THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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^rorn Parious points. 
The Central New York Grape Grower’s Union of 
Penn Yan was- incorporated February 9, 1893, to market 
and ship fruit in Yates, Steuben, Ontario, Seneca and 
Schuyler counties. Capital $10,000. Directors, H. O. 
Fairchild, T. M. Moore, R. Longwell, Hammondsport ; 
E. Brown, Bluff Point, and others. 
Governor Flower, on February 22d, made the follow¬ 
ing appointments as trustees of the New York State 
Experimental Station : Philip N. Nichols, of Geneva ; 
Adrian Tuttle, of Watkins ; William C. Barry, of 
Rochester ; George F. Mills, of Fonda, and Charles 
Jones, of Geneseo (reappointments) ; Wm. D. Barnes, 
of Middlehope, vice Gerritt S. Miller, term expired ; 
Van Buren Ames, of Pottsdam, vice James McCann, 
term expired ; and Lyman D. Olney, of Rutland, vice 
Daniel Bachelor, term expired. 
The Horticultural Association of Alvin, Texas, has 
petitioned the legislature of that state for the establish¬ 
ment of an experimental station at Alvin. The memorial 
calls attention to the great advance being made by that 
section in the growing of fruits and vegetables, and the 
rapid increasing population drawn there for the purpose 
of further developing the varied resources of the Texas 
gulf coast. One acre has yielded nearly one thousand 
dollars worth of strawberries. Fruits, vegetables and 
flowers, and some of the more tropical fruits, so far as 
have been tried, do well there. It is thought that an 
experimental station at that place would assist in the 
development of South Texas into the greatest fruit, 
vegetable and flower-growing country in America. 
At the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the Kansas 
Horticultural Society, it was the general opinion that old 
orchards in Kansas are unmistakably declining, and that 
it is imperatively necessary that new orchards should be 
planted. It was belived that a Kansas orchard twenty 
years old had outlived its usefulness. The reports from 
counties showed that apples had failed, and cherries and 
pears did little, and small fruits in some sections were 
successful ; grapes were fair. William Cutter, speaking 
of the propagation of nursery stock, showed two-year-old 
trees grown by several methods of grafting, such as whole- 
root, crown graft, first cut, second, third and fourth cut, 
long scions and with roots upside down. The point par¬ 
ticularly under discussion was the comparative value of 
whole-root grafts. The society decided unanimously in 
favor of short section grafting. U. B. Pearsall, of the 
committee on nurseries said that the present stock of 
apple trees in the state was short and of poor quality. 
He reported that the same was true of other states. 
W. S. Chase, writing from Redlands, California, to 
the Allegan (Mich.) Gazette, says :—“ Both growers and 
shippers are getting pretty well organized, and if our 
Michigan fruit growers could organize and work in har¬ 
mony as well as they do here I think they would profit by 
it in matters of transportation. There is the nicest crop 
of oranges now ripening on the trees I ever saw. The 
Navel variety especially are extra. The trees have to be 
propped to keep them from breaking with their loads of 
fruit. Many of the grape men are digging out their vines 
and setting the orange, olive, lemon, and prune. Nur¬ 
serymen are not reaping the harvest from their stock of 
trees they did. Trees are plenty this winter. The 
orange, one-year-old bud on two-year-old stock, is selling 
for 50c. to 75c. per tree for first-class stock. The same 
sold at $i one year ago and $2 two years ago. Peach, 
apricot, and nectarine, about 25c. to 30c. each. I brought 
with me 200 sugar-maple trees and some Niagara grape 
vines. The maples are one and two years old from the 
seed. I set them in nursery and have been caring for 
them. They are now leaving out—some have leaves 
nearly full size. The vines, too, seem to think it is spring 
and are getting down to business. There are no maple 
trees in the country that I can learn of, but I shall see 
how they will do here. ” 
AS OTHERS SEE US. 
Following are a few of the many letters that have 
come to us since the issue of the first number of The 
National Nurseryman ; they evince a cordial welcome 
and the unanimous opinion that the journal will fill 
a place too long vacant. 
L. L. May «& Co., St. Paul, Minn. —“Your first number is 
very neat and creditable, and with the hearty support of all 
nurserymen in the country, it should become a valuable medium 
for the exchange of ideas, as well as for advertising.” 
C. H. JoosTEN, New York City. —“The first number of The 
National Nurseryman is at hand. I am highly pleased with its 
neat appearance and high-class literature. Judging by the large 
list of prominent advertisers, the success of your enterprise seems 
to be guaranteed. A long-felt want will be supplied. Long life to 
The National Nurseryman.” 
J. VanLindley, Pomona Hill Nurseries, Pomona, N. C.— 
“ I have received Vol. I, No. 1, of The National Nurseryman, 
and am well pleased with it. I am glad to see just such a publica¬ 
tion. It is well gotten up, and looks at first sight like a first-class 
publication. I send 11.00 for subscription. I wish you much suc¬ 
cess.” 
E. W. Robertson, Piedmont Nurseries, Crozet, Va.— 
“The sample copy of The National Nurseryman received. 
Please accept thanks for giving me an opportunity to subscribe to 
so valuable a journal. Enclosed find my check for $1,00 for one 
year’s subscription. The journal will fill a long-felt want. Every 
nurseryman on the continent should subscribe, whether their busi¬ 
ness is large or small.” 
Thomas Meehan, Germantown, Phila., Pa.— “ We are 
pleased with the first number ; it is gotten up nicely, printed 
well, and is a credit to the nursery trade. We have no doubt but 
what it will be a success. The quantity of advertisements you 
have got certainly makes its future look prosperous. Such a paper 
has been needed for a long time and we wish you success.” 
Hooker Nursery Company, Rochester, N. Y.—“We are 
much pleased with the first number of The National Nursery¬ 
man. It is a credit to the trade.” 
