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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
CUSTOM HOUSE METHODS . 
Wharf Examination Not the Most Pressing Evil—Raising of In¬ 
voices and Imposing Heavy Penalties Causes the Most Uneasi¬ 
ness—Nurserymen May Attach Memorandum Showing 
Market Value—Foreign Market Values, Therefore 
Should Be Known—A Schedule. 
The appraisers at the New York Custom House have de¬ 
creed that wharf examination of nursery stock is impracticable, 
and as a result one case out of every shipment is sent to the 
public stores for examination. Whether the nurseryman is 
injured or benefited by the decision seems to be an open 
question, and one upon which there seems to be a diversity of 
opinion. If a cursory examination only is made, such as has 
been the custom up to last winter then certainly wharf exam¬ 
inations seem to be sufficient. But if, as it appears is being 
done, a thorough examination is made, stock taken literally 
out of the cases, bundles opened and counted, then it would 
appear that wharf examinations would be a most dangerous 
undertaking and the case had far better be examined in the 
public stores. 
Wharf examination, however, is not the most pressing evil 
at the present time. It is the raising of invoices and imposing 
penalties that is causing the most uneasiness ; but there seems 
to be no relief from this, as the appraiser is simply carrying 
out the law in the matter. The law requires that duty must 
be assessed on the foreign market value of the goods at the 
time they are brought into the country. If a nurseryman buys 
stock in mid-summer when prices are low, he must pay duty 
at the prices the same goods are being bought for at the time 
of importation. To avoid penalties he is permitted to attach 
a memorandum to his invoice when entering it at the Custom 
House showing market value, and in that way he avoids the 
penalty. 
It will be seen by this that nurserymen should keep them¬ 
selves posted as to the foreign market values of the goods they 
buy, but for the benefit of those who have not this information 
the appraiser at New York has prepared a schedule of market 
values on fruit stocks, so that importing nurserymen whose 
goods are passed at the New York Custom House need only 
instruct their Custom House broker in New York to ascertain 
the market values from the appraiser before entering their 
invoices. The New York agents of foreign nurseries are fully 
conversant with these facts, and invoices passing through their 
hands are properly adjusted before being entered at the 
Custom House, but nurserymen whose shipments are handled 
by regular Custom House brokers should direct them to see 
that their invoices are correct before entering them at the 
Custom House, and thus avoid the penalties, which are quite 
heavy. I he following schedule gives the foreign market 
values,'in francs, prepared the last of December : 
MILLIMETERS. 
2 
3 
3 4 
-1 
4 
5 
5 
(4 
4 
5 5 
6 
¥ 
7 
8 
8 
ro 
1 2 
Myrobolan. . 
12 
13 
16 
18 
20 
Pear. 
4 
5 . . 
8 
ii 
14 
X2 
26 
Mahaleb.... 8 
15 . . 
18 
20 
25 
30 
Mazzard. 
4 
5 . . 
7 
11 
14 
16 
18 
Quince. 
5 .. 
9 
12 
li 
14 
14 
15 
18 
Apple. 
Manetti.. 
5 .. 
9 
12 
12 
14 
18 
22 
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A NEW EVERGREEN. 
Of the new evergreen “ Rosedale Hybrid,” the subject of 
the frontispiece of this issue, Baker Brothers, Fort Worth, 
Tex., say : 
“This is pronounced by all nurserymen who have seen it to 
be the handsomest evergreen of its class. It originated at the 
Rosedale Nurseries, in Washington county, Texas, and is a 
true hybrid, a cross between the Golden Arborvitas and Re- 
tinospora Squarrosa. It has the same dense, compacf, up¬ 
right and uniform growth as the Golden Arborvitae, while in 
texture and color it resembles the Retinospora, except that it 
is soft and feathery to the touch. In color it is a bright, fresh 
pea-green, very striking and attractive. 
“It does well in almost any situation, amply repaying the 
expense and labor of purchase and planting. It retains the 
same bright, healthy appearance summer and winter. 1 his 
handsome new evergreen is inclined to be dwarf, and appar¬ 
ently will never grow more than 6 or 8 feet high. All who 
love to have winter bleakness relieved by fresh, rich evergreen 
tints, and who have hitherto planted profusely but vainly of 
evergreens, will at once realize the value of this beautiful 
hybrid. We do not think that a more beautiful evergreen 
ever grew anywhere, and we confidently recommend it for 
general planting.” 
EASTERN ASSOCIATION. 
The Eastern Association of Nurserymen met in Rochester 
last month and passed resolutions indorsing the federal inspec¬ 
tion bill and opposing the proposed amendments to the New 
York state inspection law. 
It was pointed out that if the New York law were amended 
to provide that all nursery stock shipped from point to point 
within the state or out of the state should be fumigated, the 
nurserymen and orchardists of the state would still be unpro¬ 
tected because stock shipped into the state might not have 
been fumigated. 
The following officers were elected : President, W. C. 
Barry ; vice-president, R. G. Chase ; secretary and treasurer, 
Wm. Pitkin ; executive committee, W. C. Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y.: R. G. Chase, Geneva, N. Y.; Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, 
N. Y.; C. W. Stuart, Newark, N. Y.; Chas. J. Brown, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y ; Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Geo. A. Sweet, 
Dansville, N. Y.; Wing R. Smith, Syracuse, N. Y. 
_ ®bituar\>. _ 
Lord Penzance, of hybrid Sweet Briars fame, died in England, 
Dec. 9, aged 83 years. Lord Penzance commenced his work by cross¬ 
ing a common Sweet Briar with H. Ps. and also the Sweet Briar with 
Harrison’s Yellow, which gave him the two starting varieties, known 
respectively as Lord Penzance and Lady Penzance. It is now nearly 
thirty years since he commenced his interesting work on the hybridiz¬ 
ing of roses. 
Edward A. Frost, son of Alonzo Frost, who established the Frost 
Nurseries at Rochester, N. Y., died January 24th, aged 68 years. He 
was one of the most prominent citizens of Rochester, public-spirited 
and philanthropic. He was long in the nursery business and when the 
park system of Rochester was laid out a few years ago he gave liberally 
of his lands for city parks. He was a prominent Mason and church¬ 
man, had served as county clerk of Monroe county, New York, and as 
supervisor, and was deputy collector of internal revenue at the time of 
his death. He was a delegate to the Republican convention in Chicago 
in 1880 and treasured his gold badge of membership in the famous 
“ 3C6 ” stalwarts, 
