THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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the supply. Some of our leading canners are unable to 
procure a sufficient quantity of certain varieties. Those 
deficient are, principally, red and black raspberries, 
currants, blackbenies, and other small fruits. The 
heavy duty which the present tariff imposes on fruit 
jams of foreign preparation, as well as the intelligent 
appreciation of American consumers that our own manu¬ 
facturers can and are making as good, if not better 
qualities than have ever been received from abroad, 
must also lead to a much larger and more profitable 
outlet for this class of fruit. And this must be to the 
advantage of the growers as well as the manufacturers.” 
CO-OPERATION NEEDED. 
“What is really wanted,” said Mr. Doyle, in con¬ 
clusion, ‘ ‘ is more intelligent and systematic co-operation 
between growers, manufacturers and dealers. Many 
growers are entirely in the dark as to the varieties which 
are best adapted to their soil, and as to the markets in 
which they are forced to sell. Many enter the business 
in a hap-hazard fashion with little forethought or care 
as to the selection of the varieties or the soil, or the 
adaptability of the fruits to the most profitable markets. 
It would be much better if the growers would organize, 
particularly here in Western New York, one or more 
syndicates, which are so common in France, the good 
results of which have so firmly impressed themselves 
upon me. The growers meeting the manufacturers and 
dealers in such associations are better enabled to know 
which fruits are wanted, which are most profitable, and 
which should be more or less curtailed. By such a 
method here there would scarcely ever arise any large 
surplus of stock which may be unsaleable and an entire 
loss to the grower, while the dealer is idle because of no 
stock of the variety in greatest demand. Such a plan 
would do away largely with the bane of overproduction, 
and its opposite, scarcity. The vinegar law would never 
have been secured had it not been for the co-operation 
of growers and dealers. Pure food is in demand ; buy¬ 
ers are becoming more discriminating, and all this is a 
very happy augury for the grower. 
“What is needed is intelligent direction as to the 
best markets, the best qualities and varieties, and the 
greatest demand. A good quality at a reasonable price 
is a standing advertisement, and increases demand. A 
poor quality limits demand. Any effort to debase any 
of the qualities ends in disaster to the manufacturer and 
impairs very seriously the industry in all its branches.” 
United States Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, last 
month made an effort to discontinue the sale of Colum¬ 
bian postage stamps except to such persons as may 
specially call for them, and to keep on sale the ordinary 
stamps. Complaint has been made regarding the incon¬ 
venient size of the new stamps and their tendency to curl. 
WILLIAM C. BARRY. 
One of the most prominent nurserymen of the country 
is William C. Barry, the junior member of the firm of 
Ellwanger & Barry, of this city. He has a world-wide 
reputation among horticulturists, and throughout \Vestern 
New York he is well known among all classes by reason 
of his prominence in large commercial interests. He 'is 
the Vice-President of the Rochester Chamber of Com¬ 
merce, an organization representing 600 of the most 
prominent business men of the city ; Second Vice-Presi¬ 
dent of the Flour City National Bank ; a director of the 
Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company ; a director 
of the Rochester Railway Company ; a member of the 
Board of Park Commissioners of Rochester ; President 
of the New York State Experimental Station, and 
President of the Western New York Horticultural 
Society. 
It is in his connection with nursery interests that he is 
best known, because he has made these his life study. He 
is a graduate of the University of Rochester, and he com¬ 
pleted an extended education in the great German uni¬ 
versities. He is an excellent French and German scholar. 
He has acquired a thorough knowledge of all branches of 
the nursery business, and is familiar with every kind of 
fruit and ornamental tree and shrub. He aims to keep 
not onlv abreast, but ahead of the times on these matters, 
and his articles on practical subjects connected with the 
trade are of especial interest. 
