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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
volved in the non-cotton zone. 
The plaintiff will contend that the state cannot destroy any 
man’s crop unless it is infected, and hence cannot destroy any 
of this present crop. 
The state will contend that the growing of cotton so near to 
the mountains where the wild weevils are, will be a constant 
menace to cotton culture in the state, and that therefore it must 
not be permitted. 
The Crop Pest Law reads: 
“Whenever an inspector discovers a pest which is injurious to 
the agricultural or horticultural interests of the state, and which 
it is practicable to eradicate or suppress, he may, with the advice 
under the direction of the entomologist or his assistants, notify 
in writing the owner, owners or person or persons in charge or 
in possession of the premises, buildings, or place aforesaid, that 
the same are infested or contain or harbor an injurious insect or 
other pest, and said inspector may require such person or per¬ 
sons to eradicate, destroy or suppress such pest within a reason¬ 
able specified time by means of the most economical and effective 
method available,” 
In no part of the law can there be found any justification of 
a permanent non-crop order, preventing the growing of a given 
crop. 
In no part of the law' can there be found any justification of a 
destruction of any property except infested property. 
In no part of the law can there be found any provision giving 
the owner of condemned property the right to due hearing to de¬ 
fend his property. 
The plaintiff therefore claims that the law is unconstitutional, 
that the orders of the commission and governor violate the con¬ 
stitution and common law rights of the growers, and that there 
is no justification of the order in fact, equity or law. 
The arbitrary destruction of 7600 acres of cotton which will 
produce a crop with a gross value of over one million dollars 
w'hen only 500 acres were ever found to contain a few weevils in 
the preceding crop, and where not a single weevil has been found 
in the present crop, brings us to the most astounding proposal 
of action in all American horticulture. 
If the court finds the state commission of Arizona is justified 
in carrying out its present threatened action then whose property 
is safe ag^'inst insnertovs? What will such arbitrary expansion of 
power lead us to in this country? 
A horticultural inspector may enter your orchard and find a 
single specimen of a new pest. He declares it to he very danger¬ 
ous. In four neighboring orchards he finds ten more specimens. 
An order is issued that you must immediately destroy your or¬ 
chard, and all your neighbors for twenty miles must also destroy 
their orchards. That is the Arizona case transposed to your own 
problem of the future if this unbridled license of quarantine in¬ 
spectors is not checked by judicial ruling. 
I have been studying Arizona weather and from the boll weevil 
aspect, I am greatly gratified. I believe it possible that from 
time to time a late f^ll infestation m^y appear in the Santa Cruz 
irrigation district. But the normal climte of April, May and 
.Tune is such that no weevil can live through it. .Tune soil tem¬ 
peratures run from 122 degrees to 170 degrees and the air tem¬ 
perature is over 100 degrees throughout all of June and most of 
the summer. The humidity runs from five to twenty-five per 
cent. The boll weevil is killed at 122 degrees, which, as a soil 
temperature, is attained with an air temperature of 95 degrees. 
I am confident that a system of agriculture can be derived from 
this valley wh’ch will make boll weevil depredations a negli¬ 
gible factor. 
We must base our entomological practices and control meas¬ 
ures on common sense and economics and not violate every rule 
of equity. 
CONFERENCE ON BLISTER RUST QUARANTINE" 
The Federal Horticultural Board, United States Depart¬ 
ment of A^rieulture, has recently been requested by the 
.American Association of Nurserymen to consider revision 
of Federal Plant Quarantine 26. This quarantine regu¬ 
lates the movement of currants, gooseberries, and five- 
leafed pines Oiost ])lants of white pine blister rustl from 
states east of the Great Plains to Western States. It 
also prohibits the movement of cultivated black currants 
and five-leafed (whitel pines from New England into 
any other state. 
This quarantine was established in 1917 and many 
clianges in the blister rust situation have taken place 
since that time. In view of this fact, the board has grant¬ 
ed the request and announces that the conference will be 
held in their otlices in the United States Department ol 
Agriculture, Washington, D. C., at 10 A. M., September 
26, 1924. 
Any one interested in this matter is invited to attend 
this conference or to send a written statement express¬ 
ing their attitude toward continuance of the quarantine 
in its present form. It is expected that the nursery inter- 
('sts will be well represented, and it is equally desirable 
that pine growers, forestry associations, etc., should also 
present their views. 
NEW YORK STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
The summer meeting and outing of the New York State 
Nurserymen’s Association will be held Saturday, Septem¬ 
ber 6, 1924, and to which all nurserymen are cordially 
invited. The outing last year to Cobourg, Canada, on the 
beautiful steamship “Ontario” was so enjoyed that the 
committee decided to repeat it. The boat train will leave 
the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway station on 
West Main street at 8 A. M., arriving at Genesee Docks 
at 8.30. Those who prefer, may motor to the docks off 
Lake avenue, this side of Charlotte, where parking space 
may be found for cars until the return at 8 P. M. 
The tickets are >‘f>2.00 per person for the round trip, to 
be procured at the railroad station or at the dock; meals 
will be served on the boat, at $1.00 each, tickets for which 
may be procured on the boat. It is important that the 
steamship officials know in advance how many meals to 
provide, therefore, kindly indicate on the enclosed card, 
your intention to make the trip and your requirements, 
and return to C. J. Maloy, secretary-treasurer, at once. 
No formal program has been prepared. A short busi¬ 
ness meeting will be held on the boat at 10 o’clock, after 
which the time is free to be devoted to relaxation and 
sociability. It is an excellent place to become acquaint¬ 
ed and no doubt many will take advantage of the oppor- 
funity to trade among themselves. 
Please note that the matter of being on time at the 
train or dock is important. 
Train leaves the station in Rochester at 8 A. M. 
Boat leaves the dock at 8.35 A. M. 
A COMMITTEE TO ASSIST PROFESSOR A. S. COLRY 
IN THE SMALL FRUIT VARIETY IMPROVEMENT 
In the last few years we have begun to realize that the 
small fruits of the country have been considerably mixed 
up as to variety, etc. Also that there were good, bad and 
indifferent varieties. 
The State University of Illinois under the guidance of 
Professor A. S. Colby, association Chief of Pomology, 
has taken a hold of this matter and will endeavoi’ now. 
not only to straighten out the varieties, but to improve 
varieties of Small Fruit. 
Professor Colby has asked the Illinois Nurserymen’s 
Association to assist him in this work and accordingly 
the following committee has been ap])ointed: 
Mr. A. M. Augustine, chairman; Mr. George Klehm, 
Mr. Fred Von Oven, Mr. Robert Bryant, Mr. George 
Galeener. 
