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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
PURPORT OF NEW YORK LAW . 
FULLY EXPLAINED BY SECRETARY OF THE EASTERN NUR 
SERY,HAN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Law Simply Requires That New York State Grown Stock Shall 
Be Fumigated, If Found Infested or Near Infested Spot — 
Stock From Out of State Must Be Fumigated By New 
York State Citizen Who Receives It, Unless Cer¬ 
tificate of Fumigation Accompanies It. 
William Pitkin, secretary and treasurer of the Eastern 
Nurseryman's Association, upon his return from the Milwaukee 
convention of the American Association, sent to the National 
Nurseryman the following self-explanatory communication : 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
At the last meeting of the Association of Nurserymen at 
Milwaukee, it was apparent that a wrong opinion existed in 
the minds of many members of the Association, as to the 
fumigation law enacted by the New York legislature last win¬ 
ter, and the relation of New York state nurserymen to such 
legislation. I ask your permission to throw a little light on 
the subject, as I wish, if possible, to correct the wrong impres¬ 
sion held by some of our friends in other states. 
In the first place, the New York fumigation law places no 
burden on nurserymen of other states. It aims to supervise 
and control only the acts of its own citizens. 
In brief, the law says first, that all New York state grown 
stock shall be fumigated, if found infested, or if grown near 
an infested spot. 
Second, That all nursery stock coming into the state from 
outside shall be fumigated by the New York citizen who re¬ 
ceives it, unless he can show a certificate from the shipper 
that it had been previously fumigated. 
That is all there is to it—no burden is placed on the out¬ 
sider unless he is willing to assume it. If he wishes to fumi¬ 
gate and certifies to fumigation, his certificate is accepted. 
If he does not wish to fumigate the law does not compel him 
to do so, but does require that the nurseryman of New York 
state who receives the goods, shall fumigate before planting 
or re-shipping the stock. That is certainly a fair law so far 
as the outsider is concerned. 
Now as to the connection of the nurserymen of New York 
state with this legislation. The impression seems to have gone 
abroad that the nurserymen of New York had favored legisla¬ 
tion that would amount to the building of a wall around the 
state and shut out outside competition, and thus hold the 
trade of the state to themselves. That we wish emphatically 
and absolutely to deny. 
The New York nurserymen have acted absolutely on the 
defensive in this matter. This legislation and previous laws 
have been urged by the fruit growing and farming interests, 
and the nurserymen have interested themselves in the matter 
simply in self-desense, and with the desire and aim so to shape 
legislation as to render it as little burdensome and odious as 
possible. 
As a matter of policy and good business, we can not afford 
to endorse legislation which would in the slightest degree pre¬ 
vent the nurserymen of other states from freely doing busi 
ness in New York state and thus invite retaliatory legislation 
on the part of other states. A very large percentage, probably 
more than 75 per cent, of the stock grown in this state, is 
marketed outside of the state, consequently we want and must 
have free trade with all the states, and any action on our part 
likely to bring on retaliation would be suicidal. We want to 
ship stock to you and want you to ship stock to us, and 
believe there is room for all of us in this great country. 
William Pitkin, Secretary, 
Eastern Nurserymen’s Association, 
Rochester, N. Y., June 25, 1902. 
NOT OUT OF THE BUSINESS. 
Some persons think the Smiths & Powell Co., Syracuse, N. 
Y., are out of the nursery business, and some parties are mak¬ 
ing capital out of the rumor. This firm has a general stock of 
fiuit and ornamental trees and a particularly large and fine lot 
of Carolina poplars. They are growing several hundred acres 
of root and garden crops, as beets, cabbage, onions, tomatoes, 
etc., and it is presumed that the knowledge of this fact gives a 
reason for the statement that they are no longer in the nur¬ 
sery business. 
MEEHAN’S WHOLESALE NURSERIES. 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa., announce that, 
owing to the great increase in their wholesale business, they 
have opened an office, on July 1st, at their new grounds at 
Dreshertown, Montgomery county, Pa., where they have some 
two hundred acres of the finest nursery grounds in the state of 
Pennsylvania. 
This office will handle the wholesale business exclusively, 
and will be personally managed by Thomas B. Meehan, who 
is well-known among the trade generally. On these grounds, 
which they commenced planting some seven years ago, they 
now have growing a large and complete line of ornamental 
trees, shrubs and hardy plants. Their shipping facilities will 
be unexcelled. 
The retail department will still be conducted at the Ger¬ 
mantown address. 
Hmong (Browers anb dealers. 
F. N. Downer has succeeded the firm of Downer & Briggs, Green 
River Nurseries, Bowling Green, Ky. 
Twenty laborers employed by the Oregon Nursery Company, Salem, 
Ore., went on strike May 22d for a raise in pay from $1.50 to $1.75 per 
day. The places were immediately filled with other men. 
The Chico Nursery Company, of Salem, Ore., has been incorporated 
with $50,000 capital stock to do a general nursery business. The 
incorporators named are Malcom McDonald, Archie McGill and Leon 
Girod. 
The Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company, Louisiana, Mo., 
has issued a call for a stockholders meeting July 26th, to vote on a 
proposition to increase the capital stock of the company from $300,000 
to $1,000,000. 
The Des Moines Nursery Co., of Des Moines, la., reports the closing 
of a very successful season. Everything was “ cleaned up” in fine 
shape, and collections on deliveries were never better. The retail trade 
of this company during the past season was $25,000 in excess of that of 
any year since the early ’80’s, and they are preparing for a heavy busi¬ 
ness during ’02 and ’03. J. W. Hill, whose face is familiar to most of 
our convention members, is the aggressive proprietor of this company. 
