THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
69 
GEORGE C. ROEDING ON INSPECTION OF NURSERIES 
An Appeal for Greater Uniformity in Inspection Laws 
At a recent meeting of the horticultural commissioners 
and delegates of fruit growers’ associations in California, 
Mr. George C. Roeding, the well known nurseryman of 
Fresno, entered a protest against the lack of uniformity in 
laws governing the inspection of nursery stock. Mr. Roeding 
entered a vigorous plea for greater latitude for the responsi¬ 
ble nurseryman, and quoted Mr. E. W. Kirkpatrick of 
Texas on the same subject at the last meeting of the Ameri¬ 
can Association of Nurserymen. This is very interesting, 
inasmuch ‘ as California has led the way in the past 
in making drastic laws governing shipments into "^Cali¬ 
fornia as well [as shipments j within the state. T The 
indictment in Mr. Roeding’s address,' however,^ is 
particularly against [the inter-county shipments. He 
speaks as follows: 
“Your fourth question is as follows: If county boards of 
supervisors have authority to pass a horticultural quaran¬ 
tine law, can they pass a general ordinance declaring any or 
all nursery stock or grapevines brought into their county 
from any part of the world a nuisance, without any inspec¬ 
tion of the stock? 
“It is my opinion that ordinances so sweeping in their 
nature as you describe would be held by the courts to be 
unreasonable and void, as arbitrarily declaring that to be a 
nuisance which was not in fact a nuisance. To make an 
occupation indispensable to. the health and comfort of 
civilized man, and the use of the property necessary to carry 
it on, a nuisance by a mere arbitrary declaration in a county 
ordinance and suppress it as such, is simply to confiscate the 
property and deprive its owner of it without due process of 
law.’’ 
I want to say further that the Hon. H. Z. Austin, 
superior judge of Fresno county, rendered a decision against 
the supervisors of Fresno county, in which the county was 
compelled to pay damages because a lot of grape cuttings, 
which were shipped from Contra Costa county to Fresno 
county, were destroyed by the horticultural commissioners, 
although the cuttings were not diseased. They claimed the 
right to do so under the ordinance which peremptorily 
prohibited the importation into Fresno county of grape 
vines or cuttings, north of a certain boundary line established 
by our supervisors. 
COST OF AN APPLE ORCHARD 
Question. How much will it cost to prepare, plant, and develop 
a twenty-acre grass field with apples and bring it to bearing.? 
Answers. S. T. Maynard. 
First season—Plowing $3 to $5 per acre; harrowing $2 to $3; 
cover crops, $19.50. 
Second year—Cover crops and cultivation, $15. 
Succeeding years price not given. 
Grant G. Hitchings. Would not plow but would plant in sod, 
and mulch with straw, using manure about the trees. Cost of 
planting five cents; cost of manuring, five cents; spraying two 
cents per tree eaeh year for first five years; for second five, six cents 
per tree; pruning, thirty cents per acre per year for first five years; 
second five, one dollar per acre per year; mowing grass and mulch¬ 
ing, sixty cents per acre per year; annual expense for first five 
years, $1.go; for second five years, $4.60; planting and mulching, $5 
per acre. Cost at end of ten years per acre: planting, $2. o; 
mulching, $2.50. Five years at $1.90, $9.50; five years at $4.60, 
$23.00; total, $37.50. 
C. J. Tyson: Cost of breaking land, trees, and planting same, 
$25 per acre; expense of caring for same eight years, $50 to $100 per 
acre .—Rural New Yorker, Jan. 14, 1911. 
WESTERN NEW YORK HORTICULTURISTS MEET 
The fifty-sixth annual meeting of the Western New York 
Horticultural Society was held in Rochester, January 25 
and 26, 1911. The meeting was largely attended, it being 
estimated that not less than 1500 people were in the con¬ 
vention hall at one time, either in the exhibition room, at 
the round table conferences, or in the main convention. 
President W. C. Barry, of Ellwanger & Barry, presided. 
John Hall, for many years secretary of this society and last 
year elected secretary of the American Association of 
Nurserymen, showed his usual efficient form in arranging 
an attractive program and pulling it off with great success. 
These officers were re-elected. 
In President Barry’s address, he emphasized the oppor¬ 
tunities in fruit growing in New York, and called attention 
to the necessity, if fruit producers of the East are to hold 
their place and to enlarge their field in the markets of the 
East, of grading with greater consistency and packing 
with more attractiveness. Mr. Drew, manager of Conyer’s 
farm, Greenwich, Conn., gave an interesting demonstration 
of the possibilities of renovating veteran apple orchards by 
severe heading back. The Society placed itself on record 
as favoring national legislation looking towards the stand¬ 
ardization of grades and the improvement of apple packing 
methods. 
NATIVE GROWN ENGLISH WALNUTS 
In the Florists' Exchange for January 14, Mr. Joseph 
Meehan, writing about seedling English walnuts, says that 
the American-grown nut would be’ far preferable to the 
foreign one for planting, because the seedling, like the parent, 
would likely prove hardier, and would have the benefit of 
being acclimated. English walnuts, if sown in the fall, 
frequently rot; but if mixed with somewhat damp sand 
and kept indoors during the winter in a cool place, there is a 
prospect that every one will make a satisfactory growth 
when sown outside in the spring. Walnut seedlings, 
especially those from imported nuts, are liable to lose their 
terminal buds, and therefore, need protection. 
