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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
CONDITIONS IN CANADA. 
Commenting on the exclusion act the Canadian Horticul¬ 
turist says : 
“The price of nursery stock has not advanced, notwith¬ 
standing the exclusion of United States stock, and nobody 
seems seriously inconvenienced by the San Jose scale act. 
American nurserymen who had made sales in Canada, have 
simply bought their stock wholesale from Canadian nursery¬ 
men, and packed their orders this side of the line ; while the 
surplus was so great in Canada, that fine trees have been 
almost given away. Fancy, beautiful pear trees, three years 
of age, wholesaling at from 7 to 10 cents each and peach trees 
at 5 cents, when a few years ago they could not be bought for 
less than three times these prices. 
“ Strange that when peach and pear trees are so cheap, our 
growers do not seize the opportunity of planting largely. 
Discouraged by the low prices of one or two seasons, they 
have given up these fruits, and encouraged by the high price 
of apples in 1897, all want to plant apple orchards. Mr. W. 
E. Wellington says that the Fonthill Nurseries sent out over 
300,000 apple trees this spring ! Next year, should apples be 
cheap, no doubt our fruit growers will again begin digging 
out their apple orchards. Why this unrest ? There is rise and 
depression in all lines, and the wise man keeps straight on in 
his chosen lines, whether he is on the crest of the wave, or in 
its hollow.” 
DELAWARE SCALE LAW. 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
Regarding legislation in Delaware relative to the San Jose 
scale, I beg to state that the legislature has adjourned without 
making any provision fora state board of agriculture, although 
the new constitution requires such action. The next legisla¬ 
ture will, therefore, have the question to deal with when it 
meets next January. The work of inspection under the law 
enacted in 1897 will go on. Under it the scale was greatly 
reduced last year and will no doubt be eradicated entirely in 
several localities where it has existed. 
Dover, Del., June 10, 1898. Wesley Webb. 
WESTERN NEW YORK FRUIT. 
At this season of the year says the Rural New Yorker , there 
are always demands for authentic information regarding fruit 
prospects. Western New York is a vast fruit garden, and the 
crop it produces has much to do with the market supplies. 
S. D. Willard of Ontario county, N. Y., writing of fruit 
prospects, says that the outlook for the fruit growers is not 
satisfactory. Currants produce a light crop except Pres. 
Wilder. Gooseberries are good, with a tendency to mildew. 
Lombard, Bradshaw, and some other plums are a failure ; 
Reine Claude and a few other sorts promise a partial crop. 
As a whole, plums in that region are about one-third last sea¬ 
son’s product. Bartlett pears are scarcely more than one- 
third of a setting. Kieffer shows up best of any variety. 
Cherries are not equal to the crop of ’97, but afford a fair 
showing. 
Apples promise well, but it is yet too early to venture an 
opinion as to the result. The tent caterpillar, in its ravages, 
exceeds anything he has ever known. They have, for several 
weeks, been engaged in destroying its nests by a systematic 
weekly effort, and have handled nearly 2,000 of them, while 
with the masses neglect has been the order of the day, and the 
result remains to be seen. The curl leaf has worked injury to 
the peach orchards beyond description, in many instances 
entirely defoliating the trees, with a probability of greatly 
reducing the crop. 
NOVA SCOTIA FRUIT GROWERS. 
At the thirty-fourth annual meeting of the Nova Scotia Fruit 
Growers, held recently, President J. W. Bigelow, of Wolfville, 
in his address said : “The San Jose scale has invaded fruit 
trees in all parts of this continent, and is the most destructive 
and difficult to destroy of any insect pest. It is not yet known 
to be in Nova Scotia, and you will be called upon to recom¬ 
mend strong legislation to prevent its appearance here. The 
man who plants an imported nursery tree in Nova Scotia this 
year is his own worst enemy, and should be dreaded and 
despised by fruit growers generally.” 
The matter was referred to a committee, with instructions 
to draft a bill which should give to orchardists the best pro¬ 
tection possible. 
ILLINOIS HORTICULTURE. 
In a recent article J. C. Blair of the University of Illinois, 
said : 
The state of Illinois ranks as the third greatest horticultural state in 
the Union, California being first and New York second. According to 
statistics, however, New York will rank first and Illinois second. Uli 
nois has $4,777,083 of capital invested in nurseries, standing next to 
New York and California in this respect. In acreage of nursery trees 
Illinois has just forty-nine acres less than New York, but in total 
acreage of all nursery plants Illinois is first. In the number of acres 
of apple trees Illinois stands first, with 1,016 acres of one, two, and 
three year trees more than New York. In acreage of plums Illinois 
stands first, as also in strawberries and hardy shrubs. The total value 
of cut flower sales in this state is second to that in New York. 
©bituar\>. 
Edward Tatnall, Wilmington, Del., an octogenarian, died 
June 3. He was in the nursery business for many years and 
was superintendent of city parks. 
Cornelius S. Cole, aged 82, died at Spencerport, N. Y., May 
27. He was engaged in the nursery business for more than 
thirty years. A widow and one son, George M., survive him. 
William George Watson died June 3, at his home, 233 Mt f 
Hope avenue, Rochester, N. Y., aged 69 years. Mr. Watson 
was the business manager of the firm of Ellwanger & Barry, 
and had been an employe of the firm for 43 years. He was 
born in Belfast, Ireland, and came to this country and to 
Rochester 45 years ago. Soon afterward he entered the em¬ 
ployment of the firm which he served faithfully for so many 
years. Mr. Watson possessed marked business ability, and 
was of upright character. All who knew him speak in the 
highest terms of his character, and his employers praise him 
for his faithfulness, his ability and his manhood. Mr. Watson 
leaves besides his wife, three sons and four daughters. 
