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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
NIPPING TROUBLE IN THE BUD 
By Joseph Hampton Dodge 
Mr. Dodge has been connected with nursery interests since 1895; with Chase Bros. Company, and Geo. Moul- 
son & Son, then entered the retail nursery business for himself. 
In 1902 he was appointed Nursery Inspector New York State Department of Agriculture. 1904 to 1908 
assigned the Metropolitan District for Horticulture and Nursery Inspection, from the Bronx to Montauk Point. 
Since then has been located in Monroe County. 
Nipping trouble “in the bud” could not be better ap¬ 
plied than in fumigating scions in a suitable device, 
thereby heading off much future loss from San Jose 
scale and other insect pests. 
Many nurserymen know that they should fumigate 
their buds but not having any definite plans, informa¬ 
tion or instructions, have deferred the matter from time 
to time. Herewith will be found the plans for a simple, 
cheap and effective portable bud fumigator which some 
of the leading concerns in the nursery business are now 
using. 
The inside measurements of the box should be 3 feet 
long by 2 feet wide by 2 feet, 1 inch high; this will give 
you 121/2 cubic feet, capacity. 
The handiest stuff to use for the box is first-grade pine 
match-stuff, the ordinary sort that runs 3% in. wide; 
do not use the narrow beaded sort, it is too thin and 
narrow making too many joints. 
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White-lead every tongue and groove; use it good and 
thick don’t be afraid of it; it is the only item that is at 
all expensive in the construction of box, and the box 
MUST be gas tight to be of any use whatsoever. 
Place small upright battens in each corner inside with 
plenty of lead behind them to make corners tight. 
When bottom is nailed on put lead around on the edges 
of sides and ends as well as 011 the inside edge of bottom; 
this applies to top as well. 
Put cleats across the top inside, so as to prevent it 
from warping if exposed to weather. 
Gut the hole for the door in the end of the box, making 
it 15% inches wide and 12% inches high. 
Around this door glue a strip of rubber an inch wide 
and % inch thick; making the corner joints as neatly as 
possible. 
Cut small holes for bolts through the centre of rubber 
gasket, bore holes through wood; insert bolts through 
from inside placing strip of wood back of heads to pre¬ 
vent them from pushing inside when door is set in place. 
Make door size to cover door opening and gasket; bore 
holes through it for the bolts set in the rubber gasket; 
make door of one piece or two glued together; it makes 
a better surface to pull down on the rubber and no joints 
to loosen; better make it of thicker stuff than rest of box. 
Place cleats inside the box for cross pieces to support 
the scions; one just below door and the other about 
middle of door. 
To make the gas-generating device, get two pieces of 
metal tubing, about 3 inches long, and about an inch 
and one-half in diameter, that will fit as snugly as pos¬ 
sible inside each other—but not too snugly. In the end 
of the smaller piece of tubing fit a wooden plug that 
tapers slightly and projects say 2 inches; when you 
shove the small piece into the larger, the plug will auto¬ 
matically seal the larger one. Place the larger piece of 
tubing in the side of the box at an acute angle so that 
