CURRENT NURSERY PRACTICE 3 



New York $4,355,000.00 



California 2,703,000.00 



Texas 1,236,000.00 



Kansas . . 948,000.00 



Pennsylvania 922,000.00 



Minnesota 863,000.00 



Ohio 860,000.00 



Iowa 845,000.00 



Illinois 822,000.00 



Not all parts of the country show increases in the 

 nursery business. A number of sections show decreases in 

 the decade following 1900. It is especially noticeable 

 that the greatest decline comes from sections that were 

 in the " boom " period in 1900 and have since fallen back 

 to their productive level. Some of these are the New Eng- 

 land, Virginia, Ozark and Colorado sections. 



Current Nursery Practice. Nursery practice all over 

 the United States is founded on fairly definite general 

 principles. The details, however, necessaiy for the put- 

 ting of the principles into practice are widely variable 

 due to the differences in local environment. As one would 

 expect the difference in climate between the north and the 

 south or the east and the west is such that many modi- 

 fications of the common practices are necessary in order 

 to expedite work or to facilitate ease or convenience in 

 handling the stock. However, when one gets a good work- 

 ing knowledge of the methods of propagation for any one 

 section of the country, one can, by small changes in prac- 

 tices to suit the needs of the local conditions, grow good 



