done.” 
Henry Wallis, Mo. : “ The scale may not be as serious as 
it is called, but I believe it is necessary to watch it.” 
N. W. Hale, Tenn. : “ Our Association struck the keynote 
in this matter at the St. Louis convention when it recom¬ 
mended the passage of a national law for the transportation 
of nursery stock between the states. The states should make 
short, simple and effective laws. We can’t be too careful. I 
think a certificate is an excellent thing. Inspectors should 
have the right by state enactment to take charge of orchards. 
I would like to see a uniform law.” 
Mr. Greening, Mich. : “ I will concur in what Mr. Hale 
has said. In Michigan we have had some experience with the 
scale, both in nurseries and orchards. I must emphatically 
say that Professor Taft’s paper, read before us, is based upon 
facts and not upon theories. We at first thought the Michi¬ 
gan inspection laws were too stringent, but we changed our 
minds. The laws are complicated, but the state should in¬ 
form the nurserymen of the provisions.” 
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE’S REPORT. 
Mr. Rouse, of New York, called for the report of the legis¬ 
lative committee on the scale. 
Mr. Watrous, chairman of the committee, said : “A year 
ago last winter the committee went to Washington and appear¬ 
ed before the house and senate committees and the committee 
of agriculture. We secured a favorable report from the house 
committee, and all was in fine order for what we desired with 
a prospect of getting it within sixty days. But a little circum¬ 
stance in Havana harbor occurred and congress went into 
business of attending to Spaniards and Filipinos instead of 
San Jose scale. 
“ The situation is thus : Last winter chairman spent stamps 
in correspondence regarding the drafting of a bill. I he result 
was to show that there was no use to talk about congress in 
the short session considering the subject. But all said 
that if we came before the next congress making the same 
showing we might get what we reasonably asked. The com¬ 
mittee has not much progress to report. We laid foundation 
for what is desired. We ask further time. What we want will 
entail little expense.” 
Mr. Hubbard : “I move that the committee be continued.” 
President Brooke : “ It would not be courtesy to the in¬ 
coming president who has the appointment of the standing 
committees. I cannot, therefore, entertain the motion. It 
would be proper to move that a committee on legislation con¬ 
tinue the work referred to.” 
CANADA’S SURPLUS STOCK. 
Mr. Rouse: “In th^ East, and thioughout the United States, 
for that matter, it is commonly thought that when the Cana¬ 
dian exclusion act was passed, the damage was done. But 
that is not the case. There is more to come. The Canadians 
are as active as are any of our people. When they found that 
they had the Canadian market to themselves they proceeded 
to buy and plant. It is safe to say that more stock was planted 
last year than in the ten previous years combined. A local 
nursery paid $20 per 1,000 for 5,000 apple seeds. We are 
hoping that for the next two or three years we shall have a 
good nursery business. But Canada will be overstocked and 
there is not the slightest doubt that Canadian nurserymen will 
send their surplus stock to the states. Thus they will not only 
keep out our stock by the exclusion act, but they will swamp 
us by surplus of stock. And these conditions will not affect 
the Eastern nurserymen alone, for the Canadians are planting 
millions of apple. The national inspection bill, awaiting action 
by congress, contains a clause barring out all nursery stock 
about which there is any doubt. Right there is our chance to 
retaliate, and we ought to seize the opportunity. Within the 
last sixty days one of the largest Canadian nurseries burned a 
large amount of stock on account of the San Jose scale. 
Secretary Wilson of the United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture is not the kind of a man to stand in the way of the strict 
enforcement of the provision to which I refer. We have the 
opportunity to keep out of this country the surplus Canadian 
stock and we should not miss it ” 
Mr. Manning, Mass.: “ There has been an attempt to enact 
a scale law in Massachusetts. It was opposed by a member of 
the house who thought the scale a myth. The city forester of 
Boston has searched diligently for the scale but cannot find it. 
The bill was defeated.” 
RETALIATION FAVORED. 
Mr. Windsor, Ill.: “ I concur with Mr. Rouse. The Cana¬ 
dian exclusion act hit me pretty hard. The Canadians are 
going to have an over-production of nursery stock. I believe 
in retaliation when they work such schemes. We should let 
them burn some of their stock.” 
The report of the committee on the president’s address was 
made a special order for 2:30 p. m. 
CHERRY STOCKS. 
The question box was reopened. “ Has the cold weather 
demonstrated that Mahaleb stocks are more hardy than Maz- 
zard ?” was asked. 
Mr. Wilson, la. : “ I have a large cherry orchard planted 
five years ; in full bearing. There are alternate rows of trees 
budded on stock of each kind running north and south. 1 he 
trees have been killed in streaks running northeast and south¬ 
west. I could see no difference as to stock. Where the grass 
was well up around the roots the damage by the cold weather 
was not so great. I believe in the theory advanced in Cap¬ 
tain Watrous’ paper, that an excess of rain is more a cause of 
injury than an excess of freezing.” 
Mr. Watrous, la.: “ I have an orchard of English Morello 
on Mazzard in one ro v, and in the next row are Maheleb 
stocks. In the latter one-third of the trees are dead. Within 
fifty yards are rows of Mazzard and Mahaleb. d he row of 
