THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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mony in this regard. As to the requirements made by sev¬ 
eral states that nurseryman from other states wishing to do 
business in these states must send there and procure special 
tags,—a committee was appointed to take the matter in 
charge, with authority to devise one tag for interstate business; 
which might be applied for through the chairman of this 
committee, by any nurseryman, in any state, desiring to do 
business in any other state. Then upon having convinced 
the committee that his nursery was in such condition as to be 
worthy of interstate confidence, one tag might be issued to 
the nurseryman at a reasonable cost for printing and office 
work and this one tag would be received in all the states This 
it was thought would be a very important step in advance 
because, while not removing any safeguard from any state, 
it would simplify the work of the nurseryman.” 
Copies of the proceedings of the Association of Entomologists 
especially relating to nursery work, will be ready in a short 
time and then a 
fuller report will 
be furnished the 
National Nur¬ 
seryman. 
REPORT OF 
THE WORK OF 
THE TRANS¬ 
PORTATION 
COMMITTEE. 
A s Chairman 
of the Transpor¬ 
ta t i o n Com- 
mittee,the writer 
appeared before 
the Southwestern 
Tariff Committee 
at their meeting 
in St. Louis, Mo., 
Nov. 14th. This 
Committee con¬ 
trols the terri¬ 
tory comprised 
in Texas, part of 
Louisiana, In¬ 
dian Territory and Oklahoma. That is in the Western Clas¬ 
sification but they file exceptions to some items and one of 
these exceptions being fruit trees in car load lots; they still 
hold to the 20,000 lb. mininum. 
In appearing before the Committee we made the same re¬ 
quest of them, that we made to and was granted by the Western 
Classification Committee. This will give us 16,000 lbs. mini¬ 
mum in cars under 36 ft. 6 in.; 20,000 lbs. in cars 36 ft. 6 in. to 
45 ft. 6 in.; 24,000 lbs. on cars over 45 ft. 6 in. 
I am pleased to report that the Committee voted favorably 
on this request and that same will go into effect as soon as 
ratified by the members of this Committee not present, there 
being a few members absent at the meeting. However, I 
do not think there is any doubt that these members will 
sanction the action of the Committee. 
We have made application also for the above changes with 
the Southern Classification Committee and will appear before 
this Committee at their next meeting at the New Seelbach 
Hotel, Louisville, Ky., Dec. 5th. 
The members of the Committee will be glad to have the 
co-operation of all of the Southern Nurserymen and would 
urge them to write their general freight agents pressing 
the changes asked for. 
W. C. Reed, 
Chairman of Transportation Committee 
American Association of Nurserymen. 
Quiz Column. 
PROPAGATION QUESTIONS. 
1. When are fruit stocks budded in Virginia. 
2. How long are seedlings cultivated. 
3. How are peach pits handled. Beginner. 
Ans. Apples and peach should be budded from 1st of July to Septem¬ 
ber 20th. Pear and plum during June and July, plum, cherry and quince 
during August and September. 
Seedlings need 
not be cultivated 
after getting a good 
stand. 
We bed peach 
seed during either 
September, October 
and November, and 
plant kernels a s 
soon as spring 
opens. Some nur¬ 
serymen however, 
plant pits in fall in 
nursery row. 
W.T.Hood & Co. 
Richmond, Va. 
ON CULTIVA¬ 
TION. 
In the prepara¬ 
tion of land for nur¬ 
sery trees, is sub¬ 
soiling desirable? 
Beginner. 
Mass, 
In this section at 
any rate, we can 
get the best results 
from our nursery 
ground for spring 
planting, by 
ploughing in the fall. Moreover, we not only want to plough it but 
sub-soil it as well. We have never practiced sub-soiling to any 
extent, till last fall, when we prepared a large field by sub-soiling 
it, going as deep as possible and we were astonished how much 
better it made the ground for spring planting. In addition, 
the growth of the stock planted on this sub-soiled ground was 
far better and stronger than on ground that had not been sub-soiled. 
Our experience in this one instance was sufficient to decide us on sub¬ 
soiling all nursery ground in the future. 
Dreshertown, Pa. Thomas B. Meehan. 
How much should growing nursery stock be cultivated? Can it be 
over-cultivated. A. F., Pa. 
We have been cultivating nursery stock for seventeen years, and we 
have found nothing that responds more quickly to cultivation than 
thrifty growing nursery stock. When the ground is in good condition, 
and not too wet, we would advise thoroughly cultivating not 
less than two strokes in each row, once each week, but of course 
there are exceptions, -when there comes a dashing rain, then the stock 
cannot be worked at exactly the proper day of each week, but to take 
an average of the season, we expect to cultivate our stock at least once 
