THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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SHIPPING REGULATIONS. v 
The National Nurseryman was the first to compile and 
publish a summary of the laws of the several states relating 
to the transportation of nursery stock. Since then various 
lists have been prepared by others, the latest being the follow¬ 
ing under the direction of Commissioner Wieting of the New 
York Department of Agriculture, the names being those of 
officials in charge, with address : 
Alabama—No law. C. F. Austin, Auburn. 
Arizona—No law. R. H. Forbes, Tucson. 
Arkansas—No law. Ernest Walker, Fayetteville. 
California—All shipments subject to inspection. Alexander Craw, 
San Francisco. 
Colorado —Stock subject to inspection by county inspectors appointed 
by State Board of Horticulture. Denver. 
Delaware—All stock shipped into the state must be accompanied by 
a certificate stating that the owner or an inspector has fumigated the 
contents. Wesley. Webb, Dover. 
Florida—H. A. Gossard, Lake City, has issued certificates to nursery¬ 
men. 
Georgia—Duplicate certificatas must be filed. Upon filing certifi 
cates, tags will be furnished to use on shipments into the state. W. M. 
Scott, Atlanta. 
Idaho—Stock shipped into the state must be marked with name and 
address of consignee. State Board ef Horticulture, Beise. 
Illinois—Copy of certificates must accompany shipments into Illi 
nois. S. A. Forbes, Urbana. 
Indiana—Copy of certificates must accompany shipments into Indi¬ 
ana. J. Troop La Fayette. 
Iowa—Copy of certificates must accompany shipments into Iowa. 
H E. Sommers, Ames. 
Kansas—No law. E. A. Popenoe, Manhattan. 
Kentucky—Copies of certificate must accompany shipments into 
Kentucky. H. Garmen, Lexington. 
Louisiana—Unlawful to ship infested trees into the state. Name of 
consignee and residence must accompany shipments. W. C. Stubbs, 
Audubon Park. 
Maine—No law. Charles D. Woods, Grono. 
Maryland—Duplicate certificates must be filed. Copies must accom¬ 
pany shipments. All stock shipped from the state must be fumigated. 
A. L. Quaintance, College Park. 
Massachusetts—All stock from or into the state must be accompanied 
by a certificate of inspection, or in lieu thereof a certificate of fumiga¬ 
tion. H. T. Fernald, Amherst. 
Michigan—Duplicate certificates must be filed with the State Board 
of Agriculture, Lansing. Bonds must be filed for a license to sell in 
the state. Certificates must accompany shipments into the state. 
D. W. Trine, inspector, Lansing. 
Minnesota—No law. State nurseries inspected by Samuel B. Green, 
horticulturist, St. Anthony Park. 
Mississippi—No law. W. L Hutchinson, Agricultural College. 
Missouri—Copies of certificate must accompany shipments. George 
B. Ellis. Columbia. 
Montana—All stock shipped into the state must pass through quar¬ 
antine stations and will be fumigated by state inspectors. C. H. Ed¬ 
wards, Butte. 
Nebraska—No law. E A. Buruett, Lincoln. 
Nevada—No law. J. E. Stubbs, Reno. 
New Hampshire—No law. 
New Jersey—Copies of certificates must accompany shipments into 
the state. Nursery inspection is not compulsory. Dr. J. B. Smith, 
New Brunswick. 
New Mexico—No law. J J, Yernon, Mesilla Park. 
North Carolina—Duplicate certificates must be filed in North Caro¬ 
lina and copies accompany shipments. Tags must be procured of 
Franklin Sherman. Jr., Raleigh. 
North Dakota—No law. C. B Waldon, Agricultural College 
Ohio—Copies of certificate must accompany shipments into the state. 
W. W. Miller, Secretary State Board of Agriculture, and A. F. Bur¬ 
gess, Chief Inspector, Columbus. 
Oklahoma—No law. 
Oregon—Stock on arrival is subject to inspection at specified quar¬ 
antine stations. George II. Lamberson. Portlai d. 
Pennsylvania—Copies of certificates must accompany shipments 
into the state. Hon. John Hamilton, Harrisburg. 
Rhode Island—No law. Fred W. Card, Kingston. 
South Dakota—No law. D. A. Saunders. Brookings. 
Tennessee—Certificates must accompany shipments into the state. 
George W. Martin, Nashville. 
Texas—No law. J. H. Connell. College Station. 
Utah—County inspectors examine all stock sent into Utah before it 
can be delivered. Secretary State Board of Horticulture, Logan. 
Vermont—No law. , . 
Virginia—Duplicate certificates must be filed and tags secuiea tor 
the shipment of stock into Virginia. William B. Alwood, Blacksv\ood. 
it Washington—Shippers into the state must file a bond and obtain a 
^license of the commissioner of horticulture. All shipments are in¬ 
spected by county inspectors before delivery. Hon. A. Van Holder- 
beck. Tacoma. 
f Wisconsin—Copies of certificates must accompany stock into the 
state. W. A Henry, Madison, 
t Wyoming—No law. Frank E. Emery, Laramie. 
Canada—All stock shipped into Canada is fumigated at ports of 
entry. John J. McGee, clerk of privy council, Ottawa. 
“SEEDLESS ORANGE.” 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
The account you published from the New York Times of 
the orange called by the above name among others, e. g., 
“Navel,” “Californian Navel,” “Washington Navel,” etc. 
lacks several particulars and makes some misstatements. 
As I have known of this orange from its first appearance in 
the states, perhaps I may try to tell you about it. It first 
appeared in the Brazilian exhibit at the Centennial Exhibition 
at Philadelphia in 1876 , to which the late William Saunders 
was accredited as a special agent by the then Commissioner of 
Agriculture, Frederick Watts. My recollection is that the 
fruits were shown in alcohol in a glass jar. William Saunders 
and others were attracted by their large size, and the assur¬ 
ance of the clever young attendant that they were seedless 
and of surpassing quality. Saunders made arrangements to 
get plants from Bahia, in the neighborhood of which they 
were cultivated, and in 1878 he had a plant in the collection 
forming at the Department of Agriculture, (which were pretty 
full of scale insects, by the bye), and which he intended to 
bud and distribute to Florida and California. 
The distribution was I know carried out, and it seems to 
me the variety would most correctly be termed the “ Bahia 
Navel,” for although the Natural History of Oranges by Risso, 
or any similar work would show that the type of orange has 
long been known, yet I daresay the various climates have 
differentiated the fruit to a considerable degree, and in a way 
too which does not always promise permanency. 
It will be seen from, this that the statement of the New York 
Times correspondent “that all the seedless orange trees in the 
world have been propagated from buds from the two parent 
trees on the Tibbets place at Riverside” is incorrect. 
James MacPherson. 
Trenton, N. J. »_ 
NURSERY TRADE IN MINNESOTA. 
Secretary A. W. Latham, of the Minnesota Horticultural 
Society, says : 
An extraordinary amonnt of nursory stock has been planted in Min¬ 
nesota this season, and probably nothing approaching the amount has 
ever been distributed in our state in any one season before. Quite a 
number of orchards of a thousand or more trees have been set out to 
the personal knowledge of the writer, and undoubtedly there are many 
more of which he has not heard. With fifty nurseries in the state, most 
of them employing agents, from one to 200 each, the opportunity for 
purchasing nursery stock has not been lacking 1 he success of the 
past few years has stimulated and is stimulating planting to a great ex¬ 
tent. Outside nurserymen have contributed liberally to this result. 
One pleasant feature of this year’s business is the large proportion of 
ornamental stock being planted. 
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