THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS. 
Society for the United States and Canada Formed at a Confer¬ 
ence of Inspectors of Seven States Held in Chicago Last 
Month—Methods and Objects of Nursery Inspection were 
Broadly Discussed — Prof. Forbes, of Indiana, President. 
At a conference of horticultural inspectors of the states of 
New York, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky and 
Tennessee, held at the Palmer House, Chicago, January 4th, 
1901, the general subject of the methods and objects of nursery 
inspection was broadly discussed, with special attention to 
certain details in which a comparison of views was thought to 
be particularly desirable. 
Through the courtesy of Prof. S. A. Forbes, state entomo¬ 
logist, Urbana, Ill., the president of the new organization of 
horticultural inspectors, we are enabled to give the following 
concise summary of the proceedings at this conference : 
1. Difficulties having been made by certain state officials with 
respect to the acceptance of inspection certificates from other states, 
this subject was discussed at length, and the opinion was unanimously 
expressed by the conference, that state inspectors should accept the 
inspection certificates of other states issued by authorities legally con¬ 
stituted for that purpose, as prima facie evidence of the facts therein 
set forth. It was not intended by this statement to prevent or discour¬ 
age a supplementary inspection of certified stock if, in the judgment 
of any inspector, special conditions might make this necessary. 
2. On comparison of the practice of different state inspectors, wide 
differences were found in the time during which nursery inspections 
are made, due principally to differences in local condition or business 
methods in different parts of the country. After full discussion it was 
decided that the period of inspection should be determined in each state 
at the discretion of the inspector, but it was agreed that all peach stock 
should be inspected as late in the season as practicable, particularly 
where the surroundings were such as to cause suspicion of the occur¬ 
rence of the San Jose scale, or where the origin of the buds was either 
suspicious or unknown. In such cases, if the nursery was inspected 
early, a late supplemental inspection of the peach stock should be 
made. 
3. With respect to a nursery some sections of the stock of which is 
so infested or infected as to make its sale objectionable, but not in a 
way to damage or endanger the remainder of the stock, the practice 
adopted in Illinois was approved and recommended to all inspectors 
Under this practice a nurseryman some of whose stock is infected, for 
example, with the crown gall, the remainder of it being free, is given 
a certificate which reads as follows: “This is to certify that the 
nursery stock which bears this certificate, grown on the nursery 
premises of.situated., has been inspected,” 
etc , etc. This certificate is issued with the limitation, expressed in 
writing, that it is not applicable to any of the stock to which objection 
is made, and on the written promise of the nurseryman receiving it 
that it shall not be so applied. 
4. With respect to a form of certificate for dealers in nursery stock 
who do not own nursery premises, but wish a certificate from their 
own state inspector available for their shipments, the Iow r a practice 
was approved, under which a dealer’s certificate is issued as follows : 
“ This is to certify that the nursery stock for sale by. 
of., has been inspected,” etc., etc. Previous to issuing 
such a certificate the Iowa inspector requires a statement from the 
dealer, certified before a notar}', showing all persons from whom said 
dealer has purchased stock, and containing a promise that if stock is 
afterwards purchased from other persons than those on this certified 
list the inspector will be notified forthwith and opportunity given him 
to inspect such stock before sale, if so desired. 
5. It appeared upon a comparison of the laws and practices of dif¬ 
ferent states that ornamental trees, shrubs and vines, were generally 
included in the inspection, if grown for sale, and that strawberry 
plants were also inspected, if held for sale, in New York, Kentucky, 
I lTennesee, Iowa and Michigan, but not in Indiana and Illinois. In 
[states having a considerable business in the sale of grape cuttings, it 
jwas deemed necessary that vineyards from which such cuttings are 
[sold should be inspected and certified as nurseries. 
J 6- It was generally agreed with respect to the woolly aphis that 
ligradually increasing pressure should be brought to bear for the reduc- 
Mtion of this insect in nurseries, but that no uniform practice could be 
^established because of wide differences in its abundance in different 
I Istates. The New York practice of requiring the rejection and destruc¬ 
tion of trees sufficiently infested to show knots on the roots was com¬ 
monly approved. It was also thought well to require insecticide treat¬ 
ment, with kerosene emulsion, of roots of nursery trees whitened by 
this insect. A similar policy of gradually increasing pressure of 
requirement w'as also recommended with respect to the scurfy scale, 
particularly in those states where it is not now generally and uniformly 
distributed. It was held at present to be unwise to require the destruc¬ 
tion of trees exposed to infection with crown gall but not visibly so 
infected. Trees actually bearing this gall either at the crown or on 
the roots were regarded as unmerchantable. 
7. After full discussion it was voted unanimously to organize as a 
society of official horticultural inspectors, membership to be open to 
those officially connected with the work of horticultural inspection ia 
the various states of the Union and in Canada, and Prof. S. A. Forbes, 
of Illinois, was elected president. It was further voted that the first 
meeting of the new society should be held at the same time and place 
as the annual convention of the Association of Colleges and Experiment 
Stations, to which time the society adjourned. 
NURSERY STOCK FOR CANADA. 
N. B. Colcock, custom house broker and forwarder, Niagara 
Falls, Ont, has issued the following announcement under date 
of January 7, 1901: 
I am just in receipt of a letter from Professor Fletcher, Dominion 
entomologist, Ottawa, giving me in advance the date of the spring 
fumigating season for 1901. The fumigating station at Niagara Falls 
will be open from the 15th of March to the 15th of May, the regula¬ 
tions to be the same as formerly in vogue. 
Nursery stock must pass customs at the port where fumigated. This 
regulation saves the second handling of the stock, arrangements having 
been made for the custom examination to take place while the package 
is at the fumigation station. 
If you will require my services to look after any shipments of nur¬ 
sery stock you expect to pass this port during the above open season, 
please advise me in advance, and in the meantime note the following as 
being necessary to avoid delays and probable damage to stock. 
Ship via Suspension Bridge and Grand Railway, care of N. B. Col¬ 
cock, Niagara Falls, Ontario. This stops the shipment for fumigation 
and customs entry, even if billed through to destination at through 
freight or express rates. 
A properly certified invoice must either accompany the shipment 
or be mailed to me at the earliest possible moment—before shipment 
will be safer than after goods leave. 
If you have not already furnished me with your power of attorney, 
write me and I will forward a blank, worded as required by the cus¬ 
toms department. 
If the foreign owner of the stock desires to make the entry (instead 
of the consignee) each shipment must be accompanied by a “Foreign 
Owner’s Declaration,” with the invoice made out to the said owners in 
my care. Blank declarations furnished on application. 
Stock for fumigation must be marked “ For Fumigation.” 
Bulbs, tubers, conifers, green house plants, herbaceous perrennials 
and bedding plants, being exempt from fumigation, should be put up 
separate and marked “Not for Fumigation.” 
CAN TRULY SAY GOOD RESULTS. 
The Hart Pioneer Nurseries, Fort Scott, Kan. — “ We can 
truly say that we have had good results from our advertisement in 
The National Nurseryman.” 
