THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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nursery stock in any of the mixtures recommended is no 
light task. Neither is it an agreeable or pleasant one. 
Nurserymen who are lightly advocating the replacing of the 
fumigation method by the dipping method should carefully 
consider both in all their bearings before committing them¬ 
selves. 
Much complaint comes from planter and 
nurseryman who handle fumigated stock. 
HANDLING Many growers object to purchasing fumi- 
STOCK. gated stock on the score that the growth 
of such stock is uneven, irregular and 
unsatisfactory. Nurserymen themselves, are not satisfied 
with it. The question is whether these unsatisfactory 
results are in all cases to be charged to the influence of fumi¬ 
gation. Is it not a fact that in the process of fumigation 
that nursery stock is frequently exposed in such a way as to 
weaken it very considerably? It is of course well known 
that if nursery stock is fumigated when in a moist or damp 
condition the possibility of injury is considerable. When 
taken from a cool storage house to a comparatively warm 
fumigating room, condensation is likely to occur. When 
fumigatec in this concition injury is very apt to follow T . 
The point we ore trying to make is that if care anc judg¬ 
ment is usee in the fumigation of stock, much of the injury 
now complained of may be avoided. 
THE FULTON AMENDMENT 
At its last meeting the National Association of Railway 
Commissioners adopted a resolution that in a way is self- 
explanatory. It reads as follows: “No increase of an 
interstate rate, or the discontinuance of a rate effecting an 
increase should be permitted without opportunity to pro¬ 
test being afforded, and upon hearing and determination as 
to reasonableness when objection is made, in advance of the 
new rate becoming effective.” 
In most other counties, new schedules of rates can not be 
put into operation until permission has been granted by the 
comjnission on railroads or some duly authorized body. All 
that is now necessary in this country is to give thirty days 
notice and to file the schedule with the Interstate Commerce 
Commission. Obviously, there is thus a great opportunity 
for the railroads to discriminate against any or all classes of 
producers. A section of the country supplying raw material 
to another and far-distant section may be almost ruined by 
arbitrary freight rates. Such is now the case of the lumber 
industry of the Northwest, which although not actually 
ruined is seriously crippled and handicapped. The Live 
Stock interests, the National Hay Association and the 
Creamery 7 men of Nebraska and Missouri are at present in 
the same situation. 
Inview of these facts the National Nurseryman favors 
the Fulton Amendment S. B. 423 to the Interstate Com¬ 
merce Law. This amendment if passed will allow for a 
hearing on all changes in interstate tariffs issued by 
transportation companies previous to their going into 
effect. 
REMOVING A TREE WEIGHING 16 TONS. 
The transplanting of ordinary trees is a small matter, but 
to transplant a tree weighing 16 tons may be called a diffi¬ 
cult undertaking. This, however, was successfully accom¬ 
plished at the residence of Alexander M. Lindsay, Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y. 
The work was under the direction of W. Tichner, a land¬ 
scape gardener. The tree was undermined leaving the large 
roots encased in a ball of frozen earth. The distance across 
the space occupied by the roots and frozen earth was 
between 13 and 14 feet. Having undermined the giant, the 
work of lifting the heavy tree with the earth-encrusted roots 
across a space of 40 feet to where it was planted again, was 
accomplished. Rollers were in this case employed in mov¬ 
ing the tree but in most cases specially constructed wagons 
are used for transportation. 
A MISTAKE CORRECTED. 
On page 44 of the February issue of the National Nur¬ 
seryman the large central cut used to illustrate the article 
of C. M. Griffing, secretary of Griffing Brothers Company, 
Macclenny, Florida, had the varieties shown misnamed. It 
has been discovered also that the half-tone used was copy¬ 
righted by S. H. James, of Mound, Louisiana. Through a 
printer’s mistake, this was used in Mr. Grififing’s article. 
Naturally Mr. James is indignant, not only that the cut has 
been used, but also that the varieties have been misnamed. 
The Nurseryman wishes to take this opportunity of setting 
matters right. Below are given three half-tones and descrip¬ 
tions of varieties grown by Griffing Brothers. These should 
have been used last month. The photographs that appeared 
in the February Nurseryman on page 44 are then those 
grown by Mr. S. H. James, and are misnamed. 
Daisy. —-Large size, long, 
tapering gracefully at apex; 
very thin shell and parti¬ 
tions, practically no corky 
substance; kernel full, 
plump and uniform, separa¬ 
ting from shell easily, mak¬ 
ing it easy to extract the 
kernels without breaking 
the two apart. 
Randall. —Medium to large 
size, ovate; shell moderately thin; 
kernel plump and uniform, separa¬ 
ting easily; quality very good, 
very few pops; tree vigorous and 
prolific; one of the most practical 
varieties. 
Frotcher 
Randall 
Frotcher. —Large sized, 
thin shelled with thin partition 
free from corky substance; 
plump, full kernels and good 
quality. 
