THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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OFFICE OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 
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What promises to be a very useful book comes to us 
from the publishers, Carpenter & Company, Ithaca, Now 
York, entitled “Insects of Economic Importance,” by 
Glenn W. Herrick, Professor of Economic Entomology, 
Cornell University. There are a great many books and 
bulletins written on the subject of insect pests all of 
more or less value. This particular book appeals to us 
largely on account of its arrangement, it is so convenient 
for reference. While technical and thorough it is so 
simply arranged that anyone can use it. It should ap¬ 
peal very strongly to the nurserymen and orchardists. 
The subject matter is arranged so as to make any point 
readily accessible. 
In the opening chapters are given the different insects, 
also the best methods of control, with simple and definite 
instructions in making the various insecticides. The 
pests are then grouped according to the trees they infest 
or attack, such as apple insects, peach insects, grape in¬ 
sects, etc. The following is an extract that will give an 
idea of the treatment of the subject: 
“Insects Injurious to Orchard Trees and Fruits. 
Apple pests 
The Codling Moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) 
Order—Lepidoptera. Manual p. 241. 
One of the oldest and most important pests on apples; 
it is estimated that it causes a yearly loss of .$12,000,000 
in the United States with an added $4,000,000 for cost of 
spraying trees to control it. 
Eggs laid on leaves and fruit two or three weeks after 
petals fall; caterpillars emerge in about one week and 
60 to 80 per cent, enter the young fruit through the calyx 
end; they live in the apple four weeks, or longer in many 
instances, and when full grown leave the fruit through 
a hole made in the side of the apple; they then crawl to a 
crevice in the bark of the large limbs or trunks, or find a 
nook elsewhere and spin a cocoon; here, some of the 
larvae change to pupae and issue as moths the latter part 
of July to form a second brood; the large part of the 
larvae, however, remain under the bark until the follow¬ 
ing spring and then change to pupae from which, in about 
twenty days, the adult moths issue. 
Control—Spray at once after three-fourths of the pe¬ 
tals have fallen, with 150 pounds pressure, using two 
pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gallons of water; Ibis 
is the most important spraying and should be done thor¬ 
oughly; spray from a tower into the calyx ends of the 
young apples; spray again in three or four weeks and 
cover fruit and foliage with a fine misty spray; again the 
last week in July for second brood. 
The proceedings of the Sixtieth Annual Meeting of the 
Western New York Horticultural Society are being dis¬ 
tributed. The work was edited and compiled by John 
Hall, Secretary of the society, who is to be congratulated 
upon such a fine book, containing as it does so much val¬ 
uable information. 
Fayetteville, Ark., April 1, 1915. 
Dear Sir:— 
I regret to advise you that the 40th General Assembly 
has adjourned without making any appropriation for car¬ 
rying our nursery inspection law into effect during the 
next two years and in view of this fact this office will 
make no effort to carry it out during this period. 
The law has cost this office a great deal more than it 
received from the State and from the nurserymen and in 
view of this fact and of the fact that the Governor has 
cut Experiment Station appropriations to almost nothing, 
it will be utterly impossible for us to hear the burden of 
carrying out the law. 
Accordingly, for the next two years at least, it will not 
be necessary for any nursery in the state to have its nur¬ 
sery stock inspected in order to be able to dispose of the 
same, nor will it be necessary for the agents of such nur¬ 
series to hold agent’s permits. 
As an accommodation to nurserymen, who want to ship 
out of the state and to nurserymen who want to be sure 
to handle clean stock, this office will undertake to make 
inspection at a flat rate of ten dollars ($10.00) per nur¬ 
sery. This fee to include all expenses connected with the 
inspection. 
Many of the people of our State have become educated 
to the protection which the law afforded them and will 
insist upon agents holding a permit which shows them to 
be bona fide agents representing an inspected nursery. 
This office would suggest that nurserymen have copies 
of this letter made and presented to their agents, in order 
to avoid trouble with customers. 
For those who desire it however, I will try to provide 
agent’s permits at the rate which I will fix tentatively at 
fifty cents a permit. The amount of time consumed in 
correspondence, postage and the cost of clerical work in 
looking after all nurserymen’s agents is too great for me 
to undertake it, at less than this. 
Out of state nurserymen shipping into the state may 
ship in under their original certificate of inspection. 
Very truly yours, 
Geo. G. Becker, State Entomologist. 
Joseph A. Smith, in The Utah Farmer, is strongly ad¬ 
vocating the planting of nut trees on Arbor day. There 
is no question that nurserymen should pay more atten¬ 
tion to nuts. They are unfortunately on the whole a 
little difficult to handle in the nursery as they do not 
transplant very readily and when handled like fruit trees, 
failures are sure to occur, but after all they are worth 
while. One has only to note the tremendous demand and 
increasing use of nuts as a food. It is safe to say there 
will never be a surplus in either English Walnuts. But¬ 
ternuts, Beachnuts, Sweet Chestnuts, Hickory, Filberts 
or Pecans and the nurseryman who makes a study of the 
handling and who works up a stock of these trees is more 
likely to meet with success in the future than the one who 
does not. The planting of nut trees should be encou¬ 
raged in every possible way. 
