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Mr. C. L. Smith. What is the locatioD of your nursery at 

 Eoehester, N^. Y.? 



Mr, May. It is about eight miles east of the city, at Penfield. 



Mr. Smith. You have your nurseries there*? 



Mr. May. We have our nurseries ; we are growing on shares with 

 several i^arties. We get our principal stock of roses from Elwanger 

 & Barry ; we buy them. The nursery business is not conducted as 

 it was years ago. Years ago nurserymen used to grow their own 

 stock, now it largely passes out of their hands. Elwanger & 

 Barry hardly keep a man on the road now, but the dealers do 

 this work; it is virtually a separate branch of business. 



Mr. Brand. Are you acquainted with the varieties you 

 handle ? 



Mr. May. We are. 



Mr. Brand. So you can pick them out at sight? 



Mr. May. Ko, I can't do that. It requires a man to be con- 

 stantly working among trees. I see them perhaps three times a 

 year; I don't do the propagating myself. 



Mr. Brand. Are you selling in this locality Winesap, Ben 

 Davis, or Haas ! 



Mr. May. No sir, we are not. We have them in our list but 

 we do not recommend them for this section of the country. 



Mr. Sias. Do you recommend the Mann apple ? 



Mr. May. Xo, we don't recommend it but we handle it. 



Mr. Brand. Do your agents handle these tender varieties! 



Mr. May. Of course you know the trouble of handling 150 

 men. Agents will talk more than they should in a good many 

 cases, in order to sell; of course you know that. Alexander is 

 a good apple and we are selling it. 



Mr. Smith. Why do you have your nursery in Rochester in- 

 stead of in Minnesota! 



Mr. May. It is thoroughly demonstrated in the growth of 

 young trees in a nursery they need good soil and good cultiva- 

 tion to make them thrifty. 



Mr. Harris. It is certainly too severe treatment to take young 

 stock grown in an Eastern or Southern nursery and bring it 

 here and replant the trees in this climate, without putting on 

 overcoats. 



Mr. May. Well, I claim it is all right. 



President Elliot. Experience has not proved that yet. 



Mr. Brand. Do you sell the Walbridge! 



Mr. May, Yes, we sell the Walbridge. 



