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TheWeekly Florists' Review* 



XOVF.MBEK 26, 1903. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCWriON OF NURStRYMlN. 



Pre8.,N. W. Hale. Knoxvllle Tkhh.: Vlce-Pres. 

 P A. WeDcr, St LoiUa; See'y. Geo. C. Seuger, 

 Kochester, N. Y : Treis. C. L Yalea. Rochester. 

 N. Y. The twetiiy-ei^hth aniuuil conveultou 

 will be helJ at .\l.auta. Oa.. June i',iU4. 



Henry L. Si.osson, the retired nursery- 

 man, of (leneva. X. Y.. ili<'cl Xoveiiilier 

 36, a<i<'il <n years. 



Tmc >'!iii>|iing seas-ou was a short one 

 with the Orefjon nurserymen, but there 

 was a good growth in Inisiness. 



C. 0. Moz]N(;o, nui-serynian, Nacogdo- 

 ches, Tex., has tiled a petition in bank- 

 ruptev ; lialiilities between .$20,000 and 

 $25,000. 



M. J. Wu.viui, of \Vaul<i'e, la., lias re- 

 turned from a two weeks' visit to nurser- 

 ies in tlu> south, including Alaliama. 

 Georgia and Oklahoma. 



J. 1j. Inc'k is in charge of Stark Bros.' 

 interests at Portland, X. Y.. where their 

 ■business is devcloiiing rapidly. They are 

 introducing the Hicks grape to Xew Y'ork 

 groweis. 



The nursery busine.ss in tlwsouth is 

 making a steady growth. Peach trees 

 are still the largest item but nut trees 

 are now staple stock ai'd many otlier 

 specialties are assuming important posi- 

 tions in the list. 



The ilinnesota State Horticultural So- 

 ciety meets at Minneapolis. December 

 1 to 4, and there is expected to be keen 

 interest in the Minnesota seedling apple 

 "as hardy and prolitir as the Duchess, 

 with fruit equal to the Wealthy in size. 

 quality and appearance, ami that will 

 keep as well as the Malinihi," for whiih 

 $1,000 is ofl'ered as a preniium. 



The state of Washington is doing all 

 it can to interfere with the sale in that 

 state of nursery stock grown elsewhere. 

 State Horticultural Commissiiuier A. Van 

 Holdert)else has just rendered a decision 

 in the case of the Portland Seed Co.. that 

 a catalogue sent by mail is an "agent"' 

 and as such brings the sender under the 

 provisions of the law which requires that 

 a license be taken out and a bond for 

 $2,000 filed before one can do business in 

 nursery stock in the state of AVashing- 

 ton. 



APPLE GROWERS' CONGRESS. 



The American Apple Growers' .Con- 

 gress was held at St. Louis Xov. 17 and 

 18, with a large attendance. Delegates 

 from nearly all the states were present. 

 Henry M. Dunlop, the president, opened 

 the meeting by delivering the annual ad- 

 dress, in winch he commended the organ- 

 ization on its growth. L. A. Goodman, 

 of Kansas City, secretary of the Mi-- 

 souri Ilorticultr:-al Society, read a na^er 

 on "Growing a Commercial Anple Or- 

 chard," and L. W. Stanton, of Kichview, 

 m., president of the Southern Illinois 

 Horticultural Society, snoke on "The 

 Several :Methods of Marketing Apples. ' ' 

 During the afternoon session, Wesley 

 Greene, of Des Moines, la., secretary of 

 the Iowa Horticultural Society, read 

 paper on "How to Increase the Market 

 Demand for Apjiles. " Charles Crandell, 

 of TJrbana, 111., instructor in horticulture 

 at the University of Illinois, spoke on 

 "Experiments in Preventing the Destruc- 

 tive Work of Apple Curculio. " Profes- 



sor John F. Stinson, superintendent of 

 ])oniology of the World 's Fair, discussed 

 the "Apjde Exhibit at the E.Kposition, " 

 Thonnis .1. Burrill, instructor in botnnv 

 and horticulture at the T'niversity of Il- 

 linois, s]ioke on "Bitter Rot and Late 

 ExperiuuMits Thereon." 



The congress will meet ag.'iin in St. 

 Louis the first week in September. ]ViO-i. 

 and the use of the convention building on 

 the Worhl's Fair grounds was accepted 

 with thanks. 



Henry ii. l>unlo]i, of Savoy, 111,, was 

 again elected president of the associa- 

 tion ; W, R. Wilkinson, of St. Louis, vice 

 pre'sielent; T. C. Wilson, of Hannibal, 

 .Mo., secretary; We^sley Greene, of. Des 

 Moines, treasurer, and Professor John 

 T. Stinson, of Mountain Grove, Mo., 

 statistician. The ilelegates were enter- 

 tained by the officers of the Louisiana 

 Purchase Ex]iositiiui at the World's Fair 

 grounds with a fine spread at which 

 Frederick W. Tayhu- officiated, ilost of 

 the delegates left for home Wednesday 

 night, much pleased with their visit. 



J. J. B. 



LARGE, BUSHY 



HYDRANGEA 



Paniculata Grandifiora 



4 to 5 feet. 



S3 00 per doz.; 815.00 per 100; 

 8120.00 per 1000. 



ANDORRA NURSERIES 



Chestnut Hill, PHIHOELPHIA. PA. 



^T'Mitinii the Roview when yon write. 



I 



Peterson Nursery, 



164 La Salle St.. CHICAGO. 



EONIES 



And HARDY ORNAMINIAL STOCK. 



Write for illustrated price list. 

 Mt.iiil-tn thp KmvIpw wtipn you write. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



Wholesale 

 Growers of 



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BNAMENTAL TREES, 

 Shrubs, Boses, Clema- 

 tis, Fruit Trees and 

 Small Fruits in great varietj 



Send for our Wholesale Price LUt, 



Mention thp Rev lew when yon write 



ir.d..THEMOON 



Company 



For f Trees, Shrubs, Vines. 

 Your j and Small Fruits. 



Descriptive Illnstrated CalaloRiie Frre. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO.. 

 _,^ Morrisville, Pa. 



Mention the Review when von write. 



PEONIES 



FRAGR^NS (Sometimes called Thurbecki). 



$6 OO per 100. 



Por 1000 rate or other varieties write 



GILBERT H. WILD, - • Sarcoxie, Mo. 



MfiilliMi the lU'vIew whQU you write. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMIRICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Prea.. S. F. WlUard. VVethersfield. Conn-: First 

 Vlce-Pres.. J. Chas. McCiiUoiigh. Cincinnati. O.; 

 Sec'y and Treas.. C. E. Kendel. Cleveland. O. 

 The"22d annual meeting will be held at St. Louis 

 Mo.. June. laOl. 



Visited CHic.\.fiO: AVm. Cox. of the 

 Cox Seed Co., San rraiicisco, Cal. 



The first of the 1904 geiu-ral retail 

 seed eatalogiies to come to hand is that 

 of Chas. Winsel. Los Augeles. Cal. 



The dealer who sold Evergreen sweet 

 corn for $1-5 per bushel last year has al*o 

 a few bushels this year that he will Ipt 

 go at the same price. j 



J.\MES B. KiDD, representing- the COx 

 Seed Co., San Francisco, visited St. Paid 

 and La Crosse this ^veek. He is due at 

 JLihvaukee and Chicago shortly. 



The Corn Belt Seed House lias been 

 iiu-oriiorated in New Jersey, with an 

 authorized capital of $100,000. bv A. 

 Charles Cook. C. ^M. Buckley ar.d B. B. 

 Virdon. 



The pickling varieties of encumber go 

 at from $1-50 to $3.00 per pound. One 

 lot of 1,000 pounds is offered at $1.50 

 per lb. Evergreen sweet corn is eagerly 

 sought and $5 per bushel has been paid: 

 $7.50 to $10 is about what tliose who 

 have any are asking, and last year's max- 

 imum price of $15 per bushel for Ever- 

 green is likely to be idealized for a genu- 

 ine article. 



CABBAGES are now seHing at good 

 jirices and a stiff' market is likely to. pre- 

 \ail all tlirough the winter. Onions are 

 also advancing, and as there is not an 

 liver supply, prices for them will proablv 

 soar later. The prices that growers get 

 for these articles during the winter have 

 quite an effect upon the size of their 

 seed order for them the following spring. 



The severe frost of the past week has 

 not improved the outlook for sweet corn. 

 .V considerable ((uantity that has been 

 counted upon as being available for seed, 

 and which under ordinary conditions 

 ivonld have been all right, was in too 

 green a state to stand the freeze. The 

 worst thing about this is that the sec- 

 tions where the chances for securing good 

 .(uantities of Evergreen and other can- 

 uers' varieties was the best, are the ones 

 tliat have been hit the hardest. Scarcitv 

 of sweet corn is no longer a matter of 

 ■ lebate, it is an admitted fact. 



GOVERNMENT SEEDS. 



We are in rc-i'lpt of thn fidlowing cir- 

 cular letter dated 'Washington, D. C. 

 November 18, 190.3, and signed William 

 Wolff Smith, newspaper correspondent: 



Om- services have been enlisted by seveiMl 

 firms prominent in the seed trade who desire to 

 .,e.-nr,- the suppression of the ronrressional fret* 

 ^eed rtistrlbuticui. While til,' trade is snbstan- 

 ti.iUv a unit in demanding tie- iiholishment of 

 ihi^ distribution, there is a great divergence of 

 • ^linion as to the plan which can be most effec- 

 livel.v emplo.ved. and we are therefore addi-ess- 

 iui: "every member of the trade with a view t" 

 obtaining an expression of opinion from them 

 as to what they think is the l'e*t method to be 

 piusued to this end. We invi'e your attention 

 to the enclosed circular, giving a brief bistor- 

 ieal account of the congressional free seed dis- 

 trilintion as conducted for lune years, and set- 

 ling forth the evils alt.'udant thereon. We 

 respp<-tfnllv asl; a careful ixu-usnl of this cir- 



