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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1913 



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Georgia. Thomas J. Steed. 



A Word of Explanation 



WE HAVE received the following communi- 

 cation from Mr. Adolph Kruhm, author of 

 "How to Buy Nursery Stock" which was published 

 in the October, 1912, Garden Magazine. There 

 are always two sides to every argument and, when 

 we can, we are glad to present them both to our 

 readers, as in this case: 



To the Editors: 



I have read with interest Mr. Fred Haxton's 

 criticism of my article in the December magazine, 

 and it is my desire to justify myself and my article 

 in the eves of your readers. 



I know from practical experience, of The Garden 

 Magazine for nearly eight years, that the readers 

 of The Garden Magazine are just as particular 

 about the price and just as tight-fisted as the men 

 who read the poorest kind of mail order maga- 

 zine, because the latter often spend money 

 foolishly while The Garden Magazine readers 

 will carefully consider and let the price rule them 

 every time. 



In regard to the English Morello cherry; it has 

 slender trunks with many fibrous roots, but this 

 is such a small exception that I did not consider 

 it worth while mentioning it in an article constructed 

 along the broad lines of my article. But who ever 

 heard of cherry being budded on Morello stock? 

 The man who does it is either trying a new stunt, 

 or he doesn't know any better. Mahaleb grown 

 from pits of sour sorts and Mazzard grown from 

 pits of sweet cherries are the only stocks used for 

 budding cherries. 



The criticism contained in the fourth paragraph 

 of Mr. Haxton's letter is warranted, since I should 

 have made it clear that my talk referred more to 

 ornamentals than to fruit trees. I know that 

 fruit trees are never transplanted in the nursery 

 row. 



There is absolutely nothing more important than 

 the caliper measure of a tree. When all transac- 

 tions between wholesale nurserymen and retail 

 nurserymen, and between retail nurserymen and 

 private planters are governed by the caliper stand- 

 ard of measurement, purchasers will get better 

 fruit trees. Most nurserymen are honest, and the 

 practice of cutting back the heads of inferior trees 

 to grow them for larger caliper and sell them as 

 two-year old trees when they are really three years 

 old, is a "sharp" practice to which most good 

 nurserymen will not resort. Three-year old trees 

 are always plainly marked as such, except perhaps, 

 where stock of this kind is "palmed" oil on a local 

 trade or used to fill an agent's order. That kind 

 of matter does not belong in The Garden Maga- 

 zine, since it is not uplifting the standard. Why 

 should you tell people that misusages exist about 

 which they had better remain ignorant? 



It is unfortunate that more one-year old trees 

 are being called for every year. But only once in a 

 while will there be a block of one-year old trees 

 that will safely stand transplanting. The reason 

 for one-year old trees gaining in popularity is be- 

 cause the public is looking for bargains and cheap 

 trees. The man who advocates the buying of 

 one-year old trees has usually more than he can 

 use in the ordinary run of business. Many people 

 will buy a great lot of one-year old trees when half 

 that number of good two-year old ones would do 

 them much more good. But this opinion will not 

 hold good for the man who has more one-year old 

 trees than he has any use for. 



Finally, I want to say that no article of any 

 consequence has ever been written that will not be 

 picked to pieces by some of its readers. My 

 article, if taken seriously by honest nurserymen, 

 will really help to raise the standard in that line of 

 business. If I have stepped on somebody's toes 

 that shows that there must have been some truth 

 in what I said. 



Ohio. Adolph Kruhm. 



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