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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National Nurseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
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Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to 
nurserymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
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ROCHESTER, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1894. 
LESS STOCK AND BETTER. 
This is the watchword which every nurseryman 
should take up and herald throughout the land. It 
expresses the result which must be attained before the 
nursery business muII return to its former prosperous 
condition. Each nurserymen should look at the ques¬ 
tion squarely and resolve to grow better stock and less 
of it. He will, in this way only, secure a fair price for 
his labor. The country is filled with stock of low grade 
produced under circumstances intended to enable sales 
to be made at a rate inconsistent with that for which 
good stock could be sold. Even the largest and most 
prominent growers are producing cheap stock as well as 
the best. There is no difficulty in disposing of good 
stock. It is in the disposal of the poorer qualities that 
the evil results. There would be less poor stock on the 
grounds of the growers, large and small, if greater care 
were taken in its production. 
MUNICIPAL nurserip:s. 
In a recent issue of Garden and Forest establishment 
of municipal nurseries is advocated in connection with re¬ 
marks upon the recommendations of leading nurserymen of 
kinds of trees for street planting. It is stated that the 
plan has been successfully adopted in Paris and Washington. 
It is probable that for very large cities like Paris, London, 
New York, Brooklyn and Washington, such a plan would 
be found desirable. But for cities of ordinary size the 
amount of planting of street trees would hardly warrant the 
authorities in adding to the numerous municipal depart¬ 
ments one devoted to the raising of trees. There are many 
things which the largest cities require above those of ordi¬ 
nary size and possibly a municipal nursery is one of them. 
But the facilities which the many standard nurseries of this 
country possess for the proper raising of suitable trees for 
ornamental purposes are sufficient to supply any demand in 
■ this direction at prices which leave little or nothing to be 
gained by comparison with what a municipality could pro¬ 
vide. What is most needed by cities is, as referred to by 
the journal quoted, proper care after planting in permanent 
positions. 
The nurserymen have comparatively few. meetings of 
their own but it is noticeable that the most prominent and the 
most progressive nurserymen attend regularly, in addition to 
their own meetings, those of the state and county horticul¬ 
tural societies where they obtain much valuable information 
regarding the demands of their customers, the planters. One 
of the most important meetings of the season was that of 
the Western New York Horticultural Society in this city 
and there the leading nurserymen of Western Neu^ York 
shared with the professors of colleges and the directors of 
state and federal stations the honors of discussion and rep¬ 
resentation upon the society’s large and distinguished li.st 
of officers and committees. These meetings are of mutual 
interest to growers and planters of nursery stock. The 
cordial manner in which the two classes work together is a 
noticeable feature of these meetings. Their interests are 
one, and many of the best known nurseiymen are horticul¬ 
turists. 
THE P. BARRY PEAR. 
Among pears of recent introduction the seedlings 
raised by the late B. S. Fox of California are deserving 
of special notice. While they may not become popular 
for orchard purposes owing to their being poor growers 
in the nursery, they will always be valuable for the 
amateur on account of the delicious quality of the fruit. 
“The P. Barry ” is one of these; it is of large size, 
pyriform ; skin orange yellow, covered with russet dots 
and blotches ; flesh very juicy, buttery, fine-grained ; 
flavor sprightly, rich, excellent ; resembles Anjou in 
texture of flesh and Winter Nellis in color of skin and 
juiciness of flesh ; tree a poor grower and must be top- 
grafted. Orchardists can have it by top-grafting on a 
better growing kind. The best late winter pear ; ripe 
in April ; remarkable for its keeping qualities, showing 
no tendency to decay at the core. Ellwanger & Barry 
exhibited fine specimens of this pear at the World’s 
Fair in latter part of May. The frontispiece is from 
a photograph of fruit grown by Ellwanger & Barry. 
OXE OF THE BEST PUBLISHED. 
Nichols & Lohton, Davenpobt Nurseries, Davenport, Ia. 
—“ Enclosed find .fl for one of the best papers published.” 
