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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
was constant and strong. This latter sort has won pop¬ 
ular favor and though it is comparatively new and at first 
depended only on.great efforts for recognition, it has 
become widely known as the best peach to plant for 
profit. The tree is thrifty, hardy and very prolific, while 
the fruit is perfect. Greening Brothers are the introducers 
of this variety and they hope soon to have enough trees 
to supply the demand. The call for apples, pears and 
plums did not diminish nor increase. Nothing peculiar 
either in the varieties or the quantities sold was noticed. 
Owing to an increase of traffic on account of the 
World’s Fair, shippers here did not get as good accom¬ 
modation on the trunk lines as they have been accustom¬ 
ed to have. Freight was delayed and many delivery 
appointments missed in consequence. Added to this 
were the difficulties on the T. & A. A. R. R., where the 
strikers have so crippled the company that it has almost 
suspended business. 
IN THE MIAMI VALLEY. 
Dayton, O., April 20.—The trade in the Miami 
Valley has been unusually active this Spring, quite 
beyond expectation. The tone of the trade was vigorous 
and healthy, well calculated to inspire the disheartened 
nurseryman with new hope for the future. Most growers 
and dealers report sales at least 20 per cent, in excess 
of the Spring of 1892. Dealers generally report good 
collections. Fruit prospects are good. The summer 
canvass promises to be a vigorous one, and with con¬ 
tinued favorable conditions, the trade next fall will be 
heavy. 
ACROSS THE BORDER. 
Toronto, April 17.—Stone & Wellington report 
that they packed for their retail orders this Spring as 
follows : Standard apples, 100,000 ; crabs, 5,000 ; 
dwarf pears, 5,000; plums, 25,000; apricots, 2,000; 
ornamental trees, 6,000 ; hedge plants, 25,000 ; bulbs 
and indoor plants such as carnations, chrysanthemums, 
etc., about 1,000; grapes, 30,000; currants, 75,000; 
blackberries, 20,000; shrubs, 8,000; dwarf apples, 
1,000; standard pears, 15,000; cherries, 7,000; 
peaches, 30,000; quinces, 1,000.; strawberry plants, 
50,000 ; evergreens, 20,000 ; roses, 6,000 ; raspberries, 
70,000; gooseberries, 30,000; asparagus, 6,000. They 
state that their sales show an increase over last year of 
about $25,000 retail, and that their wholesale business 
has been the largest on record. They have sold closely 
on,all lines of stock. 
JUST WHAT IS REQUIRED. 
John Palmer & Son, Limited, Anan, Dumfriesshire, 
Scotland. —“The third issue of your new publication came duly 
to hand. We think it is just what is required, and the handsome 
manner in which it is gotten up, and the highly interesting arti¬ 
cles it contains, must make it welcome in every practical nursery¬ 
man’s office. We wish you success and herewith enclose $1.25 for 
one year’s subscription.” 
ADDED INCENTIVE TO FRUIT RAISING. 
A new refrigerator car for the transportation of fruits 
and vegetables promises to revolutionize this important 
feature of the fruit business. The first car of the new 
pattern has a freight capacity of thirty tons. In each 
end is a galvanized iron tank extending from bottom to 
top of car, and occupying but two feet of space in width. 
These tanks, designed to contain the patented refrigerific 
compound in connection with the ice, are connected by 
means of a channel way or pipe flat through the middle 
of the car under the floor, through which the cold radi¬ 
ates from the solution evenly and with any desired degree 
of intensity. This car will maintain a low temperature 
beyond thirty days at a lower rate than has hitherto 
been attained by the use of enormous quantities of ice 
and salt almost daily replenished. It is claimed that 
this car will transport perfectly ripe fruit from the Pacific 
Coast to Chicago in good condition. At present all fruit 
for transportation for so long a distance has to be packed 
before it is at all ripe. It will also greatly reduce the 
cost for ice, and so lesson the cost for transportation. 
The inventor of this new process proposes to carry 
eighteen tons of fruit, which will require but three tons 
of ice during the entire trip, and with an unvarying 
temperature, for any length of time under twenty days. 
If this new process and the new car can make this great 
saving in cost, and at the same time take well ripened 
fruit and deliver it in good condition, it will be difficult 
to estimate its benefit. It will mean that an immediate 
market for all the fruit that can be raised in favorable 
sections, which are at great distances from the most 
desirable markets, can be found at greatly increased 
prices. 
SYSTEM OF SCORING FOR NEW VARIETIES. 
To the Editor <?/The National Nurseryman : 
In this age of progress in the nursery business, and 
amidst the introduction of new varieties, some plan 
should be brought forward by which a comparison can 
be made with acknowledged standard sorts, so that 
varieties of sterling merit to the public may be preserved 
and others discarded. A mere written or printed 
recommendation is no comparison, neither is it a safe 
rule to go by, as many an experienced fruit grower has 
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found to his sorrow. A plan alone is hardly sufficient 
to accomplish the purpose, but a system of scoring to 
be adopted by our experiment stations and the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture would accomplish the end desired. 
The originator of any new fruit who has it first 
tested, in different localities and states, by our experi¬ 
ment stations and leading fruit growers, and abides by 
their decision will, when introducing it, see the benefits 
of his waiting, if the same system of grading has been 
followed by all. All that he need do after this much is 
