THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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SUPPORT THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL. 
Answering a correspondent’s suggestion for a national horti¬ 
cultural society, Professor L. R. Taft, Agricultural College, 
Michigan, very properly says that the American Pomological 
Society stands for all that is proposed for the new society and 
that the attempt to form another national society in the 
interest'of horticulture would divide rather than unite the 
strength. He adds : 
The American Pomological Society has a large and enthusiastic mem¬ 
bership, with representatives in every state and territory, including 
Hawaii and Porto Rico. Charles L. Watrous of Des Moines, whose 
executive ability is well known, is the president of the society- 
Colonel Watrous has headed many committees appointed to secure 
national legislation, and has been very successful. The secretary is 
W. A. Taylor, who is well known to all fruit growers as the assistant 
pomologistin the Department of Agriculture at Washington, and is 
consequently on the ground floor. The executive committee of 
the society consists of one representative from each state and C. W. 
Garfield, Michigan; W. C Strong, Massachusetts; L. A. Goodman, 
Missouri; W. C. Barry, New York; W. B. Alwood, Virginia; C. L. 
Watrous, Iowa, and Thomas Meehan, Pennsylvania. 
The executive committee meets one day previous to the meeting of 
the society, and if any state society has any matter regarding which it 
desires action, legislative or otherwise, it can be brought up at that 
time by its representative, and after consideration reported to the 
society for action. 
Instead of forming a new society, let every fruit grower identify 
himself with his state and local societies.” “Then let each horti¬ 
cultural society,” at its meetings held during the coming winter, con¬ 
sider the matters upon which it desires legislation, and then “ send rep¬ 
resentatives to the meeting” of the American Pomological Society, 
which will probably be held at Buffalo during the Pan-American Ex¬ 
position in 1901,” “and with the active support of all it can be made 
a success.” 
SCALE LAW IN OHIO. 
supervision of a chief assistant to be known as horticultural 
inspector. Lowell Roudebush, of Clermont County, a mem¬ 
ber of the State Horticultural Society, has been appointed to 
this position. The inspector will visit suspected orchards on 
request, so far as his time will permit, and will give advice 
respecting their treatment. This will be done without any 
charge to the owner of the orchard, except to convey the 
inspector from the railway station to the orchard and back. 
Orchardists throughout the state are urged to avail them¬ 
selves of this opportunity to obtain expert advice, and to do 
so without any fear that valuable trees will be hastily con¬ 
demned by the inspector. On the contrary, no tree will be 
destroyed so long as there remains any reasonable chance of 
saving it, nor until its existence becomes a source of positive 
danger to trees adjoining. As the inspector is himself a prac¬ 
tical horticulturist the fruit growers of the state need have no 
fear that this question will not be treated from a business 
standpoint. As nurserymen can not carry on their business in 
Ohio without a certificate from the experiment station they 
should make application for such certificate at once. Corres¬ 
pondence should be addressed to Experiment Station, 
Wooster, Ohio. 
A(T!VE PARTNER WANTED! 
An Illinois Nursery desires to associate an active member capable of 
taking charge of the office work or as superintendent of outside work. 
Reason : elder member retiring. This concern has been doing an 
$18,000.00 retail business upon a profitable basis. 40 active Agents. 
Do not reply unless you have at least $2,000 00 cash and ability to take 
one of the above named positions Will bear close investigation. Will 
meet prospective buyers at the Nurserymen’s Convention, Chicago 
Beach Hotel, June 13-14 Address, 
“ILLINOIS NURSERYMAN,” 
Care National Nurseryman. Rochester, N.Y. 
A law was enacted by the last General Assembly of Ohio 
“to prevent the introduction and spread of the San Jose scale 
and other dangerous insects and dangerously contagious 
diseases affecting trees, shrubs, vines, plants and fruits.” The 
law provides for an annual inspection of every nursery in the 
state and forbids the transportation or sale within the state of 
uninspected nursery stock, whether grown within or outside 
of the state. It also provides for the inspection of orchards 
and the compulsory treatment of infected orchards, or the 
destruction of those in which the infection has progressed so 
far as to render treatment impracticable. Black knot and 
peach yellows are declared to be dangerous within the mean¬ 
ing of the law. 
The execution of this law is lodged with the board of con¬ 
trol of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station, and the 
Board has organized the work as a department of the station, 
under the general control of the director of the station, as 
represntative of the board of control, and under the immediate 
Surplus for Fall 1900. 
Norway Maples— 9 to 10 ft. Norway Spruce— 7 to. 9 ft. 
Norway Maples— 5 to 6 ft. Norway Spruce— 5 to 6 ft. 
Lombardy Poplars— 9 to 11 ft. California Privet— Good, 1 year. 
Carolina Poplars— 2 to 18 ft. Osage Orange— 1 and 2 year’s, fine. 
Am. Arbor Vitae, bushy— 6 to 7 ft. White Pine— 4 to 5 ft. 
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