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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 6. 1915. 



It is reported that a nursery is being 

 started at South Reno, Kan., by Samuel 

 D. Buhler. 



Of the 375 acres owned by the North- 

 west Nursery Co., at Valley City, N. D., 

 200 acres are planted to small trees and 

 other nursery stoclj. 



The Moon Nursery Corporation, of 

 White Plains, N. Y., has been incorpo- 

 rated by J. Edward Moon and Henry 

 T. Moon, of Morrisville, Pa., and E. 

 Wright Peterson, of Gouverneur, N. Y. 



G. C. Whittaker, formerly of Seattle. 

 Wash., has purchased thirty acres of 

 land at Grand Mound, Wash., where he 

 will establish a nursery. He expects to 

 have berry plants ready to market in 

 1916. 



There are not many nurserymen who 

 expect to break records this season, but 

 there are few who at the moment find 

 time hanging heavily on their hands. The 

 pressure of the spring rush Ts just as 

 severe as ever. 



W. J. Hughes, of the Cedar Eapids 

 Nursery Co., Cedar Rapids, la., says that, 

 although he doesn 't know the cause, there 

 has been a big increase in the nursery 

 business in his locality this year. Fruit 

 trees, of course, form the larger part of 

 the sales. 



Instead of burning the leftovers at 

 the end of the season, Holsinger Bros., 

 of Rosedale, Kan., gave away about 3,000 

 fruit trees, shrubs, bushes and vines May 

 1. They decided this practice would not 

 diminish their profits for this season, 

 while it might add a few to their cus- 

 tomers next year. 



W. C. Griffing, manager of the nurser- 

 ies of the GriflSng Bros. Co., at Grand 

 Bay, Ala., spoke before the Gulf Coast 

 Horticultural Society at Mobile last week 

 on "Diversification in the Orchard." 

 The company's nurseries at Grand Bay 

 cover 200 acres, and contain flowers and 

 shrubs as well as fruit and ornamental 

 trees. Over 100 varieties of citrus fruits 

 have been set out. 



Filling orders and planting young 

 stock is keeping 460 hands busy at the 

 William P. Stark Nurseries, at Neosho 

 and Stark City, Mo. To the 500 acres of 

 the firm, an extra 100 has been added this 

 spring. A gasoline tractor has just been 

 purchased for cultivating. From 500 to 

 700 orders a day are being sent out by 

 mail, express and freight. The 7,000,000 

 strawberry plants, a new line this season, 

 have a strong demand. Many of the 

 Royal Arch Masons came from the state 

 conference at Joplin to visit the nurser- 

 ies April 27. 



MAIIJNa PLANTS TO CANADA. 



The postal administration of Canada 

 having advised the U. S. Postoffice De- 

 partment that it has been necessary for 

 the Canadian customs authorities to re- 

 fuse entry to and reexport a consider- 

 able number of small shipments of pro- 

 hibited nursery stock from the United 

 States, the Postoffice Department hap 

 directed the attention of all postmasters 



Knolosed you will find some adver- 

 tlslnB matter. We bave a surplus, 

 and we beUeve IF ANYONE CAN 

 HSLP US MOVB IT, TOU CAN.— Atlan- 

 tic Nursery Co., Berlin, Md., D. W. 

 Baboock, War., January 80, 1915. 



to the postal regulations, which prohibit 

 the importation into Canada through 

 the mails of all nursery stock, including 

 trees, shrubs, plants, vines, grafts, 

 scions, cuttings or buds. Greenhouse- 

 grown florists' stock, cut flowers, her- 

 baceous perennials and bedding plants 

 are admitjted only in case a detailed 

 statement of the contents is attached 

 to the parcels containing such matter. 

 Postmasters have been directed to 

 adopt at their offices such additional 

 measures as may be necessary to pre- 

 vent the mailing to Canada of packages 

 of prohibited nursery stock and also of 

 packages of plants excepted from the 

 above prohibition unless such packages 

 conform to the conditions prescribed. 



SPRAY FOB APPLE TREES. 



What would be the best spray for 

 old apple trees which .have not been 

 sprayed for a long timfe"? I want to 

 know of the most inexpensive spray. 



B. T. D.— la. 



If you mean a winter spray, to be 

 applied only while the trees are per- 



fectly dormant, on a clear day, either 

 the lime-sulphur solution or one of the 

 soluble oils, such as Scaline or Scale- 

 cide, can be used. When a lot of spray- 

 ing has to be done, it will pay to use 

 the lime-sulphur spray. Otherwise one 

 of the soluble oils named, applied at 

 the rate of fifteen to twenty parts of 

 water to one part of the soluble -oils^ 

 makes a splendid spray, which cares for 

 the San Jose and other scales effec- 

 tively. 



In order to have good fruit, free 

 from blemish and from the attacks of 

 the codlin moth caterpillar and other 

 pests, spray the trees with arsenate of 

 lead and Bordeaux mixture as soon aa 

 the blossoms fall. A second spraying 

 twelve or fourteen days later, and a 

 third fourteen days later still, will 

 help to insure freedom from both in- 

 sect attacks and fungoid affections. 

 The best spray is always the cheapest. 

 C. W. 



THE VALUE OF A TEST ORCHARD. 



[An address by Harry Nicholson, of Winchester, 

 Tenn., before the convention of the Tennessee- 

 State Nurserymen's Association, on the subject. 

 "Should Every Nurseryman Have a Test Or- 

 chard?"] 



To the question, "Should every nurs- 

 eryman have a test orchard?" I would 

 answer, "Yes, if possible." I do not 

 know of anything that could be of 

 more help and pleasure to the nursery- 

 man than having a good test orchard 

 of the fruits he sends out to his cus- 

 tomers. That is the place for him to- 

 learn if the trees he sells are what they 



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