The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-10-03
NURSERY
INSPECTION
Rules and Regulations Adopted by
Entomology Board.
FORMULA FOR FUMIdATINo
Life-Letter of state EN-.
moiogist W. VI.
Scott.


scribes that the annual inspection of
nurseries shall be completed ON or be.
fore Nov. of each year; but the execu-
ton of the act, as concerns the detail Of
the work. is left largely to the discre.
ton OF the entomologist The time Of
the inspection last year was, from ne.
cessity, extended through the month of
November and, indeed, few unimpor.
tant inspections were made as late as
December. The recent addition of an
assistant to the working force will
greatly facilitate the work in the future.
! and the inspection this season will
doubtless be completed within the pre-.
scribed time.
The regular inspection work is not
begun until Aug. 10, but the business
methods of few nurserymen require
an earlier inspection. and in such cases
the inspections may be made as early as
July l. An inspection made before
Aug. 10, however, must be supple
mented by another later in the season.
The reason for delaying the work as
late in the season as practicable is ap.
parent when the life history and habits
| of the San Jose scale are considered.
this being the principal pest fcr which
the inspection is made. In this climate
the scale Is breeding and is capable of
being communicated to the nursery.
certainly as late as November. A Ger.
tificate issued upon an early inspection,
therefore. would give little or no assur.
ance of the absence of scale from the
nursery. particularly where it is located
in an infested neighborhood. More.
over, June budded peach trees will not
have made sufficient growth to admit
Of satisfactory inspection before DC.
tober. 1t is clear, too, that insect inju.
| ries and disease effects are more con.
spicuous near the close of the growing
! season.
A certificate at best does not give un.
qualified evidence of the entire absence
of seriously injurious insects and dis.
eases. It is proposed, therefore, to
| make the inspections under the most
| favorable conditions and to make sup
Elemental inspections after the stock is
dug. whether the surroundings are such
as TO cause suspicion. As complete an
assurance as possible of the cleanliness
| OF the stock is thus Obtained, and it is
hoped that there may be established,
thereby, confidence III the products OF
the Georgia nurseries equally advanta-
geous to the nurserymen and orchard
ists
Some nurserymen have O careless habit
OF leaving old, unstable stock heeled in
on their yards from year to year. This
practice affords a harboring place for
insects and diseases and we strongly
condemn it, A case in point: Last year
the writer found San Jose scale III
bunch of old stock heeled in on the yard
OF one of our nurserymel; and. al.
though no scale could be found in the
nursery blocks. the regular certificate
could not be issued TO the owner.
Whenever such conditions are found
our certificate will be withheld until
they are corrected.
Aside from the San Jose scale the
following are on the boards list Of dan.
gerously injurious pests: The new
peach scale, black knot. peach yellows.
peach and plum rosette. None of these
have yet been found in any Of the nur.
series. but with the exception Of the.
yellows they all occur in the state TO
slight extent, and are carefully looked
for when the inspections are made.
Last year 70 nurseries were inspected,
four Of which where found infested
with San Jose scale, and from the
owners of which the regular inspection
certificate was withheld. 1t should be
clearly understood here that no nursery.
man whose premises are found infested
can obtain the regular certificate. A
nurseryman, portion OF whose prem
ises is infested. bat in such a man.
ner as not TO endanger tbs remand.
or, may be given special Ger.
tificate; provided, however, that all
stock growing in the infested portion
shall be destroyed and the remainder
fumigated under our personal supervis-
ion. Likewise, where nursery is To-
Gated in scale infested neigh borhood,
even though no scale can be found ON
the nursery grounds, fumigation will be
required and a certificate will be given
to tine owner of such nursery only
upon the conditions expressed in writing
that he will fumigate every plant before
it is sent out. This requirement is based
upon the following rule of the rules and
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