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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
ney, had done his work for years without compensation and 
had even paid the postage necessary. Upon Mr. Willard’s 
motion the association voted to pay the treasurer a salary of 
^50. 
Professer Bailey explained the importance of the 
meeting of the American Pomological Society in Cali¬ 
fornia next winter. J. H. Hale thought such a meeting 
would be worth attending. In regard to the expenses of 
the trip, Mr Hale stated that a party of 22 had made 
the trip in a special car and staid away about five 
weeks at an expense of from $130 to $175 each. Mr. 
Albaugh estimated the expenses much higher, about 
$225. The latter also advised the members to go as 
pomologists rather than as nurserymen, as there is con¬ 
siderable rivalry between the growers of the East and 
those of the Pacific coast. As an outcome of this dis¬ 
cussion the secretary of the society was instructed to 
send a copy of the proceedings of this meeting to the 
secretary of the American Pomological Society and re¬ 
quest that he notify members of the American Associa¬ 
tion when arrangements for the California meeting have 
been made. 
It was reported that E. W. Bull, the originator of 
the Concord grape, the most popular and the leading 
commercial representative of American grapes, was in 
need of financial assistance. Contributions for a purse 
for Mr. Bull were asked for and the sum of $100 was 
promptly raised for the purpose. 
William C. Barry, of Rochester, advocated a change 
in the time of meeting to December, but the majority 
preferred a date in June. It is still thought that the nur¬ 
serymen have more time to devote to the meeting in the 
summer. 
THE EXHIBITS. 
There were several exhibits at the convention. 
No list of the articles or the exhibitors was furnished, 
but a committee appointed by President Pearsall pre¬ 
pared a brief report. Among the exhibits were ever¬ 
greens from D. Hill, Dundee, Ilk; the Ricker National 
Nursery Company of Elgin, Ill., and the Niagara River 
Nurseries, Youngstown, N. Y.; the Greenville straw¬ 
berry from the Farmers’ Nursery Company, of Tadmor, 
O.; a portable appliance for applying “ Fostite ” from a 
wagon to small plants or large-sized trees, from C. H. 
Joosten, New York City; the Lehigh strawberry, from 
W B. K. Johnson, of Allentown, Pa ; fruit plates from 
the Rochester Lithographing Company, Rochester, 
N. Y.; the Tom Walker, Tadmor and Western Union 
strawberries from Ohio nurserymen, and plums and 
peaches on branches from Henry Lutts, of Youngs¬ 
town, N. Y. All the exhibits attracted much attention. 
The Greenville strawberry was regarded with wonder 
and admiration by all who were not acquainted with it. 
The peculiar merits of the other strawberries exhibited 
were especially noticed. One of the most attractive 
exhibits was the spraying apparatus shown by Mr. Joos¬ 
ten of New York city. A magazine is fitted to a com¬ 
mon wagon and the movement of the wagon operates 
the magazine distributing the powder which is a prevent¬ 
ive and cure for mildew, black rot, leaf blight, etc. 
A tube of rubber or iron conveys the powder to large 
bearing trees when desired. Smaller sizes, which have 
been used effectively for some time by nurserymen and 
florists, were shown. The large distributor was pur¬ 
chased on the spot by William Scott, the well-known 
florist of Buffalo, for use on his large carnation farm at 
Corfu. The Elgin Nurseries and D. Hill, of Dundee, 
Ilk, exhibited unusually fine specimens of young ever¬ 
greens, packed singly in soil and sewed securely in sacking. 
Nearly every kind was shown and the exhibit was large. 
Mr. Lutt exhibited branches of plums and peaches all 
well set with fruit. These formed an object lesson in 
spraying. Great benefit was shown. The Japanese 
plums came in for a large share of admiration. 
NURSERY INDUSTRY IN THE EAST. 
W. C. Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., read a paper on 
“The Nursery Industry in the East.” He said the nur¬ 
sery industry was in its infancy fifty years ago, and to¬ 
day it is recognized as one of the great commercial 
industries of the time. He gave a rapid resume of the 
half century’s work, referring briefly to “those pioneers 
and veterans who years ago in a wilderness, amid diffi¬ 
culties and obstacles of no ordinar}^ character, bravely 
and successfully laid the foundation of that magnificent 
structure to which we so proudly point to-day, and which 
will be for all time to come a monument to their zeal, 
enterprise and foresight.” As early as 1840 the science 
of pomology was systematically and enthusiastically 
studied. Speaking of the nurseries at Rochester in 
1840, Mr. Barry said that in that year the efforts being 
made at Rochester attracted notice, and Ellwanger & 
Barry are reported by Mr. Bateman in the Genesee 
Farmer, February, 1841, as having made “large im¬ 
provements.” “ They have seven acres under cultiva¬ 
tion and the location is a beautiful one, near the ceme¬ 
tery, about a mile from the city. They are making 
arrangements for planting an extensive nursery, and if 
industry and skill will insure success, these young men 
will surely succeed. The nursery of Asa Rowe, six 
miles from Rochester, is the oldest and most extensive 
in this vicinity.” About this time Geneva and Syracuse 
became prominent and the Maxwells and Smiths, and 
Smith & Hanchett, of Syracuse, began to propagate and 
grow nursery stock. The advancement of horticultural 
taste, and the rapid extension of orchards were noticed 
by the speaker, who included the Downings, the vete¬ 
ran J. J. Thomas, Patrick Barry, F. R. Elliott, and J. A. 
Warder, as among those who were then making a special 
