The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1901-01-17
OFFICE OF THE
ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. $1,000.
STATE ENToMoLoGIsT.

SIRs:-I beg leave to submit the fol
lowing report upon the confscation OF
certain trees and other plants by this de.
partment during the months of Novem.
Der and December, 1900 the same hav.
ing been shipped from another State in
contrayention of the Georgia law and
regulations of the Board governing the
inspection and transportation of nursery
stock.
Under date of July ~, 900 l received
from Thomasville, Ga, sample speci-
ments of bill of about 5000 Japan pear
cuttings shipped to that place by Mr..
A. W. Newson. proprietor of the Cum.
berland Nurseries, Nashville, Tenn.
These specimens were found to be badly
infested with the San Jose scale and
subsequently inspected and destroyed
the entire lot of stock.
AT that time the Cumberland nurse.
ries (also known as the Rosbank nurse.
ries, Grand View nurseries and Paragon
nurseries) were entitled to ship into
Georgia, having secured the required
Georgia tags which were issued to them
upon the authority of the Tennessee
Experiment Station Entomologists Ger.
titicate.
In due season again Mr.. A. w. New
son proprietor of said Cumberland nurse.
ries secured the certificate of the Ten.
nessee Inspector and filed the same in
this Office with application for official
tags to cover the fall and spring ship.
ping season, 1900.0l. With the appro.
val of your Chairman, Hon. o. b.
Stevens, | refused to issue the tags upon
the ground that infested stock had
been sent into the state last season from
those nurseries, as noted above, and we
had no assurance that it would not be
repeated this season.
Mr.. Newson was duly warned not to
make any shipments into Georgia until
the Board could be sufficiently assured
of the freedom from scale of his nurse.
ries TO warrant the issuing of the re.
quired Georgia tags. Early in Novem.
Der, however, he attempted to fill his
Georgia orders in defiance of the law
and the state authorities. On the morn.
ing of November 7th, l apprehended two
bills Of trees in Atlanta, one enroute to
Norcross, Ga, and the other to Flowerv
: Branch, Ga. Both shipments were void
Of 'rtificates, tags and the consignor's
ronoe followed them up and upon in.
vestiyat,s u found they were shipped by
Mr. A W ewson, Nashville, Tenn. On
November ,sAD'' seized and inspected
the trees aud. founn them badly infested
with the San Jo>e scale, Acting under
the regulations Of the board destroyed
both shipments by burning.
On Nov 10th burned another ship.
ment of trees at Woodbury., Ga, from
the same nursery firm under about the
same conditions.
A fourth shipment went TO Duluth,
Ga, and upon examination was found
likewise infested with the San Jose
scale. This / also destroyed.
Mr.. Newson protested against the con.
tiscation of his property and declared
that his trees were not infested with
scale. Whereupon l proposed to him
that we would submit specimens of in.
tested twigs, which 1 had cut in the pres.
ence of witnesses from the trees that
were destroyed. to any entomologist
who is recognized as authority upon
scale insects for Identification of the
species of scale Mr.. Newson agreed to
this proposition and the specimens were
submitted as No. l (pluml and No. z
(pear) to DIR. L. 0. Howard, Entomo.
logist. Department of Agriculture,
Washington, ID. Q. DR.. Towards re.
ply is given below:
"Nov. 10Th, 1900
"Mr. W. NJ. Scott, State Entomologist
Atlanta, Ga:
..DEAR SIR-Your letter of the 18th
instant and accompanying specimensdu
lv received. Mr.. Marlatt has examined
the twigs represented by your No.
kplum) aud No. (pear) and finds tina
both are infested with the San Jos
scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus).
Yours very truly,
"(Slgned) L. o. HOWARD,
"Entomologist."
After this correspondence Mr.. New
son began writing me very courteou
letters and informed me that if his nui
series were really infested with scale IL
more trees should be shipped out unit
he had rid his premises of the pest.
then thought the trouble was ende,
but to my surprise few days later N
attention was brought to a notice frs