July 7, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



11 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF 

 NURSERYMEN 



Supplementing our partial account 

 last week of the convention then in 

 progress we have the following notes 

 to add: 



The secretary's report showed the 

 largest membership for many years. 

 The recently established credit and 

 collection bureau for members only 

 showed a considerable net profit to the 

 association treasurer. The secretary 

 recommended a budget system, which 

 the convention adopted. He asked the 

 members to assist the French horti- 

 culturists whose orchards had been 

 wantonly destroyed and a committee 

 was appointed to solicit contributions 

 of fruit stocks to send to France. The 

 convention adopted a resolution to co- 

 operate with Chairman Hoover of the 

 Food Commission at Mr. Hoover's sug- 

 gestion. The association voted ap- 

 proval of national arboretums. Many 

 of the reports and discussions were 

 done in executive session hence are 

 not available for publication. 



J. H. Dayton presented a very in- 

 cisive paper on the subject of "How to 

 Make the Nursery Business Feed and 

 Clothe Us and Pay Our Debts." The 

 paper closed with the following sum- 

 mary: 



First, cut all unnecessary expense, but do 

 not figure so close on help that stock will 

 suffer, or your blocks produce second or 

 third grades which should be first. 



Second, fix a fair price so that if the 

 stock sells.it will give a profit, allowing for 

 increased cost of both growing and selling. 



Third, stick to your prices. 



Fourth, do not figure that everybody else 

 is hard up and will decrease their plant- 

 ings, that you will keep yours up or in- 

 crease. Make your planting, list to corre- 

 spond with the demand for your own pro- 

 ducts. 



Fifth, if the first war year proves to be 

 a blighter on our business, borrow a little 

 more and pull through ; better years are 

 bound to come. 



Sixth, keep your chin up, your feet on 

 the ground, your faith in God and the 



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United States at white heat, your faith in 

 the nursery outcome still hotter, and know 

 tl^at tlie Lord helps those who help them- 

 selves, and that 500 nurserymen working 

 together, each willing to give the other 499 

 members and everyone of their customers 

 an absolutely square deal, are as nearly 

 likely to succeed as anything subject to 

 human control can. 



Prof. L. C. Corbett gave an inter- 

 esting talk on fruit production. He 

 said, in part: 



•'Having brought into existence activities 

 so diverse and ot such great economic im- 

 portance there is. as a result, a trust im- 

 posed, which we are bound to respect and 

 do our best to execute. This trust, as I see 

 it. is to foster an interest in amateur nur- 

 sery practices which will safeguard the 

 commercial fruit interests ot the Nation. 



"Ilocause of the marvellous extent of our 

 coiiiniercial fruit interests, many nursery- 

 men as well as professional horticulturists 

 have neglected the amateur side. This 

 sentiment should not be allowed to develop 

 to the detriment of horticultural progress. 

 The aesthetic features and the tone to the 

 fruit industry have come and will continue 

 to develop through the activities of the 

 amateur. He is interested in the new, the 

 unusual, and along with this is given to 

 importing and breeding new and rare 

 things. 



■•The Federal and State machinery should 

 not be left to solve all the problems of 

 fruit production. The individual who loves 

 plants will find ample play for all his skill 

 and powers in any field of plant activity 

 to which he may devote himself. We need 

 a new generation of Jeffersons, Downings 

 and Wilders. We are lagging in the re- 

 finements of fruit and flower production. 



••The glitter of gold has dimmed our 

 aesthetic senses and we have sacrificed the 

 rlelectable flavor and aroma ot the •pomme 

 par excellence' tor the apple ot commerce. 

 Let us encourage the efforts ot the amateur 

 in every line of horticultural endeavor. We 

 win improve our standards ot excellence 

 and educate our consumers. The trouble 

 today is that people buy apples because 

 they" are red. not because they are good. 

 To " intelligently choose apples one must 

 know apples. The development of the 

 amateur class will accomplish the educa- 

 tion now lacking." 



Officers were elected as follows: 

 President, Lloyd C. Stark, Louisiana, 

 Mo.: vice-president, J. R. Mayhew, 

 Texas; treasurer, E, W. Hill, Iowa. 

 Executive committee, T. B. West, Ohio; 

 E. W. Chattin, Tennessee; C. C. May- 

 hew, Texas. 



The trade exhibits, which were as 

 follows, while not extensive, were In- 

 teresting: 



Thos. Meehan & Sons, Inc., Dresher, 

 Pa., raffia, tree caliper and hydran- 

 geas. 



H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia, lilacs, 

 deutzias, etc 



Angler Mills, Ashland, Mass., wrap- 

 ping papers. 



Princeton Nursery Co., Princeton, N. 

 J., tree and shrubbery samples. 



M. Greenbaum, New York, plant 

 tubs. 



McFarland Publicity Service, Har- 

 risburg. Pa., catalogues and literature. 



Harrison Nurseries, Berlin, Md., 

 evergreens and shrubbery. 



Old Dominion Nurseries (W. T. 

 Hood & Co.), Richmond, Va., Ameri- 

 can arbor-vitse. 



A. B. Morse & Co., St. Joseph, Mich., 

 catalogues and trade literature. 



Lester Lovett, Milford, Del., photos 

 of hedge plants and literature. 



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