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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



June 22, 1906: 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOOATION OF NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., E. Albeitson, Bridgeport, Ind.; Vlce- 

 Pres., Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; Sec'y, Geo. 

 C. Seaifer, Rochester; Treas., C. L. Yates, Boches- 

 ter. The Slst annual convention will be held at 

 Dallas, Texas, June, 1906. 



Some cheap offers are being made on 

 standard pears. 



The second annual convention of the 

 Illinois Association of Cemeteries is be- 

 ing held at Dwight this week. 



St. Paul, Minn. — The tornado June 17 

 did considerable damage to stock at the 

 Mayville nursery of L. L. May & Co. 



The American Association of Park 

 Superintendents will hold its annual con- 

 vention at Buffalo June 28 to 30. A 

 trip to Eochester is planned for July 1. 



The southern nurseries find that their 

 stock, particularly budded peach trees, 

 was not injured so much by the late 

 frosts as had been feared. There will 

 be good quantities of year-old trees for 

 fall. 



The Spencer Seedless Apple Co. of 

 New England and New Jersey has been 

 incorporated in the state of New York, 

 the main office being at Plattsburgh, to 

 grow and deal in Spencer seedless apple 

 trees; capital, $300,000. Incorporators: 

 Ervine D. York, Flushing, N. Y. ; Horatio 

 S. Byrne, Dyckraan street; Francis M. 

 Whitney, No. 71 Broadway, both of New 

 York. 



NURSERYMEN*S CONVENTION. 



As briefly reported in the Eeview of 

 last week, the thirtieth annual con- 

 vention of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen was held at West 

 Baden, Ind., June 14 to 16 and brought 

 out the largest attendance in the his- 

 tory of the society. The total attend- 

 ance, including members and non-mem- 

 bers, was estimated to have been close 

 to 400 and the only factor which de- 

 tracted from the complete success of 

 the meeting was the excessively hot 

 weather. The meeting happened to fall 

 upon the hottest days known in June 

 for many years and the humidity was 

 something frightful, with the result 

 that the interest in the business ses- 

 sions was detracted from to a very 

 marked degree. 



It was impossible to keep the mem- 

 bers in their seats to listen to the 

 long program of essays and discus- 

 sions provided by the energetic and 

 assiduous Mr. Kelsey. The result was 

 that at the last moment the program 

 was pruned according to the String- 

 fellow method. The distinguished gen- 

 tlemen from the Department of Agri- 

 culture at Washington were well re- 

 ceived and given fair audiences, par- 

 ticularly Dr. Moore, who discussed soil 

 inoculation for leguminous crops. As- 

 sistant Secretary Willis M. Hays and 

 Prof. Hedgecock were also most inter- 

 esting speakers and their presence did 

 much to establish more cordial rela- 

 tions between the great governmental 

 department and the nursery interests. 

 Dr. Hedgecock 's address was closely 

 listened to, as it related to diseases 

 which every nurseryman must fight. 



C. J. Malloy, of EUwanger & Barry, 

 was also given a good audience for his 



remarks on the prices of ornamental 

 stock, which all agreed are too low. H. 

 C. Bird discussed methods by which 

 cost could be determined and it was 

 the general view that an effort should 

 be made toward the improvement of 

 grades in order that better prices may 

 be procured. 



When it came to the selection of a 

 place of meeting"' the question **Is it 

 hot enough for you?" was answered in 

 the negative, for a young man from 

 Dallas made such an entertaining talk 

 that the convention voted almost 

 unanimously to go to Texas in June 

 next year. 



The election of officers resulted as 

 follows: President, Emory Albertson, 

 Bridgeport, Ind.; vice-president, Or- 

 lando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; secretary, 

 Geo. C. Seager, Eochester; treasurer. 



Emory Albertson. 



(President American Association of 

 Nurserymen.) 



C. L. Yates, Eochester. The two lat- 

 ter have held their offices for a num- 

 ber of years. 



The election of Mr. Albertson as the 

 head of the society was a well earned 

 honor. He has for some years been 

 the chairman of the transportation 

 committee of the association and has 

 done much good work in behalf of 

 all nursery interests. He is the senior 

 partner of the firm owning what is 

 said to have been the development 

 from the first nursery established in 

 Indiana, by Oliver Albertson, in 1845. 

 This was in Washington county, but 

 the business was removed to Marion 

 county in 1875. Three hundred acres 

 are now included in the establishment 

 and the force includes about eighty 

 men during the busy season. The vice- 

 president is the head of one of the 

 largest wholesale nurseries in the 

 country and the largest in Maryland. 

 He has been mayor of Berlin in re- 

 cent years. 



There was a rather larger trade dis- 

 play than usual. The most interesting 

 feature, however, was a grafting ma- 

 chine, which was closely inspected by 

 every member. 



The entertainment was unusually 

 hospitable. Before and after the con- 

 vention many of the visitors made 

 trips to the nurseries in southern 

 Indiana and on Saturday a consider- 

 able party went to Mammoth Cave, 

 Ky., while others went to Chicago to 

 see the peony exhibition. 



During the convention the protective 

 associations held their annual meetings, 

 listened to eminently satisfactory reports 

 by secretaries and treasurers, and re- 

 elected officers. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. 



Will you kindly tell us if the Bor- 

 deaux mixture made of sulphate of 

 copper and ammonia, the same as used 

 for carnation rust, etc., will be good 

 for spraying fruit trees and what pro- 

 portion should be usedf Would there 

 be any danger of burning the foliage 

 if Paris green were added to the mix- 

 ture? A. S. 



The Bordeaux mixture is the princi- 

 pal fungicide used in treating fruit 

 trees for scab, rot, mildew and other 

 diseases. Its regular application in- 

 sures better plants and more perfect 

 fruit. The regular formula for mak- 

 ing it is: Sulphate of copper, six 

 pounds; fresh lime, four pounds; water 

 to make fifty gallons. We make it as 

 follows: Fill a barrel half full of water. 

 Place copper sulphate in a coarse 

 cheese-cloth bag and suspend near the 

 top of the water. In another barrel 

 place the unslaked lime. Add a small 

 quantity of water and keep adding and 

 stirring well until properly slaked. 

 When the lime 'is cool, pour it through 

 a fine sieve into the copper solution. It 

 is then ready to use. 



The first spraying for fruit trees 

 should be given when the buds are 

 swelling. The Bordeaux mixture at the 

 above strength is usually sufficient for 

 this application. A second spraying 

 before the flowers open is essential. At 

 this time it is well to add four ounces 

 of Paris green to the Bordeaux for 

 canker worms, bud moths or any other 

 pests attacking 'apples, pears and 

 plums. A similar spraying should be 

 given after the flowers have fallen and 

 still another a fortnight later. We 

 think four sprayings are necessary to 

 secure best results but many only give 

 two or three. 



There is no danger of burning foli- 

 age when Paris green at the strength 

 recommended is used with the Bor- 

 deaux. For grapes, Bordeaux may ho 

 used by itself for all applications, also 

 for cherries, kerosene emulsion being 

 used in addition to keep aphis in 

 check. The subscriber will find that it 

 pays to spray with Bordeaux mixture 

 and fruits thus treated are always 

 more salable and net higher prices 

 than those unsprayed. W. N. C. 



DWARF BOX! 



--.-AiPJ inches. Mfi.oo per 1000. 2 to 4 taches. 120 00 per 1600. 

 BPBOZmv BVEBOSBBjrS in auortment. Pricei upon appUcBtlon. 



HIRAM T. JONES, Union County Nursorios, ELIZABETH, N. J' 



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