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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Hatboro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., September 1922 
PROTECTION OF The Florists’ Exchange calls atten- 
HORTICULTURE tion to the provisions for the protec¬ 
tion of horticulture in force in the 
State of Kansas, as among the simplest and yet most 
effective of any in the country. 
Quoting Prof. Huhbard speaking before the Kansas 
State Florists’ Convention, “That they are the only regu¬ 
lations of the kind to have received the unanimous en¬ 
dorsement of the Supreme Court.” 
The exchange says: 
“One reason for this approval and success, as we see it, is the 
organization and personnel of the board that has control of the 
situation. Although referred to as an Entomological Com¬ 
mission, it is made up of the secretary of the State Board of 
Agriculture—presumably a practical agriculturist, the secretary 
of the State Horticultural Society—presumably a man prac¬ 
tically informed on horticultural matters. State entomologists 
from the State College and Experiment Station, and a practical 
nurseryman, to be appointed at large. Here is a really general 
and comprehensive representation—belying the name of Ento 
mological Commission as thoroughly as the makeup of the Fed¬ 
eral Horticultural Board belies its title. 
Taking the cue from Kansas, would it not be logical, fair, 
sensible and productive of benefit to all concerned to reorganize 
the F. H. B.—or rather, to create a brand new Federal Plant 
Quarantine Commission—made up approximately as follows: 
A representative of The National Federation of Farm Bur¬ 
eaus—to represent agricultural interests generally. 
A horticulturist designated by the majority of the State and 
larger sectional horticulurai societies of the country. 
An entomologist of national standing. 
A plant pathologist of similar standing. 
A forestry expert, preferably a practical economic dendrolo¬ 
gist. 
A practical nurseryman, named by the American Association 
of Nurserymen. 
A practical floriculturist, named by the Society of American 
Florists. 
Four members at large—representing respectively the Pacific 
Coast section, the Gulf Coast States section, the Eastern States 
section, and the remaining interior section of the country— 
these to be appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture, and not 
more than two of the four to be scientists as distinguished from 
practical horticulturists or agriculturists. 
We commend this plan—or something allied to it—to the Con¬ 
gress of the United States.” 
’Tis a consummation devoutly to be wished, unfortun¬ 
ately if our memory serves us right the Act of Congress 
which brought the Federal Horticultural Roard into ex- 
istance, specified exactly the personel of the Roard and 
from which department of the government the members 
composing it should be drawn. 
To have such a board as the Florists’ Exchange sug¬ 
gests it would be necessary to repeal the Act of Congress 
and create a new one. 
Quite a large order and one of which there does not 
appear to be immediate signs of fulfillment. 
While the nurserymen’s convention was in session at 
Detroit last June a letter was received from the Secretary 
of Agriculture Wallace requesting the nurserymen to 
appoint a committee to confer with the board in an ad¬ 
visory capacity. Mr. E. G. Hill, Des Moines, Iowa, a 
fellow townsman of Secretary Wallace, was appointed 
to acknowledge the request and act upon it. 
There being no immediate prospects of having an ideal 
board, that would insure the pathological problems of 
the country being considered from all angles, instead 
of merely an entomological one, would it not be the part 
of wisdom for horticultural interests of the country to 
get together and co-operate with the present board. 
The F. H. R. has shown itself to be open to conviction, 
but with the present state of the opposition to its findings, 
it is no wonder it follows its own sweet will. 
It is well to wish and work for the ideal, but it is also 
good sense to make the materials you have serve your 
purpose. 
IDENTIFYING APPLE 
TREES RY THEIR LEAVES 
Some time ago nursery¬ 
men and fruit growers 
were interested in a re¬ 
port that Prof. J K. Shaw, of the Massachusetts Agricul¬ 
tural Experiment Station, Amherst, had discovered a 
method whereby varieties of apple trees could be identi¬ 
fied by their leaves. 
Many doubtlessly assumed it would be some kind of a 
key that could be taken into the nursery or orchard and 
be used by the laymen, that anyone by its aid could dis¬ 
tinguish a Baldwin from a Ben Davis. It would be very 
nice il such a key were possible, but valuable knowledge 
is rarely acquired without effort. 
Professor Shaw has, however, studied and classified 
the leaves of 26 varieties, of more or less importance in 
Massachusetts and has given the result of his labor in 
Bulletin No. 208 of the Massachusetts Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. 
It is an extremely valuable work he has organized and 
recorded the knowledge experienced men often uncon¬ 
sciously acquire. Nurserymen who work among and 
handle great quantities of young apple trees, can often 
identify the different varieties, but cannot impart the 
knowledge to others. Prof. Shaw’s work will enable the 
earnest student to quickly acquire this knowledge in a 
scientific way. 
