THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
due homage to the advocate and best friend of the rose 
which has not yet been deprived of her high position as 
queen of flowers. The most prominent rose growers in 
America met to welcome the distinguished English visi¬ 
tor, and there was no doubt of the band of union between 
the horticulturists of the two countries. A most appro¬ 
priate feature of the occasion was the christening of a 
new rose, the “ Dean Hole.” The dean said that his 
favorite rose was Souvenir d’un Ami, but that it, as well 
as the chrysanthemum and the carnation which had been 
named after him since he came to this country, would 
have to give place to the new comer. 
Some of the results of the work on Long Island under 
the direction of the State Experiment Station are already 
published in the following bulletins: No, 74, Observa¬ 
tions on the Application of Insecticides and Fungicides; 
No. 75 , 1 . Insects injurious to Squash, Melon and Cucum¬ 
ber Vines ; II. The Asparagus Beetle. These bulletins 
are for free distribution and we urge those of our readers 
who are not now receiving the bulletins of this station, 
to send their address to the director. Dr. Peter Collier, 
Geneva, N. Y., asking to have their names placed on the 
bulletin list. 
The season for the annual meetings of the horticultural 
societies throughout the country is at hand. Many nur¬ 
serymen are members of horticultural societies. Those 
who are not will find it greatly to their advantage to ally 
themselves with the district and state organizations near¬ 
est them. Ihe topics discussed are of special interest to 
nurserymen, and opportunity is there afforded of learning 
what the planters want, and of correcting false impressions 
regarding varieties. 
Cy Warman’s tall stories of Colorado apple growing—■ 
the harvesting of 1,500 barrels of apples from an orchard 
of five acres, and selling at $5,800, or $1,160 per acre— 
lead the California Fruit Grower to remark that it 
would be difficult for the most eminent California boomer 
to get beyond that and to suggest that Mr. Warman 
would succeed as a novelist. 
Professor M. V. Slingerland, of the Cornell Experi¬ 
ment Station, says that the whole plum industry of 
Western New York, especially the great orchards in the 
vicinity of Lockport, Rochester and Geneva is threat¬ 
ened with destruction by a new insect pest. He advises 
spraying with kerosene emulsion. 
Dealers who label blackberry bushes for fine roses, 
and cottonwoods for Kieffer pears, should be exposed. 
They are of inestimable damage to the business gener¬ 
ally. Fortunately the public is being educated to look 
out for this sort of thing, and consequently there is less of 
it than formerly. 
The attention of the originator might well be directed 
toward the improvement of the blackberry and the rasp¬ 
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berry, in the line of reducing the size of the seeds. It 
may be that good results can be obtained by the propa¬ 
gation of natural seedlings. 
The Buffalo Express says that a florist of that city 
produces green carnations by dyeing the natural flower, 
and that he is meeting a demand for tints in flowers to 
match dresses, by the same means. All deception is not 
confined to the tree man. 
FALL WORK AT NORTH TOPEKA. 
North Topeka, Kan., Nov. 19.—The growing of apple 
seedlings in this locality has been increasing for several 
years. The past season about 300 acres were planted 
near this city. The soil here is well adapted to growing 
these stocks. The digging was finished about the loth of 
the month, and the sorting and grading is progressing 
rapidly. Shipments usually commence about the 20th. 
Prices on apple seedlings have been lower this fall th:m we 
have ever known. Growers seemed to think there would 
not be a market for all the stocks, consequently many 
sales have been made at various prices. And now grow¬ 
ers are beginning to find out that the supply in the 
country is not as large as they thought it would be. 
There seems to be a fair prospect of the demand being as 
great, if not greater than the supply. We look for better 
prices during the remainder of the season. 
LARGEST SHIPPING POINT FOR GRAPES. 
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Regarding the results of co-operation as illustrated by 
the work of the Northern Ohio Grape company, of Euclid, 
near Cleveland, O., the Cleveland News says: “ Over 
1,000 growers in this belt are members of the association. 
This company is what is called a union, and is only one of 
many that have come into existence since the growers 
arrived at the conclusion that by banding together they 
could get better prices for their product and handle it at 
less cost than they could individually. Grape growing is 
the most profitable crop that Ohio farmers can raise at 
the present time, as it has been for years. It may surprise 
Cleveland people to learn that Euclid is the largest single 
shipping point for grapes in the United States, but such 
is the fact. 
The Northern Ohio Grape company handled 850 car¬ 
loads of the fruit this season, which was about 200 car¬ 
loads less than was handled in this vicinity last year. 
These 850 carloads represented about 85 per cent, of the 
entire crop in this belt. Owing to the general depression 
at all business points and to great competition from Cali¬ 
fornia, prices have been low. It is thought, however, 
that the results of the union will be satisfactory to the 
growers included in it. The prices for all varieties of 
grapes averaged about 13 cents per 9-lb. basket. The 
company’s sales have aggregated something like $310,000, 
and over 90 per cent of this amount has been paid in. 
The officers of the company do not think there is a dollar 
on the books that cannot be collected. 
