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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
of proper credentials as to their competency, i. e., known entomologists, 
or persons vouched for by known entomologists. 
All plants carrying San Jose scale, woolly aphis (or the knotted roots 
caused by this insect), crown gall, black knot, fire blight or peach 
yellows, will, when found in transit or upon nursery yard or delivered 
upon private premises, be seized and destroyed, and the tags issued to 
the shipper of such stock will be recalled. 
It would be indeed a rare occurrence to find black knot, fire blight, 
or peach yellows on nursery stock. 
The official tag from this office issued to cover nursery stock entering 
the state, will be substantially as follows: 
VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF CROP-PEST COMMISSIONERS. 
Official Tag No. 
Blacksburg, Va.1901. 
This is to certify that the certificate of a duly accredited inspector 
has been filed in this office, stating that the nursery premises of 
.were examined 
on.1901, and that the above mentioned certificate 
conforms to the laws and regulations in force in this state. 
This card is not valid after July 1st, 1902. 
Issued on certificate of. 
State Entomologist and Pathologist. 
Official tags will be furnished on application accompanied by a 
proper certificate of inspection, at the following prices: 25 tags, 
20 cents; 50 tags, 25 cents; 100 tags. 30 cents; 250 tags, 65 cents; 500 
95 cents; 1,000 tags, $1.50; postpaid. Remittance must be made by 
postal order in advance, as we cannot keep accounts in relation to this 
matter. Checks for these small sums will not be received. 
WILLIAM B. ALWOOD, 
State Entomologist and Pathologist. 
FRUIT CULTURE IN GREAT BRITAIN. 
The Board of Agriculture of Great Britain has issued an 
official statement for 1900 which shows, says the Gardener’s 
Chronicle: 
In the whole of Great Britain, 73.780 acres are now devoted to small- 
fruit culture, and 232,129 acres to that of orchards. Kent is very far 
ahead of all other counties as regards the culture of small fruit, no 
fewer than 22,466 acres in this county being allotted to these crops. 
In Middlesex, 4,231 acres are recorded as given up to small-fruit 
culture. Cambridge has 3,428 acres, and Worcester 3,634 under fruit 
culture. In the other counties a much smaller area is thus utilised, 
Rutlandshire, the smallest English county, having only 49 acres so 
made use of. 
Turning to orchards, we find Devonshire heads the list with 27,240 
acres, followed by Hereford -with 26,847; Kent, 26,340; Somerset, 
24,992; and Worcester, 21,023 acres. The other counties show very 
largely lessened proportions; Rutland again being lowest on the list 
with 98 acres only. 
So far as imports go in the year 1900, we imported 2,128,477 cwt of 
apples of the value of £1,222,655. Of oranges and lemons we take no 
note, as their importation does not directly affect our cultivators; but 
we paid the foreigner £308,395 for cherries, £595,000 for grapes, 
£366,871 for pears, and £392,696 for plums. Taking fruits of all kinds, 
including bananas, the total value imported in 1900 was £6,481,562. 
Another table shows that the proportional value, per head of the 
population, of fruit imported amounted to 3s. 9d. a head, that of 
vegetables to 2s. 3d. 
Another table shows whence all these products are derived, thus the 
United States sent us 1 248,403 bushels of apples, Belgium followed 
with 276,967 bushels, France 234,412, Holland 103,936, and Portugal 
203,238, figures which seem to require explanation. Even Norway 
sent us 10 bushels of apples. The total from all foreign countries was 
2,109,152 bushels. 
France sends by far the largest quantity of cherries, viz., 195,883 
bushels. Belgium contributes 15,113 bushels of grapes, double what 
France sends us; while Portugal is far in advance of all other countries 
in its export of grapes to Britain, the total quantity being 892,574 
bushels. France sends us 315.610 bushels of plums, Germany 191,021 
and the United States 8,862 bushels. 
The total quantity of apples imported from our colonies was 
1,752,020, by far the largest quantity coming from Canada, viz., 
1,549,951; while Tasmania sent 154.713 bushels, and the whole of the 
Australasian colonies (inclusive of New Zealand and Tasmania), 172,371 
bushels. 
SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY. 
The farmer comes in from his field and says to his wife, 
“ That blasted agent fooled me again. Of the fifty trees I 
planted, ten are as dead as‘Moses.’” Every year, and on 
countless farms, these are the questions: Has the buyer a 
right to expect every tree to grow? Why do the trees some¬ 
times fail ? Should the seller replace free of charge ? Trees 
and plants, having life, cannot be handled commercially like 
sugar and stovewood, hoes and wheelbarrows, meat and 
molasses. The life principle is in danger from the time they 
are lifted from their first place until permanently located in 
orchard or garden. Large losses indicate ignorance or care¬ 
lessness somewhere. 
Both buyer and seller share the responsibility, and hence 
should share the losses. Replacing at half price is a good 
adjustment. Small losses of, say one in ten, the buyer should 
put up with and call himself a lucky man.—The Fruitman, Mt. 
Vernon, la. 
Xono anb Short. 
F. M. Hartman, Dansville, N. Y., has plums, cherries, pears. 
J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn., offers 2,000,000 peach trees, well 
graded. 
Raffia can be obtained of August Rolker & Sons, 52 Dey street, New 
York City. 
The P. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga., have a list of offerings in 
another column. 
Peach trees can be obtained of the Alabama Nursery Company, 
Huntsville, Ala. 
Grapevines and currant plants are specialties with Wheelock & 
Clark, Fredonia, N. Y. 
Evergreen and forest tree seedlings, ornamental trees, shrubs, etc., 
at R. Douglas’ Sons, Waukeegan, Ills. 
100,000 peach trees, 2,000 Irish Juniper, 2,000 plum trees, are 
offered by C. L. Longsdorf, Floradale, Pa. 
W. C. Reed, Vincennes, Ind., offers apple, peach, Carolina poplar 
by the carload; also cherry, pear, Japan plums. 
California fruit, apple, plum and peach trees at West Jersey Nursery 
Co’s, Bridgeton, N. J.; also Marianna plum stock. 
Apple seedlings, Osage orange, Black and Honey locust, free from 
hot wind influence are offered by A. E. Windsor, Havana, Ill. 
Roses, American field grain plants, all varieties; orange trees, bud¬ 
ded or grafted pear trees and a complete line of nursery stock may be 
had of the Griffing Bros. Co., Jacksonville, Fla. 
Natural peach pits, crop of 1900, gathered from the mountains of 
Western North Carolina, near the Tennessee line, by collectors who 
have been collecting them for years, and who have always given good 
satisfaction, are offered by W. T. Hood & Co., Richmond, Va. They 
may be able to use some nursery stock in exchange. 
The Syracuse Nurseries, Smiths & Powell Company, Syracuse, N.Y., 
offer a general assortment of budded apples, standard pears, plums, 
and an extra choice lot of peaches; also a fine lot of ornamental trees. 
They issue no trade list, but are pleased to make low prices by letter. 
They also have a fine assortment of extra size apples, pears, plums and 
cherries, at low prices in order to clear the grounds. 
