THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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TARIFF REVISION. 
In regard to the Tariff Revision in relation to nursery 
stock, I can see no objection to the plan of the Tariff Com¬ 
mittee as presented in the National Nurseryman for 
December; neither can I see why it would not be fair for 
the nurserymen of the whole country. We certainly should 
prefer home grown seedlings, if we can get them as low as 
they can be imported, and it appears to me that no Euro¬ 
pean Nurseryman can grow evergreen and other seedlings 
and sell them in this country as cheap as some of our enter¬ 
prising western nurserymen are doing. 
I fully agree with the Committee that on stock of a 
larger growth than seedlings (especially from Holland), 
there should be paid a larger duty, as such stock is doing a 
great injury to the people of this country. 
Every year, soon after the spring sales, we nurserymen 
of the Eastern States are beset with a lot of agents from 
Holland (especially from Boskoop), who urge us to buy, 
often on private terms and after they have sold all they can 
to nurserymen, put the rest into auction rooms, where the 
stock is extensively advertised and sold at some price. 
Every spring and fall the auctions are held in Boston, (and I 
suppose they are in other cities) for several weeks, when 
roses, magnolias, rhododendrons, and fancy evergreens are 
sold to unsuspecting buyers because they look so much 
“fresher” and of brighter color than those grown in home 
nurseries. I hope this part of the tariff will be revised for 
it is working a great injury to the inexperienced buyers. 
T. C. Thurlow. 
VIEWS OF A KANSAN. 
In regard to my views on tariff revision in relation 
to Nursery stock : My idea on the tariff question 
generally is that some sort of tariff policy should be adopted 
and adhered to with as little change, or disturbance as pos¬ 
sible. If I could have my way I would make a tariff for 
revenue with incidental protection for whatever plan is 
adopted. The expenses of government must be met and 
when some policy for getting them is adopted my idea is 
that this policy should be continued with as little change as 
possible because business will adapt itself to any particular 
condition and so long as those conditions continue, business 
men can calculate on prospects for time to come with rea¬ 
sonable safety while if change is to rule everything becomes 
unsettled and uncertain and men are afraid to try in any 
way to better their condition. So far as the tariff relates to 
nursery stock, the present schedule of tariff has been in 
force now for some years. The trade understands it and 
hence is in better condition to meet the demands that are 
made on present tariff bases than it would be to meet atiy 
considerable change in any direction, so I would say if any 
change is to be made,make it„as little as possible and con¬ 
tinue along the present lines as far as we can. I do not 
believe the present tariff on nursery stock is so high as to 
foster any serious monopolies and I do not believe its utter 
repeal would work especially serious injury to our business, 
for when the low value of the stock under consideration is 
considered and transportation and other charges are met 
for stock imported from abroad, it will be seen that these 
charges afford a very considerable protection for American 
growers if no tariff is imposed at all, so I believe that for our 
people the best thing is to continue present tariff rates as 
nearly as practicable. 
Topeka, Kans. A. Willis. 
Relative to tariff revision, there should be a change and 
we are in hearty support of the bills embodying the resolu¬ 
tions presented at Washington by our tariff committee, and 
hope they may be carried through the House. 
Connecticut. C. R. Burr. 
I am inclined to think that the present rate is about as 
well as it can be fixed. Sometimes I am almost a free 
trader, but I do not think that would do at the present stage 
of the game. The old established nurseries of Europe with 
their cheap help would simply drive us out of business if 
their goods were to come here free of charge. As for sug¬ 
gestions for the coming convention to be held at Rochester 
I have none to make. 
North Abingdon, Mass. W. H. Wyman. 
The Use of Sulphur Washes.—Continued from p. 74. 
fifty gallons of water. All the applications caused injuries 
to the foliage of apples, pears and peaches, the damages gen¬ 
erally increasing with the strength of the preparations. 
Mixtures that were much diluted with water proved of very 
little value as summer sprays for the scale. Our experience 
with the concentrated preparations of the lime-sulphur wash 
indicates that more knowledge is needed on the range of 
usefulness and safety of these mixtures for the treatment of 
trees in foliage, before fruit growers should undertake 
extensive spraying operations with them. 
Self-Boiled Sulphur Wash. 
A promising sulphur spray for summer applications is 
the self-boiled lime-sulphur wash, which was originated by 
Mr. W. M. Scott of the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry. 
This was tested by the Geneva Station during 1908 on sweet 
cherries, peaches and apples. In these experiments no 
injuries attended any of the applications. The amount of 
brown rot on sweet cherries was reduced, but the fruit was 
considerably spotted with lime, which was very conspicuous 
even up to the time of picking. The wash also proved of 
some value as a preventive of apple scab. Single applica¬ 
tions did not check considerable breeding of the San Jose 
scale, and probably two or three applications would be 
required to get marked results on this pest. A number of 
fruit growers have reported that spraying of peaches with 
this mixture has greatly reduced the amount of mildew 
and scab. Others have observed quite a little burning of 
peach foliage by this new spray. As there is some danger 
of orchardists injuring the leaves the wash should be used 
largely experimentally,- and it would also be worth while to 
test the mixture at weaker strengths than have been recom¬ 
mended. 
