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The Florists' Review 



JuNs 12, 1913. 



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NEWS OF THE NURSERY TRADE 



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There probably were more apple and 

 peaeh on this season's brush piles than 

 ever before in the history, of the nursery 

 trade. 



I. J. Feazer, nurseryman, of Eden- 

 vale, Cal., has petitioned to be declared 

 insolvent. He owes $4,750 and has no 

 assets, according to his schedule. 



J. H. Dayton, of the Storrs & Har- 

 rison C!o., says that much to his regret 

 he finds himself unable to make the trip 

 to Portland. He is an ex-president of 

 the A. A. N. 



It is of special interest to note how 

 many nurserymen say that while the de- 

 mand for fruit trees fell off this year, 

 the call for ornamental stock was un- 

 precedented. There is a tip here for 

 florists as well as nurserymen. 



E. S. Welch, proprietor of the Mount 

 Arbor Nurseries, Shenandoah, la., is pre- 

 paring to make a trip to France and 

 Holland this summer and finds himself 

 unable to go to Portland. He had ex- 

 pected to attend the A. A. N. convention 

 and was put on the program for a paper 

 on "The Traffic Manager," but says 

 "the time of such conventions is too lim- 

 ited to be taken up with reading essays 

 from absent ones," and he has not pre- 

 pared anything. 



CONDITIONS NORTH. 



The trade in the northern lake sec- 

 tions was later this year than for many 

 seasons, because of weather conditions, 

 but it was nevertheless a favorable sea- 

 son after it started. E. D. Underwood, 

 of the Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, 

 Minn., says. 



"The spring of 1913 has been gener- 

 ally satisfactory. In the north, how- 

 ever, we have had peculiar conditions 

 under which to work, as the frost 

 stayed in the ground unusually late and 

 we were fully two weeks later than 

 usual in all of our shipping and plant- 

 ing operations. Weather conditions, 

 however, have been generally satisfac- 

 tory for successful transplanting in this 

 latitude, and the outlook for fall sales 

 is good. ' ' 



CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH. 



Owing to the excessive rains, which 

 prevailed throughout the entire winter, 

 with Georgia nurserymen planting in 

 heavy soil was seriously delayed, the 

 rainfall in March being nearly nine 

 inchesr 



"In the last fifty days," said L. A. 



Berckmans at Augusta June 5, "we 

 have had less than one inch of rainfall; 

 consequently some of the young stock 

 planted out late is suffering, but it is 

 surprising how the old stock is grow- 

 ing. Spring sales on ornamentals," he 

 continued, "were unusually heavy. 

 There was an overproduction of apples 

 last season and in consequence these 

 were thrown on the market at bargain 

 counter rates, which caused a demorali- 

 zation in prices, not only affecting the 

 apples but many other lines of nursery 

 stock. Many inquiries are being re- 

 ceived for quotations for fall, peaches, 

 pecans and ornamentals being in the 

 greatest demand. There is much demand 

 for landscape work throughout the 

 south and we have many large con- 

 tracts now on hand. These contracts 

 cover the south from Virginia to Texas. 

 "The peach crop of Georgia will be 

 small. It is now estimated at not more 

 than 1,450 cars, but the fruit is in fine 

 shape, the orchards having been fer- 

 tilized, cultivated and pruned and the 

 fruit thoroughly sprayed. The fruit 

 growers of Georgia have long since 

 found out that to get good fruit they 

 must spray for curculio and brown 

 rot." 



TOO MUCH IN THE DAKK. 



One of the stock arguments of the 

 nurseryman who is asked to advertise 

 in a trade paper is that quoting prices 

 in such a public manner will result in 

 all his competitors cutting under, being 

 bad for the trade and, especially, leav- 

 ing him to hold the bag. How it works 

 when circulars are used, or when prices 

 are quoted on individual orders, is shown 

 by the following extract from a letter 

 from B. J. Bagby, treasurer of the New 

 Haven Nurseries, New Haven, Mo.: 



"We have no objection to frankly 

 admitting that this season's busi- 

 ness was much less than previous years 

 for the same class of goods; in fact, the 

 demand was not sufficient to clean up 

 all of our peach, pear, cherry or apple, 

 the largest surplus being on peach. 

 Bather than break down prices on this 



stock we allowed other growers to sup- 

 ply some of our best customers at lower 

 prices than we had quoted, but our loss 

 in trade was not so much from the lack 

 of demand, perhaps, as in not meeting 

 the market conditions with our cus- 

 tomers, in the way of prices. In other 

 words, we were not posted. We believe 

 this is a weak place^n the nursery busi- 

 ness. All of us saQ too much in the 

 dark, and we believe that the reliable 

 growers would be glad to protect each 

 other's interests, but our lack of in- 

 formation prevents us from doing so." 



A NEW NUSSERY COMPANY. 



The F. W. Brow Nursery Co., of Bose 

 Hill, N. Y., has been incorporated, with 

 $25,000 capital, practically all of which 

 is subscribed. It will operate one of 

 the largest nurseries in central New 

 York. 



The company, which has been in pro- 

 cess of organization for several months, 

 has 100 acres of excellent land at Bose 

 Hill which has been planted and it is 

 expected that the acreage will be great- 

 ly increased next year. The company 

 will do a general nursery business, spe- 

 cializing, however, in fancy fruit trees. 

 Mr. Brow is a practical nurseryman and 

 has had charge of some of the largest 

 nurseries in the east. He will have 

 charge of the company's farm at Bose 

 Hill. 



The directors of the company, be- 

 sides Mr. Brow, are Frank B, Mills, of 

 the Mills Seed Co., at Bose Hill, and C. 

 Albert Weeks, of Skaneateles. The 

 company will not commence to market 

 its product until next year. 



PLANT QUARANTINE RULES. 



The complete text of the plant quar- 



HARDY CHOICE 



ORNAMENTALS 



Ask for Prices 



Hiram T. Jones 



UaiM Coaaty Naneries. EUZABETH. N. J. 



North Carolina Natural Peach Pits 



We have a limited stock of 1912 crop. The seed bare been kept in good storage 

 and are in first-class condition and are all genuine North Carolina natural pits. 



WRITB US FOR PRICES 



J. K. MORRISON QRO. & PROD. CO., Statesyille, N.C. 



BuecesBors to Morrison Prod. »c Pro v. Co. 



Mention Tbe Reriew wben joa writ*. 



NURSERY STOCK FOR FLORISTS' TRADE 



PRUIT TRBBS ORNAMENTAL TREES SHRUBS CLEMATIS SMALL FRUITS 



ROSES EVERGREENS 



W. & T. SMITH COMPANY. Ccaevi. N. Y. 



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