The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-07

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to the public as to require attention. and
he accordingly made the following state
ment to the Post-Inteliigencer last night:
1T Is gravely stated that several car
loads OF nursery stock infested with
not only fruit trees but nearly all other
kinds Of growth, have been destroyed by
the authorities OF this state, and that the
vocably ruined thereby that in future all
trains are to be halted on crossing the
state line, and II only two or three IN
soeS ape osns the Shos viii be de
st r%Ss ONO. ., the commissioner Of hor-
a clearing house for all nursery stock sold
and distributed in the state INSPECTION OF
nursery stock IL made by the inspector OF
signed. Any county taking active inter
est in the matter may appoint such an IN
spector and the commissioner of horticui-
ture may also appoint such, under certain
I "Nurserymen are required to give bond.
and certain obligations are exacted OF
Of fe the commissioner Of horticulture Of the
shipment of all invoices of nursery stock
twenty-four hours before making such
omsa The fn the and sves
structions regarding the matter. There Is
frequent correspondence between them.
and inspectors are REQUIRED to make ,s, month an
tailed accounts of their services. so. II
there have been several carloads OF nur-
sery stock burned In the state. this once
would be in a position 70. know something
about 1t. As no such thing has occurred
IT is necessary to correct this statement.
though there has been much more de-
stroyed than usual by reason OF the much
greater trade, due to larger demand ana
an eagerness on the part Of dealers to
move stock in the mild weather of the
fall rather than run the risk of freezing
winter weather
"The reports Of county commissioners
show that 1t has not been found necessary
throughout the entire state to destroy the
half of one carload of nursery stock by
reason Of infections OF all kinds
Not All Dishonest.
"Nurserymen resemble men engaged in
other business very much: they are mel mel
less methods and have to be looked after
closely, but such is not the. rule, any
more than among. other business men.
strict, and when violation Of the law has
been brought to the attention Of dealers
they have responded to such notice
exceptions which are being looked after.
From other states dealers often ac--
knowledge the Justice of our laws and
out with equal strictness in their own.
Two large dealers In the Eastern states
seem to have attempted bluff on the in
spectors of this state by plastering the
outside of their packages of nursery
stock with certificates of inspection by
officials of their own states. 1t is doubt
full IL such inspection was ever made: the
stock proved In many cases badly In
tested, and the county Inspector with In
structions from this Office proved equal
to dealing with the pests, even though
they had passports certifying to their
good characters.
1.-THE disorder alluded to, usually called
crown gals" Is a very grave one, which
all growers. inspectors and nurserymen
are charged to be on the look out for.
and it is all the more dangerous from the
II, or what Is not manifestly different
from 1t. Hence, the duty OF inspecting
carefully the roots of all trees and shrub
berry, particularly blackberry and rasp-
berry plants. for II is known that plants
so affected are worse than useless, never
giving satisfactory results, and, are in
danger of communicating the disease to
other plants in close proximity. Yet the
affected plants are readily distinguished
by the presence of the gals at the time
of transplanting, and as the disease is
communicated by infested nursery stock
the remedy lies in promptly rejecting
such. which the county inspectors are in
structed to do.
Have Been Many scares.
'Tt is desirable that every one who
plants trees or shrubs should have infor-
nation on this subject. but exaggerated
and distorted views of the matter are
misinformation. productive of harm. We
have had Of recent years quite number
OF scares on this subject of insect pests.
Not many years ago in California and
other states county Inspectors ware EN-.