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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
country tens of times as large as Denmark that we have 
had hut two or three serious epidemics in the past fifteen 
years and that within those fifteen years we have planted 
ninety per cent of all of the barberry in the country. 
One in looking into the matter closely might if he was 
careless of what he said, say that barberry was a preven¬ 
tative, but we will admit that it becomes infected with 
rust in neighborhoods where they have had wheat rust 
off and on. We know that there are a lot of things that 
are bothered with rust. We can go out to some health 
resort, where conditions are ideal and sit around and hear 
the management tell that not a person has had a cold 
around this place all fall. We know that we can have as 
good a cold as we ever had inside of one day right in that 
place if we are so inclined, all we need to do is to make 
conditions just right. Go out and play ball, spade in 
the garden or romp with the kids, anything to perspire 
freely until our underwear is wet, then without putting 
on a coat get into an automobile and ride for thirty min¬ 
utes. You will get your cold and there wasn’t a “bar¬ 
berry” near. 
Nurserymen, this is a simple thing to fight, fight it not 
for the sake of the barberry but for more sane action in 
the future relative to nursery stock. Get busy and show 
that there was wheat rust long before there was any 
BARBERRY WITHIN MILES, that there is WHEAT RUST IN 
MANY PLACES AND NO BARBERRY WITHIN MILES. Then We 
will see about that statement in Farmers Bulletin 1058 
which states in part on nage 6 “The next spring it again 
has to depend upon the barberrv f n get started.” Locate 
the many Diaces where thev have v lmat rust and no bar- 
ben*v and then ask them to exnlain tb»t statement. 
Napoleon. Ohio. December 11th. 1910 
W. A. Bitter. 
ANOTHEB QUARANTINE PROPOSED BY THE F. II. B. 
A public hearing was held by the Federal Horticul¬ 
tural Board at Washington, D. C., on Tuesday, January 
27th, to consider the advisability of quarantining certain 
townships in New Jersey, on account of the prevalence 
of a “dangerous insect” known as the “Japanese Beetle.” 
The proposed quarantine covers the “movement from 
said territory into other States, territories, and districts, 
of marketable, perishable food crops of all kinds, in¬ 
cluding- green corn, tomatoes, beans, peas, cantaloupes, 
watermelons, grapes, raspberries, blackberries, cherries, 
peaches, apples, and all other fruits, vegetables, and 
fresh food products other than canned, dried or pre¬ 
served products; also of hay, forage and grain crops of 
all kinds, and of nursery and greenhouse products, in- 
cludi ng trees, shrubs, plants of all kinds, bulbs and 
flowers, should be restricted or prohibited.” 
In opening the hearing Dr. Marlatt stated that it was 
the intention of the Board to allow the widest latitude in 
the discussion, so that the subject might be threshed 
out from every angle, and the several speakers availed 
themselves of this opportunity. 
It was shown that the beetle was mainly found in 
abundance in weedy and uncultivated areas, but where 
cultivation was thorough, few, if any were discovered. 
The evidence also appeared to prove conclusively that 
the beetle was not particularly harmful excepting when 
driven by spraying from its natural feeding grounds, it 
being particularly partial to the “smart weed.” Under 
such conditions, it was stated, it would feed on the fo¬ 
liage of fruit and ornamental trees. 
It was apparently agreed that thorough cultivation 
was the best means of preventing infestation. 
That the beetle could readily be carried from infested 
areas in baskets of berries, and sweet corn was not dis¬ 
puted and some time was given over to a discussion as 
to how this might be regulated. 
It was quite apparent from the trend of the discus¬ 
sion that the Board has no intention of placing a hard 
and fast quarantine on the districts affected, but to per¬ 
mit shipments of nursery stock and food products under 
proper inspection and such regulations as would pre¬ 
vent as far as possible, the spread of the beetle. 
The final action of the Board will be awaited with 
great interest. 
Among the nurserymen and florists present at the 
hearing were, Mr. Eisele, of Henry A. Dreer, Inc., W. A. 
Manda, South Orange, N. J.; E. T. Steel, Palmyra, N. 
J.; Peter Roster, Bridgeton, N. J.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dresher, Pa. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
Notes From the Secretary's office 
Princeton, N. J., January 26, 1920. 
Market Development : 
A meeting of the Market Development Committee 
was held at the Old Colony Club, in New York, January 
13th with all members of the committee present: 0. 
Joe Howard, Chairman, Pomona, North Carolina; F. L. 
Atkins, Rutherford, New Jersey; Robert Pyle, West 
Grove, Pennsylvania; Earl D. Needham, Des Moines, 
Iowa; E. F. Coe, New Haven, Connecticut; and, by re¬ 
quest, the President and the Secretary. Chairman How¬ 
ard had sent out a questionnaire that was very generally 
answered by the members and the tabulated informa¬ 
tion given served as a guide to the committee. Action 
taken was in response to the general sentiment indicated 
by the replies to the questionnaire. 
The Blue Tag was left open for the present; it has 
been the subject of much debate. A great many nur¬ 
serymen seem to think that they are already required to 
use quite an assortment of tags; the colored tag idea has 
been very often used for advertising purposes by dif¬ 
ferent firms; it is subject to imitation and has other ob¬ 
jections. 
The committee decided to advertise a Trade Mark in¬ 
stead; something that can be registered and protected 
against infringement or improper use. Electros will 
be made and distributed to the members as soon as pos¬ 
sible for use on stationery and wherever the Trade 
Mark will help the members to identify themselves with 
the Association and its advertising. The advertisements 
will be in small space in papers that will reach planters 
in territory represented by our membership and will 
state briefly what the membership of the Association 
stands for. 
It was decided to continue the distribution of educa¬ 
tional articles wherever their publication can be secured 
