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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
HEW YORK HURSERY STOCK . 
An Estimate of Varieties as Prepated by Inspectors of Nurseries 
During 1QOO — Nearly 400 Nurseries, Covering 0,000 
Acres—25,665,311 Fruit Trees—Out of Thirty Million 
Trees Examined, Only Six Thousand Were Found 
Diseased —The Figures v 
The inspectors of nurseries in New York state, while 
engaged in their work in 1900 gathered an estimate of the 
quantity of different kinds of nursery stock, and the following 
is a summary : 
Number of nurseries to which certificates were granted... 399 
Acres in same. 6,005 
Acres in vineyards from which cuttings are taken for 
propagation. 896 
Estimated number of apple trees. 8,830,817 
Estimated number of pear trees. 4,755,133 
Estimated number of plum trees. 5,495,122 
Estimated number of cherry trees. 3,955,892 
Estimated number of peach trees. 2,823 363 
Estimated number of quince trees. 718,565 
Estimated number of apricot trees. 77,616 
Total number fruit trees. 25,655,311 
Estimated number of ornamental trees. 3.521,606 
Estimated number of shrubs. 4,815,868 
Estimated number of currants. 4,263,224 
Estimated number of gooseberries.. 80,188 
Estimated number of grape vines. 11,795,139 
Number of acres in raspberries, 233J ; blackberries, 804; 
strawberries, 1384 . 
Number of diseased trees, 6,671 ; cause, San Jose scale; 
all burned. 
In addition to the above work, some attention was given to 
orchards and vineyards as follows : 
Number of orchards examined, 153; vineyards, 76 ; acres in orchards, 
3,0654; acres in vineyards, 1,663; orchards in which San Jose scale was 
found,. 46. 
Total number of apple trees, 42,637; pear, 63,062 ; dwarf pear, 3,030 ; 
plum, 21,068; peach, 260,875; cherry, 17,590; apricot, 284; quince, 
725 ; currants, 872,720; about two-thirds of all these in bearing. 
Acres in strawberries, 143; raspberries, 664 ; blackberries, 22; 
gooseberries, 4£. 
STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 
West Virginia State. —At Charleston January 29.—A bill for 
inspection of orchards and nurseries was favored. Officers: Presi¬ 
dent, R. C. Burkhart; vice-president, O. V. Oshel; secretary, Prof. 
L. C. Corbett, Morgantown. 
Idaho State. —Sixth annual meeting at Boise, January 21-23. 
Large crop of apples, prunes, and pears is promised. Forest preserva¬ 
tion and insect pests were discussed. Officers elected : President, J. 
B. Perrine ; vice-president, F. A. Huntley; secretary, Robert Milliken, 
Nampa; treasurer, R. M. Gwinn. 
Arkansas State —Twenty-first meeting at Little Rock, Jan. 30—31. 
It is proposed to secure legislative action regarding infectious diseases. 
Officers: President. John P. Logan, Siloam Springs; vice-presidents, 
S. II. Nowlin, R. V. Gray, A. W. Poole ; secretary, W. K. Tipton, 
Little Rock ; treasurer, Jos. W. Vestal ; chairman executive commit¬ 
tee, E M. Phillips. 
New Hampshire State— At Concord, Jan. 16. An annual appro¬ 
priation of $500 was asked to promote horticultural interests of the 
state. Officers elected : President. C. C. Shaw. Milford ; vice presi. 
dent, J. W. Farr, Littleton; secretary, W. D. Baker, Rumney ; treas¬ 
urer, T. N. Hunt, Lakeport; executive committee, E. M. Shaw, G. A. 
Wason, J. T. Harvey. ' 
Eastern New York. —Fifth annual, in New York February 13-14. 
Attendance, 50. The bill to require fumigation of nursery stock was 
endorsed. Seedlings of Newton Pippin crossed with Northern Spy, 
Greening and English Russet, attracted much attention. Officers 
elected: President, George T. Powell; vice-president, Walter F. Taber; 
secretary, Charles H. Royce, Rhinecliff. 
Nova Scotia Fruit Growers.— Thirty-seventh annual meeting at 
Wolfville, January 28-30. Two hundred plates of apples were shown 
including Baldwin, Gravenstein, King, Ripston, Pippin, Blenheim 
Pippin, Fallawater, Golden Russett, Banks, Red Gravenstein, Rhode 
Island Greening, Spy, Nonpareil, Ben Davis, Stark, Wagner. Officers 
elected: President, J. W. Bigelow, Wolfville; secretary, S. C. Parker, 
Berwick. 
South Dakota State —Twelfth annual meeting at Sioux Falls, Jan. 
22—24. New officers; President, H. M. Avery, Sioux Falls; vice- 
president, A. Norby, Madison ; secretary, N. E. Hansen, Brookings ; 
treasurer, M. J. Dewolf, Letcher; librarian, E. D. Cowles, Vermillion; 
vice-presidents for districts. Ernest Lacy, N. E. Carmine, Mrs. Alda 
M. Miller, G. A. Tracey,. John Armstrong, G. Skartvedt, C. W. 
Gurney, A. D. Dougan, P. J. Bentz, John H. Miller, C. E. Kitlinger, 
George M. Trimmer. 
Northwest Fruit Growers. —At Portland, Ore , February 5-6. 
Attendance, 200. E. L. Smith of Hood River reported the commercial 
apple orchards of Oregon as comprising 16,500 acres and valued at 
$1,650,000. If these trees had been better located, planted further 
apart, and had been in fewer varieties the orchards would be worth 
$825,000 more, said Mr. Smith. Prof. MilJiken of Idaho said the fruit 
crop of his state last year was the.heaviest ever produced there, and 
much fruit went to waste for lack of facilities to get to market. 
Officers elected: President, Dr. N. G. Blalock; secretary, C. F. Vande- 
water; treasurer, W. S. Offner, WallalWalla. Wash. 
Connecticut Pomological. —Tenth annual, in Hartford, February 
6-7. Membership, 339. A resolution favoring San Jose scale legisla¬ 
tion was adopted. Officers elected: Norman S. Platt, of New Haven, 
president; J. C. Eddy, vice-president; H. C. C. Miles, of Milford, 
secretary; R. A. Moore, treasurer. It was reported that the San Jose 
scale is present in nearly every township in the state, and unless 
prompt measures are taken to combat it great damage will result. The 
legislature has shown no disposition to help fruit growers in the past, 
so the society thought it hardly advisable to introduce a bill asking for 
help. The society has sounded a note of warning, and it is to be hoped 
that the legislature will see the danger and enact suitable law’s. 
Pennsylvania State —Forty-second annual meeting at Harrisburg. 
Jan. 21—22. The necessity of additional legislation for the protection 
of the fruit interests was discussed by Secretary of Agriculture John 
Hamilton. A special committee brought in a report which will be 
presented to the legislature for action. The bill provides for the crea¬ 
tion of an office under the general supervision of the department of 
agriculture and provides for the appointment of a state entomologist 
and pathologist with an assistant. By special request Professor W. G. 
Johnson, formerly of Maryland, now associate editor of American 
Agriculturist, was asked his experiences, after having successfully 
operated a law of a similar character in Maryland. He said that by all 
means a law of this character to be successful to the greatest possible 
extent should be entirely free from political influences and the work 
prosecuted on a non-political basis. Resolutions were passed asking 
for legislative appropriation of $147,000 to erect and equip a building 
at the state college for instruction in horticulture and dairying ; for 
prevention of fruit-tree diseases and pests; for establishment of divi¬ 
sion of horticulture and pomology in the State Department of Agricul¬ 
ture ; for appointment of a commission of horticulture and pomology, 
at $2500 per annum, with clerk at $1500. Officers elected : President, 
Howard A. Chase, Philadelphia; vice-presidents, Calvin Cooper, W. 
T. Creasy, M C. Dunleavy; secretaries, Enos B. Engle, Waynesboro, 
and W. P. Brinton, Christiana; treasurer, Samuel C. Moon; chairman 
general fruit committee. N. C. Suavely, Lebanon. 
George C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal., Jan. 14 1901:—“Enclosed you 
w’ill please find money order for $1 00 in payment of subscription to 
the National Nurseryman. We consider this one of the most 
valuable papers for nurserymen in the United States, and you should 
be encouraged in your good work.” 
