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THE NATIONAL NUESEEYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Easton, Md. 
The leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post office at 
Hathoro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March 3, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., February 1924 
STATISTICS It Mas only a Iom^ years ago tlie 
sulijeet ol statistics of luirsery produc¬ 
tion Mas brought uj) at a meeting of the American Asso¬ 
ciation and tlie importance of such statistics mtis dis¬ 
cussed, suggestions lieing made to get the help of the 
United States Department of Agriculture in gathering 
sucli statistics, in much the same May as it is done with 
farm crops. 
We do not knoM that any action has been taken hy the 
Department of Agriculture hut Me do knoM that the 
nurserymen’s associations througliout the country are in 
a fair May to solve the problem themselves. It is very 
interesting to not(‘ the stock rejiorts from the various 
associations. The extreme value of these stock reports 
Mill doubtless he revealed as time goes on and Mill do 
much to prevent over-production and the demoralization 
of prices, m Inch carry so much disaster in their M ake. 
There is no douht that as these reports begin to shoM' 
their value a more general use m ill he made of them and 
perha])s ultimately there Mill he a means found M'herehy 
the American Association can he made a clearing house 
for statistical records. In the meantime every district or 
state association should do all in their poMer to perfect 
the system and hring out its full value to the trade at 
large, as Midi as their oMii particular district. 
PUDIUIiUED 
FKUIT TRUES 
A ncMS circular from a Ncm York State 
Agricultural Experiment Station states 
that jiedigreed fruit stock usually has 
litth' value. Tri'es from cuttings and graftings are no 
dlferent from the original tree from Mhich the variety 
M as derived. This opinion is based on tests made on the 
station grounds and can hardly he gainsaid. 
We do think, hoM ever, that M hile a BaldM in apple, from 
M'hatever individual tree it may be propagated, is 
still a BaldMun apple, there is still room for question as 
to Mhether oi‘ not better trees, from the point of health, 
might not he propagated from some trees rather than 
others. Ua'ilainly, in other kinds of plaids, such as roses, 
carnations. groMii under glass, or even shrubs and ever¬ 
greens groM ing in the open, some stocks are more vigor¬ 
ous than others and the old fashioned gardener ahvays 
preferred to lake his buds or cuttings from vigorous 
stock that had not deteriorated in any May. 
The Mi'ilei' rememhers especially some Japanese 
majiles, propagated hy inarching from poorly colored 
plants never seemed to quite regain the color that should 
have been their’s, and for Mhich the particular kind was 
noted, yet all the plants came from the same original 
stock. 
STANDARDIZATION The Uhamher of Commerce in 
the United States has made an 
appeal to manufacturers throughout the country to give 
more attention to the elimination of excess varieties 
They are urged to simplify and standardize theii 
products. 
Reductions made hy individual manufacturers in cer¬ 
tain commodity lines hy eliminating unnecessary varie¬ 
ties are shoMm as folloM^s: 
Bottles .... 
...210 
to 
20 
Bread .... 
...15 
to 
6 
Cameras . . 
...106 
to 
67 
Cigars .... 
...150 
to 
6 
Clocks .... 
...600 
to 
80 
Fertilizer . 
...100 
to 
17 
Fine Papers . .377 to 56 
Forged Tools 2752 to 671 
Men’s Collars . 150 to 25 
SaM"s .660 to 203 
Toilet (loods..425 to 140 
WheelharroM’S. 42 to 16 
It is hardly necessary to say that it Mould mean tre¬ 
mendous economic saving in the nursery business if tin* 
suggestion M ere carried out m ith the jiroducts handled hy 
the nursery trades. 
JAPANESE BEETLE The present ([uarantine policy as 
to the Japanese beetle is to he 
continued Math such extensions as the spread of this pest 
Mill necessitate: in other Mords, the quarantine restric¬ 
tions Mull he limited to the kiiOM ii infested territory with 
surrounding safety zone. The extension of the beetle 
practically to the DelaM are line m411 make it necessary to 
include DelaMare under the quarantine for the purpose 
of extension of the safety zone to such toMus in Dela¬ 
Mare contiguous to Pennsylvania as may he necessary for 
the pui'iiose of such zone. 
Dr. Marlatt, chairman of the Federal Horticultural 
Board, admitted at the hearing of January 4th. the eradi¬ 
cation of the beetle M as impossible and all that could he 
done M as to attempt control hy imjieding its spread until 
a natural balance could he secured hy parasites brought 
from Ja])an. 
The pest is a iumv one in the sense that the actual dam¬ 
age it M ould inllict on the country is unknoM ii and being 
unknoMii is more alarming than if Me kneM’ M'liat the 
actual results Mould he. By all accounts the beetle in 
Japan is no more serious a pest than many others in its 
efl'ect on the crops of the country. 
True, its spread in this country has been rapid since 
its first introduction to New Jersey eight years ago. It 
is estimated it has spread over 25,000 square miles of 
