THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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VIRGINIA DEMANDS. 
Regarding the refusal of State Entomologist William B. 
Alwood, of Virginia, to accept certificates of inspection from 
the authorities of New York State, Assistant Commissioner of 
Agriculture Flanders says: 
This Department is issuing certificates to nurserymen as provided 
by the laws of this state. The agents employed for the inspection are 
those provided by the New York State Civil Service Commission, 
having passed technical examinations prepared by the highest authori¬ 
ties of the state. No one has ever questioned the character of the 
system of inspection and the work done since the law was passed. The 
authorities of Virginia have made arbitrary rules as to who shall sign 
certificates in the state of New York. Prof. Alwood says that he does 
not know our inspectors, notwithstanding their names and addresses 
have been sent to him. While all the inspectors in this state may not 
be “ professional ” entomologists, they are men of large experience in 
horticultural work, and from extensive practical experience in such 
work, they are thoroughly posted on the destructive insect pests, as 
well as plant diseases. I am convinced that no inspections in the 
United States are more carefully made than in our own state. 
The department declines to ask for the “ endorsement” or the appro¬ 
val of any one where not provided by statute, believing it has no right 
to thus apparently question the duly legalized existing condition of 
things. 
The certificates are issued by the commissioner according to existing 
laws, and great care is taken to see that the work is well done, and 
until results showing to the contrary are found, it seems to us that we 
have no right to question the adequacy of the legislative provisions. 
I am arranging a meeting with the secretary of the Eastern Nursery¬ 
men’s Association to consult on the position the Virginia people have 
assumed which is seemingly adverse to interstate commerce laws. 
Hong anb Short. 
Twenty thousand peach trees are offered by Eugene Covey, Penfield, 
N. Y. 
James M. Kennedy, Dansville, N. Y., presents a list in another 
column. 
H. B. Kemp, East Freedom, Pa., makes a specialty of Ivieflfer pear. 
He has other stock. 
Columbian raspberries may be had at the nursery of F. H. Teats, 
Williamson, N. Y. 
The last call for the season on labels has been issued by Benjamiu 
Chase, Derry, N. H. 
Apple, pear, cherry, plum and peach are specialties with McNary 
& Gaines, Xenia, Ohio. 
Fall bulbs and plants in great variety are offered by James Vick’s 
Sons, Rochester, N. Y. 
H. M Simpson & Sons, Vincennes, Ind., has a large line of nursery 
stock, especially one-year cherry. 
The largest grower of grapevines in America, George S. Josselyn, 
Fredonia, N. Y., asks a list of wants. 
Apple in large surplus is offered by E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la. 
Grafts made to order. Complete line of nursery stock. 
Carl Sonderegger, Beatrice, Neb., offers Black locust seedlings, Box 
elder, ash osage and White elm seedlings; also surplus of apple. 
Cherry trees, apple seedlings, pear, mulberry, Osage orange, ash and 
box elder seedlings may be procured of J. A, Gage, Beatrice, Neb. 
Apple seedlings, budded roses, currants, gooseberries and a general 
line of nursery stock may be had of Peirson Bros., Waterloo, N. Y. 
The Alabama Nursery Co , Huntsville, Ala., offers pecan trees for 
fall of 1901 and spring 1902 grown from selected Texas thin shell nuts. 
Japan pear seedlings, apple trees, Kieffer pear trees and apple seed¬ 
lings, in large variety can be secured of F. W. Watson & Co., Topeka, 
Kan. 
A full line of fruit trees, ornamental trees, small fruits, etc., is 
carried constantly by the well known firm of Ellwanger and Barry, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind., have for the fall of 1901 and 
next spring the largest supply and the most complete assortment of 
stock they have ever grown. 
Apple trees, two year ; peach trees, complete list; Kieffer pear, one 
and two year trees ; buds of peach, pear and plum can be obtained of 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 
All the leading varieties of nursery stock in large quantities, grown 
right and handled right, can be had at the great nurseries of the Storrs 
& Harrison Co., Painesville, O. 
A writer in the Rural New Yorker says: “Black Soluble Insecticide 
Soap is first offered this season by V. Casazza Bro., 190 Prince Street, 
New York. We have made several trials of it on aphids and other 
soft-bodied insects, and find it very effective. It quickly rids the 
plants and adheres well, leaving a white deposit on the foliage, which 
persists after heavy rains.” 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., employ from 75 to 150 men, 
women and children daily in their nurseries, budding from forty to 
fifty thousand trees a day, working full force. They have lately ad¬ 
ded apple trees to their specialties, also Kieffer pear trees, which have 
both been a success. For this year their spring planting of apple trees 
was more than a million. They now have in possession seven farms 
which are used almost exclusively for growing choice nursery stock. 
1,200,000 Black-Locust Seedlings, 800,000 Ash Seedlings, 
400,000 Box Elder Seedlings, 300,000 Osage Seedlings, 
200,000 White Elm Seedlings. 
We also have a surplus of Apple, 5 to 6 feet, inch and up. All stock will 
be first-class and well graded. Prices very low. • 
GERMAN NURSERI ES, 
Carl Sonderegger, Proprietor, - Beatrice, Nebr. 
For FALL 1901 
and 
SPRING, 1902 
A fine lot of 3 and 4 feet and smaller 
grades. 
Grown from selected Texas Thin Shell 
Nuts. 
Can supply in quantity and solicit cor¬ 
respondence. 
ALABAMA NURSERY CO., Huntsville, Ala. 
A General Assortment of 
BUDDED APPLES, STANDARD PEARS, PLUMS 
an extra choice lot of 
PEACHES 
also, a fine assortment of 
ORNAMENTAL TREES. 
We issue no trade list, but will be pleased to make low prices by 
letter. Send your want list. We also have a fine assortment of 
extra size Apples, Pears, Plums and Cherries which we offer at low 
prices in order to clear the ground. 
SMITHS fe POWELL CO., Syracuse, N, Y. 
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