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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published montly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President, .".. . . THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
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Rochester, N. Y., February, 1909. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—Charles J. Brown, president of Brown Bros. Co., 
Rochester; vice-president, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secre¬ 
tary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N.Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Forestry—J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—Jas. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y. 
Publicity—J. M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Entertainment—Wm. Pitkirf, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Council of Horticulture—Chas. J. Maloy. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Okla. Terr.; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President—E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, John S. Barnes, Yaleville; 
secretary, Frank E. Conine, Stratford. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in 
.Tanuary. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President, N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton' 
O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in June. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O.; 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingalls, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Thos. B. Meehan, Dreshertown, 
Pa., secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, Charles T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—E. W. Knox, San Antonio, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kas.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
The interest in these sprays, a few years 
SULPHUR ago practically unknown, is increasing to 
SPRAYS. such an extent that one now hears com¬ 
paratively little of the copper-salt reme¬ 
dies formerly so much discussed at fruit 
growers’ conventions. The lime-sulphur wash used so ex¬ 
tensively on the Pacific Coast was tried here a number of 
years ago and reported unfavorably. Later trials gave 
better results, and now growers are not only using it for an 
autumn or winter spray, for which it was originally recom¬ 
mended, but are employing it in diluted form on the foliage 
during the growing period. Western experimenters have 
claimed that apple scab may be controlled. Investigators 
in the Bureau of Plant Industry are claiming that peach 
curl, blade spot on the peach, and rot of the peach may 
largely be controlled with this mixture by using it during 
the growing period. The New York Experiment Station 
reports that trials with the prepared or commercial mix¬ 
tures of lime and sulphur injure the foliage when diluted as 
much as one gallon to fifty of water. On the other hand, 
this weak mixture did not reduce scale very much, while 
the fruit of cherries treated with it was blotched to some 
extent. Nevertheless, the commercial mixtures seem 
well adapted for dormant season use. When diluted 
to the extent of ten or twelve gallons of water to one of the 
mixture, good results are secured. 
At the recent meeting of the New York State Fruit 
Growers Association at Medina, this subject occupied more 
attention than any other topic presented to the convention. 
RECENT IMPORTATIONS OF BROWN TAIL MOTH IN 
FRENCH APPLE SEEDLINGS. 
BY DR. E. P. FELT, STATE ENTOMOLOGIST, NEW YORK. 
Recent importations and the wide dissemination of 
French seedlings badly infested with the peculiar, winter 
nests of this European insect, have created a serious condi¬ 
tion of affairs. This pest became established in eastern 
Massachusetts over a decade ago, and since then has ex¬ 
tended its range northeastward into New Hampshire, 
Maine and even Nova Scotia. Its westward spread has 
been relatively slow r and it is not knowm to occur west of the 
Connecticut valley. 
Experience in Massachusetts has shown, in a most con¬ 
vincing manner, the destructive capabilities of this moth. 
It thrives upon white and other oaks and wild cherry, is 
abundant on maples and elms, displays a marked partiality 
for pear, plum and apple and is capable of subsisting on the 
foliage of a large number of other trees and shrubs. Fur¬ 
thermore, the finely barbed hairs of the caterpillars drift 
in the air, fall upon the unprotected skin and frequently 
produce an intense irritation known as brown-tail itch, an 
affliction responsible for much suffering in sections where 
this insect is abundant. No effort should be spared to 
prevent such a pest gaining a foothold in widely separated 
parts of this country. 
The habits of this species are such that it is compara¬ 
tively easy to prevent its establishment. The small, 
brownish, hairy caterpillars about X of an inch in length, 
