THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Hntono Growevs anb Bealevs. 
W. S. Van Zandt has started in the nursery business at 
Dixon, Cal. 
The Evergreen Nursery Company has been incorporated 
at Milwaukee, Wis., with-a capital stock of $75,000. 
Patrick H. Morris, of Englewood, N. J., died on 
November 14th. The business will be continued by Henry 
Morris. 
George Pinney, one of the most extensive nurserymen 
in Wisconsin, died on November 2d at his home in Ever¬ 
green, aged 62 years. 
C. P". McNair, of *Dansville, N. Y., says that the plant¬ 
ing there for next season will be about one-half of that of 
last season. Some of the small growers 'have gone out of 
the business. 
Frederick W. Kelsey, of Orange, N. J., recently gave a 
dinner to the Essex County Park Commission, at which 
the subject of county parks was discussed. Speeches en¬ 
couraging the construction of parks and parkways were 
made. 
P. H. Morris, senior member of the firm of P. H. & S. 
E. Morris, Spring Lake Nursery, Englewood, N. J., died 
on November 14th, aged 49 years. He had been in the 
nursery business six years. The business will be continued 
by Harry Morris. 
The Grand Valley Nursery Company has this season 
gathered 100 bushels of peach pits which will be planted 
at once, the idea being to secure therefrom 500)000 seed¬ 
ling stocks on which to propagate the popular varieties 
grown in that section. 
The greenhouses and packing sheds of the Rogers 
Nursery Co. were destroyed by fire on November 25th. 
The loss was $10,000. There was insurance to the amount 
of $1,600 on the greenhouses and $6,500 on nursery stock. 
The fire was caused by the explosion of a lantern. 
J. Frank Norris, Brighton, N. Y., made a general assign¬ 
ment on November 15. The only preferred creditor was 
the Alliance Bank of Rochester, for a note of $400. J. 
D. C. Rumsey, the assignee, filed a schedule showing 
liabilities, $10,077.25 ; nominal assets $45,602.62 ; actual 
assets, $19,801.41. 
George Pinney, proprietor of the Evergreen Nurseries 
at Evergreen, Wis., died on November 2d. The Ever¬ 
green Nursery Co. has been incorporated with a 
capital stock of $100,000. The acting president is J. L. 
Buchan, who is also the general manager. F, C. Pinney, 
is secretary and treasurer. 
The Kelsey Nursery Company filed articles of incor¬ 
poration in the office of the county recorder in St. Joseph, 
Mo., November 3d. The capital stock is $5,000. The 
stockholders are H. T. Kelsey, Ida h. Kelsey, Dora M. 
Hamilton and Edward E. Wakeley. All mail matter sent 
to the “Vineland Nurseries,” “ Vineland Nursery Co.,’ 
“ Kelsey & Co.,” “ Kelsey Bros.” “ H. T. Kelsey & Co.,” 
“ Kelsey & Son,” is received by The Kelsey Nursery Co. 
successors to Kelsey & Co. 
SECRETARY MORTON’S REPORT. 
The secretary of agriculture has prepared his annual 
report for [894. Regarding the division of pomology he 
says ; 
During the year Mr. S. B. Heiges, of Pennsylvania, a 
horticulturist of long experience and of practical skill, was 
made chief of the division, and it is to-day in better work¬ 
ing order than ever before since its creation By order 
of the president it has been placed wholly in the cl ssified 
civil service, from the chief and assistant chief down to 
the messengers. 
The division is principally engaged in correspondence 
with fruit-growers; in critical examination and comparison 
of specimen fruits received from them for identification, 
description, and illustration of such specimens as may 
seem worthy of record and propagation. All new and 
improved varieties of this sort are modeled and colored. 
During the year close attention has been given to the 
investigation of the varieties of the apple. Notwithstand¬ 
ing the almost total failure of the crop, some two hundred 
specimens of new or little-known varieties of apples 
—some of which promise to be very valuable—have been 
received. Besides these many old varieties which had been 
catalogued and planted as new have been identified as to 
their origin and character. 
The damaging frosts of the last week in March were 
made the subject of investigation during the month of 
April, and the results were published in a special circular 
with the report of the statistician for May. Important 
facts were developed in the course of this inquest which 
will be of great value to peach-growers. Noticeable among 
them is the fact that certain groups or families of the 
Persian race of peaches bloom later than others in the 
South, and they are therefore less likely to have their fruit 
cut off by frosts. This discovery is of great value, and 
estimated to be worth, in dollars and cents, many times, 
the expense of the investigation. Numerous scions and 
plants of promising varieties have been experimentally 
planted during the year. Among the principal importa¬ 
tions by the division of pomology are collections of fig eat¬ 
ings from England and citron cuttings from Corsica. 
THE APPLE CROP. 
Messrs. Mayer and Day, two of the largest exporters of 
apples in New York city, say that the apple crop this 
season is light. Mr. Mayer says in a report to England : 
“The export season begins about the middle of August, 
and shipments are light during the first two weeks, but 
steadily increase in volume. It continues till about April 
1st, but the bulk of the business is done before December 
15th. Shipments vary so much in quantity that it would 
be difficult to strike a correct average. During the week 
ending September 30th, 1892, there were 65,888 barrels 
of apples exported, while in the corresponding week of 
the next year there were only five barrels shipped abroad ; 
and yet I have seen, in round numbers, 100,000 barrels 
