Che national nurseryman 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
Vol. XVIII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL, 1910 ~ No. 9 
HOW NURSERY STOCK IS RECEIVED IN 
PORT OF NEW YORK 
A Summing up of the Conditions and Factors entering into the Problem of 
Inspecting Imported Nursery Stock at the Port of Entry 
IS INSPECTION AT THE DOCK FEASIBLE ? 
How many nurserymen fully grasp the magnitude of the 
nursery import trade? With the view of investigating con¬ 
ditions as they exist at the docks of the great metropolis, a 
pounds in weight. The bales may run from 6 to 25 feet in 
length, while the crates vary from the small size used in 
handling bays up to the large form employed in shipping 
well grown conifers. 
An Interior of the Sheds, showing the Tops of a few of the Cases and Bales. 
representative of the National Nurseryman recently 
visited the docks of the North River, New York City, and 
Hoboken, N. J. Some first hand knowledge regarding 
existing conditions was desired. He found that two vessels 
had arrived during the fore part of the week, each carrying a 
cargo approximating two thousand packages, including 
cases, bales and crates. No one except the person who is 
thoroughly familiar with the plant import business realizes 
the diversity and extent of the quality and character of 
goods which come into this great metropolis. These cases 
and bales in which nursery goods are packed vary greatly in 
size and weight. One sees all kinds and weights running 
from 200 or 300 pounds each up to 15 00 an( I even 2000 
The docks are packed with these bales, boxes, and barrels 
of produce and merchandise of all descriptions. Aside from 
the appraiser’s stores there are no storage houses as such, 
merely open sheds, which during times of heavy receipts in 
imports are congested to such an extent that they are quite 
incapable of accommodating the great mass of arriving 
merchandise. Under these circumstances the nursery stock, 
whether in bale or bundle, takes its chances with the rest 
and must run the gauntlet of weather conditions, good or bad. 
When the sheds are overtaxed, the surplus is packed in 
streets about the docks in the most convenient place, and 
are covered with tarpaulins which give some slight protect¬ 
ion from rain and snow. 
