THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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LAWS OF NEW YORK RELATING TO 
THE INSPECTION AND FUMIGA¬ 
TION OF NURSERY STOCK 
IN NEW YORK 
The Commissioner of Agriculture for New York has issued 
a circular under date of August first, interpreting the Statute 
of the State in regard to inspection, fumigation and certifica¬ 
tion of nursery stock. The gist of the Law is as follows: 
Nursery inspection will be done substantially as heretofore. All 
trees infested with San Jos4 scale or other dangerously injurious insects, 
and all trees affected with fungous disease, crown-gall, or galls on the 
roots, must be destroyed. The difficulty of detecting the presence of 
galls or other disease of the roots at the time of the summer inspection 
emphasizes the importance that great caution should be used at the 
time of digging to reject all trees so effected. 
Nursery stock shipped from other States into this State must be fum¬ 
igated with hydrocyanic acid gas before planting, sale or distribution; 
and all stock dug for sale growing within a half mile of a section infested 
with San Jos6 scale must be fumigated before delivery or shipment- 
Proper fumigation may kill all scales but will not remove scale marks, 
therefore I suggest that no scale-marked trees should be shipped. The 
Commissioner of Agriculture may exempt from fumigation herbaceous 
plants, coniferous trees, bulbs and tubers. Florist’s greenhouse plants, 
flowers and cuttings are also exempted from fumigation, but this does 
not mean rose bushes or other stock that may disseminate the San 
Jose scale. 
All nursery stock for shipment must be accompanied by a copy of a 
certificate of inspection signed by the Commissioner of Agriculture, 
dated not earlier than September 1, 1904, which certificate will be valid 
until September 1 , 1905. 
In order to conform to the requirements of other States each package 
that shall have been fumigated in a proper manner with hydrocyanic 
acid gas should bear the nurserymen’s certificate to that effect. 
Duplicate certificates of inspection will be furnished by the Depart¬ 
ment for filing in the offices of the States requiring them as follows: 
Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, North Carolina, South Caro¬ 
lina and Virginia. 
Four hundred and sixty-six certificates were issued to the nursery¬ 
men and vineyardists of the State of New York for the year beginning 
September 1,1903. Printed lists of nurserymen and vineyardists will be 
furnished on application to this Department. The following is a brief 
statement of the requirements of the several States and Canada rela¬ 
tive to inspection, certification and transportation of nursery stock. 
Further information may be obtained of those whose addresses are 
given below. 
In addition to the above, the circular gives the names of 
the inspectors for each state where inspection laws are in 
force, together with a brief statement of the legal require¬ 
ments. The circular can no doubt be obtained by applying 
to the Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany, N. Y. 
The State Horticultural Society of Georgia met recently in annual 
convention at Tallulah Falls in the mountains of north east 
Georgia, The meeting was a very pleasant and profitable one for 
the members present. The exhibits of fruit w r ere very fine and elicited 
much favorable comment on Georgias resources in the fruit line. The 
exhibits were packed up and forwarded to St. Louis to go on exhibition 
there at the Worlds Fair. As is customary in this state, after adjourn¬ 
ment the Tallulah Falls Railway placed a train at the disposal of the 
horticulturists and they were carried on a very enjoyable excursion up 
the Tallulah River into the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. 
President P. J. Berckmans was re-elected to the presidency. Clias. 
T. Smith of Concord, Ga., was e ected secretary and L. A. Berckmans, 
treasurer. These officers are from the ranks of our largest nurserymen 
while a number of our most influential members are almost engaged 
in the nursery business. 
Secretary Goodman of Missouri Horticultural Society says: From 
three hundred postal cards received we know that our last report of 
one-third of an apple crop must be reduced to one-fifth, at least, for 
the state. There are places and parts of orchards where there will be 
a good half crop, or even a full crop, but they are few and therefore we 
must count on only the crop as a whole and that will be less than 
twenty per cent. I feel sure that the crop of the country will be less 
than last year, taking the country as a whole, although the report has 
gone out that it will be twenty per cent larger. 
The prospect, therefore, should be for good fair prices but not extreme 
prices. 
C. W. Ward, of the Cotttage Gardens Company, Queens, Long 
Island, recently returned from an extensive tour from Europe. Mr. 
Ward wa? instrumental in securing for the Co-operative Peony 
Contest, now in progress at Cornell University, a fine collection 
of roots from DeGraff Bros, of Leiden, Holland. 
The Sun, like some people, squanders much energy which if econo¬ 
mically applied, would do a world of good. The vastness of this dis¬ 
sipated effort is entertainingly set forth by President Pritchett of the 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in an article on“ Tools of the 
Future”, contributed to The Youth’s Companion for October 13tli. 
iAJ A M T C n A purchaser for I inch to 5-8 grade and 5-8 to 
WW /l/f / L U l grade of Standard Pears, also \ inch to 5-8 grade 
Sour Cherries. I also have in surplus some nice two year old, 3 to 5 
feet Cutleaf Birch. If you can use any of the above stock, write me, 
and I will quote you prices that will secure your order. Address 
V. II. PATTY. 
Geneva, IV. Y. 
STANDARDS STANDARDS 
Of 
Currants and 
Gooseberries 
Straight Stems 3-4 ft. high, grafted on Ribes. 1 
Strong Heads. Best Varieties. 
Also 
tandards 
correct trimmed 
Roses, c s o 
Fruit Trees, Etc. 
Please write and get my prices before ordering 
elsewhere. 
5. Muellerklein’s Nurseries! 
Karlstadt ( near Frankfort Main, Germany) 
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