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NURSERY NEWS. 



AHEBICAN ASSOCIATION Of NDBSERIISN. 



Pres., J. W. Hill, Dea Moines. la.j Vlce-pres., 

 CM. Hobba, Brlojeport, Ind.: Sec'y, Geo. C. 

 Sever, Rocheeter; Treas., C. L. Yates. Rochester- 

 The 33(1 annual convention will be held at MU- 

 'waukee, June, 19uT. 



The in07 peach crop of Oklahoma is 

 estimated at 450,000 bushels. 



Althaea Meehanii seems to have 

 caught on, and will be in demand next 

 year. 



F. W. Watsok, Topeka, Kan., is on 

 a three months' eastern trip with his 

 family. 



The agent who sends in fake orders 

 still is abroad in the land, although near- 

 ly every week he gets into jail in some 

 town or other. 



A. C. Tambornino has bought an in- 

 terest iu the McCabe Nursery Co., Le 

 Seur Center, Minn., and will, with the 

 former proprietor, endeavor to enlarge 

 the business. 



H. M. Stbinqfellow now is engaged 

 in a newspaper discussion to prove that 

 peaches in Texas should be grown on un- 

 cultivated soil; that it was either the 

 sod or the absence of it that determined 

 whether peach trees came through the last 

 winter unscathed. 



W. L. Taylor, formerly in the nursery 

 business at Howard Lake and Litchville, 

 Minn., and an ex-president of the Minne- 

 sota State Horticultural Society, has 

 bought twenty acres of land at Mandan, 

 N. D., to start a nursery. J. B. Saun- 

 ders, a son-in-law, will be associated 

 with him. 



NURSERYMEN'S CONVENTION. 



Succeuful Meetiog at Detroit. 



The thirty-second annual convention of 

 the American Association of Nurserymen 

 was held in Detroit, June 12 to 14, with 

 headquarters at Hotel Cadillac. The at- 

 tendance was ahead of that of previous 

 meetings, not speaking of the last one 

 in Texas, where so many from in that 

 state were in attendance. Nearly every 

 •state in the Union was represented. 

 Looking at the meeting from a business 

 standpoint, it was not as good as that 

 held last. year. This was due to stock 

 being plentiful and cheap; therefore buy- 

 ers are not in so much of a hurry to 

 place orders. Last year conditions were 

 just the reverse. 



After the first session was called to 

 order, June 12, by President Orlando 

 Harrison, of Berlin, Md., City Comp- 

 troller Doremus, owing to the mayor's 

 absence from the city, welcomed the 

 nurserymen to Detroit. He not only gave 

 them permission to violate all "Keep off 

 the grass" signs, but told them they 

 might dig up trees or shrubs in the parks 

 in the pursuit of knowledge. Charles A. 

 Ilgenfritz followed with a warm welcome 

 to Michigan. 



President'B Address. 



President Harrison then delivered the 

 president's annual address. He made 

 several recommendations, some of them 

 as follows: The association should es- 

 tablish a claim department, the business 

 of this department being to look after 

 the interests of the members in their 

 troubles with the transportation compa- 



nieff. He also stated that there should 

 be closer cooperation between the nurs- 

 erymen of this country; that they should 

 exchange ideas and experiences. In 

 speaking of the press, the president 

 stated that the nurserymen should keep 

 in closer touch with the editors of the 

 trade papers. The editors should try to 

 be personally acquainted with their ad- 

 vertisers, so that when any question is 

 put to them about an advertiser they can 

 speak intelligently. He also stated that 

 the nurserymen are the poorest adver- 

 tisers of any class of business men in 

 the country. He also spoke of establish- 

 ing a bureau of information for pros- 

 pective nurserymen, saying that many 

 young men graduating from the different 

 colleges would make fine nurserymen if 

 given a little encouragement along this 

 line. He also commented highly on the 

 civic associations, saying that every town 

 should have one. The president criti- 

 cised the fumigation of nursery stock 

 and stated that the safest method to 

 guard against disease is by dipping. He 

 also suggested that the nurserymen and 

 entomologists should cooperate more than 

 they do. The president reviewed the 



J.W.HilL 



(President-elect American Association of 

 Nurserymen.) 



work of the different committees, speak- 

 ing highly of their work. 



When reports were requested from the 

 chairmen of the committees, the chair- 

 man of the transportation committee, 

 Mr. Beed, stated that he had not so 

 favorable a report as in 1906. He spoke 

 of trouble with some of the railroads 

 that refused to live up to the different 

 rates agreed to. Mr. Eeed also stated 

 that the members should keep in closer 

 touch with freight rates, for their own 

 benefit. The tariff committee had not 

 much to report. Neither did the commit- 

 tees on legislation and on uniform in- 

 spection. Chairman J. W. Hill, of the 

 ways and means committee, stated that 

 the sum of $2,940 had been pledged to 

 defray any extra expenses that might oc- 

 cur, but so far had not been needed. He 

 recommended a special representative for 

 the ensuing year. Mr. Hill also stated 

 that in order to obtain better and more 

 sensible laws the society should deal with 

 the national government. Mr. Albaugh, 



of Ohio, said there is no such thing as 

 a place free of scale. He advised the 

 cutting down of infected trees as the 

 only way of keeping San Jose scale in 

 check. Thomas Meehan, of the National 

 Council of Horticulture, presented a let- 

 ter advocating the subscription of sums 

 by the different horticultural bodies to 

 assist in carrying on the good work of 

 the council. Last year some forty-three 

 articles were published, eighteen apply- 

 ing to nurseries. Prof. Craig recom- 

 mended that the association select the 

 material to be published. 



The secretary's report was favorable. 

 The dues having been advanced from $3 

 to $5, there was a falling off of eighty- 

 two members, but this was not thought 

 bad. 



The treasurer's report showed a bal- 

 ance of $3,317.33, the total expenses for 

 the year being $2,341.70. 



At the afternoon session on Wednes- 

 day state vice-presidents were named, as 

 follows : 



Alabama, H. B. Chase. 



Arkansas, W. G. Vlncenheller. 



California, F. W. Power. 



Colorado, A. M. Ferguson. 



Connecticut, C. B. Burr. 



Delaware, E. S. Collins. 



Florida, B. C. Simpson. 



Georgia, C. T. Smith. 



Illinois, G. A. Bryant. 



Indiana, CM. Hobbs. 



Iowa, E. M. Sherman. 



Kansas, A. WllUs. 



Kentucky, H. T. Hellemeyer. 



Louisiana, A. K. Cllngman. 



Maryland, Charles M. Peters. 



Maryland, Frank Weber. 



Massachusetts, Mr. Uobinson. 



Michigan, C. A. Ilgenfiltz. 



Minnesota, Clarence Wedge. 



Mississippi, P. W. Crowell. . . 



Montana, D. J. Tlghe. 



Nebraska, George Marshall. 



New Hampshire, John C. Chase. 



New Jersey, William Flemer. 



New York, William Pitkin. 



North Carolina, J. Van Llndley. 



Ohio, J. W. McNary. 



Oklahoma, J. A.yLopeman. 



Oregon, M. McDonald. 



PennsylFanla, T. B. Meehan. 



South Dakota, G. H. Whiting. 



Tennessee, E. W. Chatten. 



Texas, E. W. Klrkpatrlck. 



Utah, P. A. Dlx. 



Virginia, W. W. Woods. 



West Virginia, B. T. Southern. 



Wisconsin, R. J. Coe. 



Thursday. 



Thursday the rain poured nearly all 

 (lay, interfering with the program pre- 

 pared by the entertainment committee. 



Most of the morning was taken up by 

 the reading of essays. In the afternoon 

 there was a lecture on "How Can Nurs- 

 erymen Prevent Apple Crown-Gall and 

 Hairy-Root?" by Prof. G. G. Hedgcock, 

 U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



Thursday evening officers were elected, 

 as follows: President, J. W. Hill, Des 

 Moines, la.; vice-president, C. M. Hobbs, 

 Bridgeport, Ind.; secretary, George C. 

 Seager, Eochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. 

 Yates, Rochester, N. Y. Executive com- 

 mittee; J. H. Dayton, chairman, Paines- 

 ville, O. ; C. M. Sherman, Charles City, 

 la.; Henry B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 



Milwaukee was chosen as the next 

 place of meeting, in preference to Coney 

 Island or the east. 



Friday Morning. 



It was necessary to hold a long meet- 

 ing Friday morning, in order to wind 

 up the program. 



After the reading of several essays, 

 the committee on the president's address 

 handed in its report. The report favored 

 closer cooperation in the testing of new 

 varieties, sustained the president's idea 

 of encouraging civic associations, and 

 recommended the appointing of a com- 

 mittee of three to meet the entomologists 



