THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
II 
S. R. Leonard, Middletown, N. Y.; Mrs. Arthur Gatchell, 
Shortsville, N. Y.; G. 0 . Williams, Ithaca, N. Y.; Harry 
P. Rockwell, Canton, Pa.; Louis M. Young, Ballston Lake, 
N. Y.; Bmce D. Weatherup, DeKalb Jet., N. Y.; Lcland 
Newell, W. Wardsboro, Vt. 
The second group of exhibits comprised those nuts not 
placed in the competition, but shown for their educational 
worth. Of these, the collections by Messrs. Pomeroy of 
Lockport, New York, J. G. Rush, West Willo\y, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, T. P. Littlepage, Washington, and Dr. W. C. Dom¬ 
ing, were especially meritorious. 
The following offieers were eleeted; President, Dr. 
Robert T. Morris, New York; vice-president, Mr. T. P. 
Littlepage, Washington; secretary-treasurer. Dr. W. C. 
Doming, Westchester, N. Y.; executive committee, C. A. 
Reed, Washington, D. C., W. N. Roper, Petersburg, Va., 
and John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. One vice-president for each 
state represented in the membership of the Association was 
chosen, as follows: New York, A. C. Pomeroy, Lockport; 
Minnesota, Col. C. A. Van Duzee, St. Paul; Indiana, R. L. 
McCoy, Lake; Ohio, J. H. Dayton, Painesville; Pennsylvania, 
J. G. Rush, West Willow; Massachusetts, Bernard Holman, 
vStockbridge. 
The society accepted an invitation from Mr. J. G. Rush 
to hold its next meeting at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This 
ensures an instructive environment, and the members are 
already looking forward to excursions among the nut orchards 
of that region. 
QUIZ COLUMN 
LIVE QUESTIONS ASKED AND ANSWERED 
Legislation, Literature, Injurious Parasites 
1. What are the regulations governing shipments of 
nursery stock into Canada; 
2. What is the duty ? 
Answer i. “No nursery stock shall be imported that is 
infested with any of the following insect pests or diseases: 
San Jose scale, brown-tail moth, gipsy motli, woolly aphis, 
internal and external parasitic diseases of potato, branch 
canker, and blister rust of white pine. Nursery stock shall 
be imported only through the ports and during the periods 
mentioned; Vancouver, B. C., from Oct. i to May i; 
Niagara Falls, Out., from Oct. i to May 15; Winnipeg, Man., 
and St. John, N. B., from March 15 to May 15, and from 
Oct. 7 to Dec. 7; Windsor, Ont., and St. Johns, Quc., from 
March 15 to May 15, and from Sept. 26 to Dec. 7. 
Importations by mail shall be subjected to the same 
regulations. The port by which it is intended that the 
nursery stock shall enter shall be clearly stated on each 
package and notiee of shipment must be sent to the Dominion 
Entomologist, Ottawa. European nursery stock and certain 
other elasses of vegetation may in the case of certain ports 
be allowed to proceed and shall be inspected at point of 
destination, but must not be unpacked except in the presence 
of the inspector. Copies of the regulations governing the 
importation of nursery stock into Canada may be obtained 
from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, 
Ottawa, Canada, to whom all inquiries should be addressed. 
2. The general duty on nursery stock n. o. p. is 20%. 
APPLE FOR NAME 
F. J. Schwan of Dansville, N. Y., sends apple for identifica¬ 
tion. 
We regret to say that though we have made a careful 
examination of the speeimen of apple sent under date of 
Nov. 7, and have kept it before us for reference for a con¬ 
siderable length of time, we are unable to identify it. It is 
possible that this is one of the Arkansas apples introduced 
by the Stark Brothers some years ago. 
Editor. 
CARE OF TREES. 
Native Fruit Stocks 
1. Please name a good book on eare of trees. 
2. Are the native crab and the native bird cherry of any 
use as fruit stocks ? 
Answer, i. One of the best books on the care of trees 
is that by B. E. Fernow, published by the Henry Holt Co., 
of New York. This not only contains excellent directions 
for the surgical treatment of diseased trees, but eovers the 
whole subject of pruning and the control of enemies. 
Another book by a professional tree doctor is “Tree Sur¬ 
gery,’’ by John Davey, of the John Davey Company, Dayton, 
Ohio. This last volume treats the subjeet exclusively from 
the practieal standpoint, while the first named volume deals 
with it from the technical and scientific, as well as the 
practical. 
Wild Crab and Wild Cherry Seeds 
2. We suppose that our correspondent has reference to 
the native wild crab of the Northeast, Pyrus coronaria. 
This tree is a dwarf fomi of the native crabapple of the 
country. The texture of the wood is very close grained, 
differing considerably from the apple seedlings imported 
from France, or grown in our own country from imported 
or home produced seed. We would expect that these crabs 
would have a dwarfing tendency on the scion. Probably its 
effect would be somewhat similar to the use of Douein 
stocks. I have seen many apple trees topgrafted on this 
crab, and in every case the scion outgrew the stock, which 
is an indication that if budded or grafted near the ground, 
it would have a dwarfing tendency on the scion. 
