THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED QUARANTINE ON ACCOUNT 
OF THE CHESTNUT RARE DISEASE 
(Endothia parasitica) 
The Secretary of Agriculture has information that a 
dangerous chestnut hark disease known as Endothia 
parasitica, not heretofore widely prevalent or distributed 
within and throughout the United States, exists in the 
Sates of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Mass¬ 
achusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and 
West Virginia, and scatteringly in the States of Ohio, 
North Carolina, Iowa and Nebraska, on account of which 
it appears to be necessary to quarantine said States, or 
such portions thereof as may be found to be essential, in 
accordance with Section 8 of the Plant Quarantine Act 
of August 20, 1912, (37 Stat., 315), and to permit the 
movement from said States to other States and Territories 
of chestnut nursery stock and chestnut lumber retaining 
•the natural bark, only in accordance with the rules and 
regulations made or to be made by the Secretary of Agri¬ 
culture. 
A public hearing will be held at the Department of 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C., at 10 o’clock, a. m., on 
May 18, 1915, in order that any person interested in the 
proposed quarantine may be heard, either in person or by 
attorney. 
The chestnut bark disease was introduced during re¬ 
cent years, presumably indirectly from China, and in 
1908 was found widely developed in the Hudson River 
Valley and in the vicinity of New York City. It is caused 
by the fungus Endothia parasitica which infects and very 
rapidly kills the native chestnut trees. The disease has 
been widely disseminated throughout the Eastern States 
by the distribution of nursery stock. The spread west¬ 
ward has in general been slow and largely dependent 
upon infected nursery stock, though migratory birds oc¬ 
casionally may carry the disease for long distances. Once 
established in a locality it spreads locally, both by wind, 
birds, and insects. 
One of the problems in connection with the chestnut 
bark disease is the protection of chestnut orchards. Ex¬ 
cepting Western Michigan and a portion of Illinois, the 
greater part of the coastal plain of the Southern States, 
including Florida, and the Northern half of Maine, the 
native chestnut grows in practically all of the territory 
east of the Mississippi. The eventual disappearance from 
this area of the native chestnut and of chestnut orchards, 
except some strains of Japanese varieties resistant to I he 
chestnut bark disease,, will increase the demand for the 
growing of the chestnut for nuts in orchards outside of 
the present infected area, although this development is 
not in its infancy. 
While within two years after the death of the tree the 
timber of chestnut trees killed by this fungus is as val¬ 
uable as sound chestnut timber, deterioration sets in after 
that time. It is especially important, therefore, that the 
rapid spread of the disease be checked even if i| should 
prove to be impossible to more effectually prevent its 
spread. - 
MR. PETER YOUNGERS GIVE THE 
INFORMATION? 
El Paso, Texas, April 9, 1915. 
I duly received the sample copy of the “National Nur¬ 
seryman.” 
Will you please let me know if the National Associa¬ 
tion has ever taken up the subject of inspection fees such 
as referred to in the inclosed letter. 1 understand that 
some firms in the north have some sort of an arrange¬ 
ment by which these inspection charges are avoided. Do 
you know anything about this? And how is one to find 
out about this, so as to place orders with such firms. Gan 
the National Nurseryman offer some solution of this? 
You may use the inclosure in any way you see fit. 
Yours truly, 
I. A. Barnes. 
El Paso, Texas, April 7, 1915. 
Mr. 1. A. Barnes, 
430 Federal Street, El Paso, Texas. 
Dear Sir:— 
In reference to yours of April 7th, advising you are 
willing to accept and pay $1.99 transportation charge on 
shipment of trees from Geneva, Nebraska, but refused to 
pay 75 cents inspection fee. As the Texas law requires 
that shipments of trees and plants originating outside the 
state be inspected, and the law permits the legal inspector 
to charge a fee of $2.50 for such inspection, he has been 
very reasonable in assessing charge of but 75 cents on 
this shipment, this from the fact that he inspected sev¬ 
eral shipments at the same time, assessing a fee of but 
$2.50 on the entire lot and pro rating it according to the 
size of the shipments, where he could, if he desired, have 
assessed a charge of $2.50. 
It is not within my power to cancel this charge. Hence 
will be pleased if you will call and accept delivery of the 
shipment. 
Yours very truly, 
C. A. Townsend, General Agent, 
Wells Fargo Express Co. 
Springfield, N. .T., April 15th, 1915. 
Answering yours of the 13t.h will say that we are way 
ahead on business accomplished as compared with this 
date of a year ago, but Mi is is no doubt owing to the 
season. 
We have had the earliest season on 4 record and the 
weather has been all that could be desired. Stormy 
days have all fallen on Sundays. 
The trend of our business this spring is westward and 
almost exclusively wholesale. The retail demand in the 
vicinity of New York is much below normal. I here is 
practically no real estate development and very little big 
private plantings. 
We do not expect to exceed last springs volume of bus¬ 
iness in net results though we believe we will move about 
the same quantities of stock if not more. 
Yours very truly, Wm. Flemer. 
