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THE NATIONAL NURSERY.AIAN 
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'I'lie National Nurseryman, 
Rochester, New York, 
(Jentlemen:— 
AVill yon kindly pn])lis]i in your ‘‘Answers to Cor- 
resi)ondents” column where tlie different Experi¬ 
mental Htations (l)ei)artment of Horticnltnre) for 
the following- states are located; 
Ohio, New York, Alaryland, AVisconsin, Alinnesota, 
Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Alassaclmsetts. 
And greatly oblige. 
A'ery truly yours, 
n. Bernitt. 
AVe wrote the various states having no record on 
tile and received the following information. The 
other states have not yet been heard from. 
New A'oi'k—44ie two Experiment Stations of the 
State are located at Geneva and Ithaca. Full infor¬ 
mation from the stations can be obtained by address¬ 
ing Dr. AY. II. Jordan, Director, N. Y. Agricultural 
Ex])eriment Station, Geneva, and the State College of 
Agriculture, Ithaca. 
Ohio—Ex])eriuient Station, AVooster, Ohio. Divi¬ 
sion Nursery and Orchard Ins])ection, Columbus, 
Ohio. Extension Department, Ohio State University, 
CV)1 limbus, Ohio. 
Pennsylvania—There is only one Experimental 
Station in Pennsylvania and it is located at State Col¬ 
lege, Pa. 
Illinois—If yon are interested in the work of the 
Department of Horticnltnre I refer you to Professor 
J. C. Blair, Head of that Department. His office is 
located here in the College of Agriculture, University 
of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois. 
A^^ isconsin—The Department of Horticulture is as¬ 
sociated with the Exiieriment Station and located at 
Aladison. AVe carry on more or less work out in the 
state at various ])oints more of a denionstrational 
that research nature. The research work we are do¬ 
ing is located at Sturgeon Bay on leased land. AVe 
have an orchard located at Bayfield and one at Alad- 
eline Island. AVe are also going to plant one at Ash¬ 
land Junction this s])ring. 
Our ])otato work is likewise carried on in different 
sections at different times, although at the present 
time we are doing work at the following locations 
more or less iiermanently,—Spooner, Ashland Junc¬ 
tion, CVmrath, and in Alarinette county this year the 
work will ])rol)ably be located at Crivitz. 
44ie State Horticultural Society has trial orchards 
in various ])arts of the state, but we are not concern¬ 
ed with these directly. 
Indiana—AA^e have only one Experimental Station 
in Indiana, and that is located at Lafayette. Prof. 
Arthus Goss is the director in charge. 
Alinnesota—The Division of Horticulture has no 
regular experiment stations through the state. There 
are a number of small trial stations under the gener 
al supervision of the State Ilorticnltiiral Society. 
These, however, are not of very much importance. 
Horticultural testing work is done at the regular sub- 
experiment stations of the Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. They are located as follows: 
Alorris, Aliun., E. C. Higbie, Sn]ierintendent. 
Crookston, Alinn., C. G. Selvig, Superintendent. 
Grand Ra])ids, Alinn., A. J. AIcGnire, Superintendent. 
Duluth, Alinn., AI. J. Thompson, Sn])erintendent. 
There is also a Emit Breeding Farm under the di¬ 
rect management of this Division, located at Excel¬ 
sior, Alinn., Charles Haralson, Superintendent, and 
a Tree Station, located at Owatonna, Alinn., in charge 
of T. E. Cashman. 
The Emit Breeding Farm at Excelsior is really the 
most im])ortant experimental sub-station that we 
have. This is a farm of about eighty acres devoted 
entirely to the breeding and development of hardy 
tree and Imsh fruits. 
Alassachnsettts—The Alassaclmsetts Agricultural 
Ex])erinient Stations are located at Amherst, Alass- 
chusetts. 
THE DISPOSAL OF NURSERY STOCK AFFECTED 
BY CROWN GALL. 
Extract from News Letter No. 3, U. S. D. of A. 
Dear Sir:— 
The Federal Horticultural Board was asked last 
year b}" one of the collaborating state inspectors for 
instructions governing the handling of im])orted nur¬ 
sery stock found infected with crown gall. The policy 
then defined, after consultation with specialists of 
the Bureau of Plant Industry, especially Dr. Erwin 
F. Smith and Air. AI. B. AA^aite, is now published for 
the information of the public, in response to repeated 
in(|niries along the same line. 
Crown gall is a communicable plant disease caused 
by the bacterial parasite Bacfcriion iumcfucAcuH. This 
disease occurs naturally upon many kinds of fruit, or¬ 
namental, and other plants. 
Hairy root is a])parently a related trouble due to 
the same organism. 
(h'own gall is injurious to the trees or plants at¬ 
tacked. Some of them may thrive fairly well and 
make a jiartial success; others will struggle along 
and live for years as half failures; while still others 
will decline rapidly and soon die; and all diseased 
