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FIRST FRO ITS 



berries and other small fruits, and total value of pro- 

 ducts in 1889. Vegetables and fruits Jor canning : Num- 

 ber of acres and products, in bushels, of peas and beans, 

 green corn, tomatoes, other vegetables and fruits. Or- 

 chards : Apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, plums 

 and prunes, and other orchard fruits ; in each the num- 

 ber of acres, crop in 1889, number of bearing trees, num- 

 ber of young trees not bearing, and value of all orchard 

 products sold. Vineyards : Number of acres in vines 

 bearing and in young vines not bearing; products of 

 grapes and raisins, and value in 1889. 



New Agricultural Colleges. — The Clemson Agri- 

 cultural college is founded by the bequest of Thomas 

 G. Clemson, son-in-law of John C. Calhoun, and is to 

 be established at Fort Hill, South Carolina, the home 

 of the great statesman. The original gift was $100,000 

 and the estate. The state has supplemented the bequest 

 by $15,000 appropriated for buildings and some other 

 purposes, and the Hatch fund of $15,000 has been trans- 

 ferred to it from the State University. The fertilizer 

 tax is also transferred to it. 



The New Mexico Agricultural college has been organ- 

 ized recently. Hiram Hadley is president and director 

 of the experiment station, and A. E. Blount, late of the 

 Colorado Agricultural college, has charge of agriculture 

 and horticulture. 



The Utah Agricultural college is located at Logan 

 City. It is just getting under way. Professor J. W. 

 Sanborn, formerly of the Missouri State University, is 

 is president and director of the station. The horticul- 

 ture is in charge of E. S. Richman, formerly of the 

 Arkansas Industrial University, and W. P. Cutter, from 

 Cornell, takes the chemistry. 



North Dakota has recently established an agricultural 

 college and expriment station. 



Nurserymen's Association. — (Continued from last 

 month). — George W. Campbell speaking of grapes 

 strongly favored the Woodruff Red. He thought it the 

 best red grape yet introduced for general planting, al- 

 though the quality is not high. " Success in grape cul- 

 ture," said Mr. Campbell, " requires that a variety be 

 selected which is adapted to the locality in which it is 

 desired to plant : the area of adaptation is much wider 

 for some varieties than others. 



"I have hopes that with the use of the sulphate of 

 copper solutions the Delaware grape may be grown 

 successfull}' over a larger section of the country than 

 even the Concord. 



" I believe the general adoption and use of the new 

 fungicides and insecticides recently introduced will 

 enable us to grow many of the best varieties where it is 

 now impossible so to do. " 



It was asked if any member could recommend a 

 variety of grape to plant with the Brighton for the pur- 

 pose of fertilization, Mr. Hale, of Connecticut, has 

 Brighton planted with a row of Lady on one side and 



a mixed row of Concord and Moore's Early on the other. 

 His crop of Brightons is sure and unusually good in 

 quality and bunch. 



A member remarked that the Iowa Experiment 

 Station had proven that the Rogers hybrids do better 

 when planted close by Concords, than alone or near any 

 other sort. 



F. W . Kelsey, of New York, in his paper on trans- 

 planting evergreens urged that they be several times 

 transplanted in the nursery. He held that the universal 

 successful transplanting of evergreens in Europe was 

 because of this precaution. 



J. W. Manning agreed with the speaker, and it was 

 his practice to transplant evergreens in the nursery 

 every two or three years. A customer of his carted 

 582 trees 20 miles from, the nursery and lost but 26 

 trees in planting. This good result Mr. Manning 

 thought was due to the frequent transplanting the trees 

 had had in the nursery. 



J. H. Hale, of Connecticut, talked about his success 

 in peach culture. It was due, he said, to the proper 

 selection of soil and locality, liberal feeding and con- 

 stant care, to the pruning of the trees and the judicious 

 thinning of the crop. The fruit was carefully picked, 

 closely assorted, four grades being made, and honestly 

 and attractively packed. 



J. W. Manning, Jr., urged the importance of hardy 

 perrenials in the nursery. The planting public is be- 

 coming familiar with the beauty and value of this class 

 of plants, and the nurserymen must be prepared to sup- 

 ply the demand. 



B. E. Fernow, chief of the Forestry Division of the 

 Department of Agriculture, discussed the forestry 

 problem in its relation to nurserymen. In the discus- 

 sion which followed the speaker alluded to the dispo- 

 sition now prevalent to plant black walnut trees for 

 profit. He urged that too much store be not placed on 

 this tree for profit, as only for the first 15 or 20 years is 

 it a fast grower. After that its growth is slow and its 

 value comes chiefly with age. 



Regarding the best forest tree for general planting, 

 Mr. Carpenter, of Nebraska, said that the black walnut 

 was one of the most valuable for general planting for 

 small plantations. In the west the black locust and 

 catalpa were the most valuable, but a judicious mixture 

 of the three would be the best. 



Patrick Barry. — Early on the morning of June 23, 

 Patrick Barry, the great horticulturist, passed peace- 

 fully away at his home, in the presence of his entire 

 family. 



It is impossible to do full justice to the life and work 

 of Mr. Barry. He was born in Ireland, near the city 

 of Belfast, in 1816. After receiving a liberal educa- 

 tion, he emigrated to this country at the age of twenty 

 years. Entering the employ of the' Princes, of Flush- 

 ing, Long Island, as a clerk, he devoted his time and 

 energies to his chosen occupation, and in the remark- 



