The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyrighted 1904 by The National Nurseryman Publishing Co.. Incorporated. 
"A good knowledge of physiological tjotany is required by the nurseryman."— T. V. Munxon 
Vol. XII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., JANUARY, 1904. No. 1 
OFFICIAL INSPECTORS. 
DISCUSSED AT WASHINGTON — QUESTIONS OF MUCH IM¬ 
PORTANCE TO NURSERYMEN OF THE COUNTRY. 
Resolutions Declaring That It Is Possible Now To Frame In¬ 
spection Laws So 4s To Protect Interests of Both 
Nurserymen and Fruit Growers—Conference 
with Nurserymen’s Associations So¬ 
licited — Protection from In¬ 
fested Surroundings. 
The Association of Official Horticultural Inspectors met in 
Washington, November 17 and 18, at the Shoreham hotel. In 
the absence of the chairman, Prof. S. A. Forbes, the body was 
called to order by the vice chairman, Ur. J. B. Smith, of 
New Jersey. J. B. S. Norton, of Maryland, was elected 
secretary. 
The report of the previously appointed committee on legis¬ 
lation was given by Dr. Smith. • The committee made no for¬ 
mal report, but reported progress. 
The questions announced on the programme were taken up 
for discussion as follows: 
Question 1. “What provisions in our inspection law will 
be likely to prove unconstitutional if attacked?” The ques 
tion was discussed by Messrs. Atwood, Scott, Norton, Rum- 
sey, Burgess, Washburn and Alwood, and Dr. Alwood was 
appointed to draft resolutions. The subjects of fumigation, 
license, destruction of property and discrimination against 
parties in other states were taken up and discussed. 
SHOULD BE NO DISCRIMINATION. 
The following resolutions were reported by Dr. Alwood and 
were adopted: 
Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Association of Horticultural 
Inspectors that no state law should contain any provision which in 
any way discriminates against nurserymen of other states. 
Resolved, Further, that no state should make fumigation or other 
treatment of nursery stock a condition precedent to its admission 
into that state; but that a requirement that no stock shall be distrib¬ 
uted within the state until it has been fumigated or otherwise treated, 
is just and proper whenever a similar requirement is made of local 
nurserymen. 
Question 2 on the programme, “The attitude of Nursery¬ 
men’s Associations toward inspection laws,” was taken up 
for discussion. The reports of the American Association of 
Nurserymen’s committee on the subject was read as pub¬ 
lished in the National Nurseryman. 
The subject was discussed by Messrs. Smith, Alwood, 
Scott, Atwood, Norton and Burgess. The discussion showed 
a general tendency of nurserymen and inspectors to cooperate 
in the suppression of insect pests and plant diseases, although 
some friction frequently arises. 
The question on the part which is taken by professional 
scientists in connection with the enforcement of inspection 
laws was discussed and the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That in the opinion of the Official Association of Horti¬ 
cultural Inspectors, the specialists employed under the crop pest laws 
of the several states ought not to be required to attend to the details 
of prosecution, either civil or criminal, which may arise through viola¬ 
tion of these laws. 
SCALE-INFESTED SURROUNDINGS. 
The third question, “To what protection is a nurseryman 
entitled as against scale-infested surroundings,” was discussed 
by Messrs. Symons, Alwood, Smith, Britton, Weed, Norton, 
Scott, Wilcox, Summers, and Riper. 
The trend of the discussion was that it is hardly feasible to 
attempt to keep nursery stock free from scale with infested 
surroundings, but that the authorities in charge of the sup¬ 
pression of these insects should protect the nurserymen as 
much as possible against infested surroundings, and in some 
states the practice has been to commence cleaning up infested 
orchards and premises around nurseries. It was thought 
that, while it is necessary that nursery premises should be 
kept more clean than others, the nurserymen deserve pro¬ 
tection from infestation from adjoining premises. 
Question 4, “What is the status of fumigation in justifying 
the sale of nursery stock exposed to infestion,” was discussed 
by Messrs. Engel, Britton, Mackintosh, Horton, Webb, 
Summers, Smith, Atwood, Burgess, Surface, Rumsey, John¬ 
son, Symons, Weed and Felt. 
It was the expression of the members that fumigation was 
the best safeguard we now have against infestation, but many 
thought an inspection by which visibly infested trees would 
be thrown out was advisable, since fumigation cannot always 
be made absolutely effective. Special care should be taken that 
the materials used in fumigation are of the proper strength, 
and if possible they had better be used under the supervision 
of competent authority. No agreement could be reached as 
to the acceptance of fumigated trees as being safe or equiv¬ 
alent to clean trees. The wording of some laws makes this 
impossible and there is no guard against imperfect work. 
FUMIGATION FOR WOOLY APHIS. 
The question of the effectiveness of fumigation against 
wooly aphis was discussed,with the decision that it was a per¬ 
fect safeguard except against the eggs of this insect which are 
not killed by it. 
The question of what should be done in infested orchards 
was discussed, showing a wide range of recent experiences in 
the East with the lime and sulphur wash which is now being 
much recommended as the most effective treatment for scale 
