THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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NORTH CAROLINA LAW. 
Outside Shippers Must Obtain State Com¬ 
mission Certificate Upon Filing an 
Official Entomologists’ Certificate. 
The North Carolina Commission for controlling crop pests, 
has issued circulars to common carriers in that state and to 
nurserymen and dealers who ship stock into that state. The 
commission is composed of W. A. Withers, director of the 
North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, chairman of 
the commission; J. M. Mewboorne, commissioner of agricul¬ 
ture, and J. VanLindley, president of the State Horticultural 
Society and a well known member of the American Associa¬ 
tion of Nurserymen; with Professor W. F. Massay, botanist 
and entomologist. 
Following is the circular to common carriers of the state: 
TO COMMON CARRIERS. 
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 31 , 1897 . 
2'o all Railroad, Express, and Steamship Companies and Common Carriers 
doing business in North Carolina: 
You are hereby notified, by virtue of chaper 264 of the acts of the 
general assembly of 1897 . entitled “An Act to Prevent the Introduc¬ 
tion and Dissemination of Dangerous Insects, Fungous and Weed Pests 
of Crops,” which act empowers this commission to prescribe rules for 
governing the transportation within the state of trees, shrubs and vines, 
liable to harbor and disseminate dangerous insect pests, that the an¬ 
nexed rules have been adopted and will be enforced on and after the 1st 
day of July, 1897 . Inasmuch as the interests of all transportation com¬ 
panies doing business in North Carolina are bound up with the interests 
and general prosperity of the commonwealth, and that prosperity is 
seriously menaced by the introduction from other states and countries 
of destructive scale insects and other similar pests, it is hoped and be¬ 
lieved that all companies will themselves cheerfully observe these rules, 
and endeavor by all the means in their power to uphold the commission 
in the work devolving upon it They will thus serve to protect fruit 
growing along their lines, and the future business involved. 
It is not the intention or desire of the commission to interfere unnec¬ 
essarily with traffic in nursery stock, nor to prevent the bringing of 
such freight into the state. It only desires to insure the freedom of 
such stock from destructive parasites. The rules adopted by the com¬ 
mission are reasonable and not onerous. If faithfully observed, the 
rules will for the future prevent the dissemination of these dangerous 
pests in our state. 
The rules below will be strictly enforced as far as it lies in the power 
of the commission: 
Rule 1. No transportation company or common carrier shall deliver 
to any consignee at any station point located in North Carolina any 
package, bale, box or single specimen of any tree, shrub or woody vine, 
nor accept such for transportation from any point in the state, unless 
each separate package, bale, box, or single specimen has attached a 
label stating the name and address of the grower, preceded by the 
words, “Grown by.” Said plants or packages of plants shall also have 
affixed a certificate from this commission that the nursery wherein the 
plants were grown had been examined and found free from San Jose 
scale and all other dangerous insects. The date of the certificate must 
not be more than six months from date of shipment of such stock. 
Certificates from others will not be recognized. 
The necessity for certifying does not extend to seeds, roots or her¬ 
baceous plants, nor to strawberry plants. 
Rule 2. If by any oversight, negligence, or otherwise, any invoice 
of uncertified trees, shrubs or woody vines, is received at any station, 
depot, wharf or warehouse within this state, such stock must not be 
delivered or removed from the place where the same was first stored, 
but shall within 48 hours after receipt be sent out of the state, if 
brought from without the state, or if shipment originated within the 
state, the plants, with their containing cases and packing, shall be 
destroyed by fire; such shipment being held unlawful by this commis¬ 
sion. No person other than a duly authorized agent of this commission 
shall be permitted to open or insjject such plants, further than may be 
necessary to determine the absence of a label and certificate as required 
by law. Transportation companies will immediately report to the 
commission any violation of this regulation, together witli the action 
of the company. Said report is to include the name and address of the 
shipper and of the consignee. 
Rule 3. Any transportation company or common carrier or other 
person wilfully disregarding the said law and the above rules prescribed 
in pursuance thereof, will be guilty of a nuisance and liable to action 
for damages, punishable with fine or imprisonment. 
Very truly yours, 
W. A. Withers, Chairman. 
TO NURSERYMEN. 
Following is the circular to nurserymen and dealers: 
To Nurserymen and Dealers who Ship Nursery Stock into North 
Carolina: 
Your attention is called to inclosed copy of Circular No. 7 of this 
commission, relating to the shipment of nursery stock into North 
Carolina. 
You will notice that there is a modification in the regulations pre¬ 
viously adopted, in that each package, etc., shipped into the state must 
have the certificate of this commission attached thereto, instead of the 
certificate of the otficial entomologist of the state in which your 
nursery is located. The certificate of this commission, together with 
one hundred fac simile copies* will be issued without charge to each 
nurseryman, upon filing with this commission a certificate from the 
official entomologist of the state in which the nursery is located that 
said nursery was, within six months, personally examined by him, and 
the growing stock found free from San Jose Scale, West India Scale, 
Black Knot, and other infectious pests, and apparently healthy in 
every respect. The certificates of this commission will be good for 
only six months. 
It is not the purpose of this commission to interfere in any way with 
the sale of good nursery stock in the state. It is not believed that the 
rules and regulations of this commission will be found onerous to those 
who fully appreciate the necessity of protecting our horticultural 
interests. I trust we shall have your cordial co-operation. 
Very truly yours, 
W. A. Withers, Chairman. 
♦Additional copies may be obtained at forty cents per hundred upon 
application. 
SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT. 
The September crop report of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture states: 
Apples. —As regards the apple crop, all the New England 
States, with New York, Michigan, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, 
and West Virginia, show a very marked decline. Kentucky 
and Ohio show a slight decline; Virginia a marked improve¬ 
ment, and North Carolina and Iowa a slight improvement. 
Grapes. —The grape reports are on the whole somewhat less 
favorable than a month ago. Among eastern states. New 
Jersey reports its crops as below the average, while the Dela¬ 
ware and Maryland crops are respectively 87 and 70 per cent 
of the normal. In Michigan and Indiana there has been a 
slight decline. In Georgia it is reported that yield is scarcely 
up to the average. In West Virginia there is some rotting, 
but in Tennessee the fruit is about holding its own. In Wis¬ 
consin the crop is practically a failure. In Iowa it lost six 
points, and in the adjoining state of Nebraska an enormous 
crop is accompanied by exceedingly low prices. In California 
the crop has been somewhat injured by hot weather, and large 
quantities of table grapes are being dried. 
