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104 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 1. 1905. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOQATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., E W Klrkpatrlck, McKlnney, Tex.; 

 Vlce-Pres., C. L. Watrous, Des Moines; Sec'y, 

 Geo. C. Seager, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, 

 Rochester. The 29th annual convention will be 

 held at West Baden Springs, Ind., June U-17, 1905. 



J. C. Hale, "Winchester, Tenn., claims 

 tliat the Tennessee Wholesale Nurserj' 

 is the largest peach tree nursery in the 

 world. 



A New York concern which proposes 

 to raise spruce trees for the lumber has 

 recently imported from Germany nine- 

 teen hampers, each of which contains 

 17,000 seedlings. 



Nurserymen will be interested in the 

 fact that the postoffice department is 

 about to simplify the procedure under 

 which catalogues may be mailed in bulk 

 without stamps affixed. 



John Craig, secretary, announces that 

 the next biennial meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Pomological Society, the twenty- 

 ninth in the history of the organization, 

 will be held in Kansas City, August 8 

 to 10, 1905. The meeting goes to Kan- 

 sas City at the earnest request of the 

 Missouri Horticultural Society, backed 

 by the horticultural societies of the 

 Missouri Valley and western states in 

 general. J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, 

 Conn., is president. 



CURL LEAF. 



I have purple plums and golden elders 

 that have curl leaf. The golden elder is 

 not a light yellow, but was when I got 

 them. Probably there is too much 

 shade. Do they have to bs in the full 

 glare of the sun all day to bring out 

 the golden color? Mine are on the west 

 side of the house, with trees a distance 

 west of them, say forty feet. They all 

 grow well. S. J. P. 



The fact that the purple plum, which 

 we take to be Prunus Pissardi, and 

 golden elder are grown^in partial shade 

 would account in a large part for loss of 

 color in foliage. Both these plants want 

 all sunlight possible and nsither should 

 "be grown very near the house. The leaf 

 curl is probably caused by aphis. Ex- 

 amine the foliage which is curled. If 

 any aphis can be .found spray with a 

 solution of whale oil soap. This will 

 kill insects and eggs, directions for use 

 on each box. A syringing with any of 

 the tobacco extracts properly diluted will 

 be efficacious. "W. N. C. 



THE SEASON'S BUSINESS. 



The following summaries of the sea- 

 son's nursery trade have been received 

 from well known firms: 



J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. — 

 The past season's business has been a 

 good one, in which we have sold sev- 

 eral million strawberry plants and sev- 

 eral hundred thousand peach and apple- 

 trees. The season was late to start but 

 orders came fast and were promptly 

 waited on. About all salable stock is 

 cleaned up close. Prospects for fall 

 trade are good, especially on peach and 

 apple-trees. Weather conditions are 

 good and trees are making a rapid 

 growth. 



J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn. — The 



past season's business among the nurs- 

 erymen of this section was very satis- 

 factory so far as I know. I sold more 

 peaches last year than usual but prices 

 were low on account of there being 

 such a large quantity. There will be a 

 sliortaffe in the peach-tree crop this 

 year in the south of at least fifty per 

 cent from last year. The seeds planted 

 last fall were cut at least fifty per cent 

 and the stand is not as good as usual. 

 In addition to this a very severe freeze 

 in February, followed by another in 

 April, did considerable damage to our 

 dormant peach buds and the supply of 

 one-year peach for fall delivery will 

 be materially cut. 



^— ' THE SEEDLESS APPLE. 



The Brooklyn, N. Y., Eagle has a por- 

 trait of John F. Spencer, of Grand Junc- 

 tion, Colo., and an account of his seed- 

 less apple, which, whatever one may 

 think of the facts, is interesting reading. 

 Here are some extracts: 



Seedless apples have existed for 200 or 300 

 years. There are many trees In the Unlte«l 

 States that bear apples without seeds. But the 

 apples produced are of no commercial value. 

 They are very small, have no coloring to speak 



of, and are "runty" and Inferior In every way. 

 In addition, these trees will not reproduce trees 

 of their own kind. 



Mr. Spencer succeeded. In his experimental or- 

 chard, In producing five trees that bore apples 

 practically without seeds, but the fruit wsa 

 of poor quality. From these Ave trees he began 

 budding and grafting, to see if the trees would 

 reproduce themselves, and at the same time im- 

 prove the quality of the fruit. lAs a result he 

 now has trees in his orchard that are four, 

 six and eight years old. and they all bear seed- 

 less apples of fine quality and flavor. 



Sometimes a seed is found in this new apple, 

 but it is never where the seed pocket should 

 be. This seed is produced by the pollen from 

 the common apple tree, which is carried to the 

 seedless apple trees, either by the bees or 

 winds. Whenever this pollen is deposited in 

 the navel end of a seedless apple, there will 

 be found a seed, usually in the outer peeling 

 of the apple. 



The commercial value of Mr. Spencer's work 

 has been recognized Immediately. The origina- 

 tor of the new apple is vice-president of a com- 

 pany organized to exploit the apple. Most of 

 the United States has been covered by sub- 

 companies, and within six months the whole 

 country will be covered. The new apples will 

 be raised in orchards in every state, and in 

 addition the company has arranged for a nur- 

 sery of 60,000 to be started in Switzerland this 

 spring, as well as a nursery of the same size 

 in Great Biitaln. It Is estimated tha^ there 

 will be lined out in the United States this 

 spring 2,000,000 seedless apple trees, which will 

 be budded at the proper budding season this 

 fall, and these trees will be delivered in the 

 spring of 1906. With these trees scattered all 

 over the world in a few years the seedless apple 

 will be as common as the seedless orange. 



DWARF BOX! 



3 to 5 iDCbes. $2fi.0O per 1000. 2 to 4 iDOhes $20 00 per lOCO. 

 8PECZMSV BVEBOKEENS in assortmeDt. Prices upon application. 



HIRAM T. JONES, Union County Nursorios, ELIZABETH, N. J. 



BABY RAMBLER 



Ever-BIoomlnff Dwarf CrlmsoB Bambler. 



A gem among Roses. Au ever-blooming, dwarf 

 reproduction of Urlmscn Rambler. Always in 

 bloom. Every Florist in the land should baveit. 

 2^inch pot plants, now ready for delivery, 

 S2.60 per doz.: $17.50 per 100; $150 00 per 1000. 



THE DIN6EE & CONARD CO., Wist Grove.Pa. 



Mention "Hie Review when yon write 



PEONIES 



800 Choloest 



Varieties 

 Larffe Stock. 



LIIilKS, Hardy Sort*, about 40,000 bulbs. 

 OLiADIOLiItin fine named and unnamt'd sorts. 

 DAHLIAS, Rlohardlas. Madeira Vioen. 

 SDOAK SLAPIiKS. 6 Inches to 10 feet, 100,000. 

 CATALFA speciosa seedlings. List in sea- 

 son. K. Y. T£A8. CKNT£KyiL.L.K, IND. 

 Mention The Review when yon write. 



30 ACRES HARDY 



Herbaceous Plants 



Peonies, Iris, Phlox and Hollyhocks, 

 specialties. Descriptive Catalogue 

 and trade price list free. 



\J. T.LOVETT. Little Silver, N. J.j 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



PEONIES. 



Wholesale and retail catalogues ready for 

 distribution. Sent free on application. 



All stock guaranteed true to name. Send 

 your orders in early to be assured of a good 

 collection for fall planting. 



PETERSON NURSERY, 



604 W. Peterson Ave., CKICAOO, IIiZ.. 



HALF PRICE 



KKIllr I ]2tol8in.... $7.00perl000 



I IIIsIbI 18to24in 10.00 per 1000 



2 to 3 feet 15.00 per 10.0 



Mention the above prices when ordering. 



300,000 Boses, 2 and 4-in. pot plants, extra 

 fine. Prices and varieties on app'icatlon. 



The Elizabeth Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. J. 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY 



GENEVA, N. Y. 



Wholesale 

 Growers of 



JTAMEVTAl^ TBEES. 

 Shrabs, Xoses, Clema- 

 tls, Frnit Trees and 

 Small Fmlts In irut nrltti 



Send for our Wholesale Price Iilst. 



Mention The Review wh(>n ynrt wr1t». 



EVERGREENS B- 



Specialties— White Pine, Hemlock and 

 Large ETergreens. SprioK list for details. 



Andorra Nurseries 



Ww.WannrllifUf.Pio p. Chestnut Hill. Pa. 



Mention The RptIpw when yon write 



rVERGREEN. 



1^^ An Immense Stock of both large and 



^^^ small sized KVISBGBKEN TR BBS In 



great variety; also EVBBOREBM 



SHRUBS. Correspondence solicited. 



THE WM. H. MOON CO., yorrlsville, Pi. 



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FOR FALL 1905 



Roses, rtrong, home-grown plants, hardy perennials 



and Ramblers. 

 Clematis, large flowering and pantculata. 

 Climbing Vines, leading varieties. 

 Ornamental Shrubtt aud Trees, fine assortment. 

 Jackson & Perliius Co.. N«wark, >iew York 

 Mention The Rerlew when yog write. 



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