THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
His order is something like this : “I want a tree in front of my 
house. Get me a tree that will grow rapidly, plant it and fix it 
up all right and bring me your bill.” Thirty years ago it might 
have been a willow, a poplar, an ailantus or a catalpa; but more 
often now it will be the silver leaf or white maple, the most unde¬ 
sirable member of the maple family. This is a word to the wise. 
The nur.seiyman while making strenuous efforts to secure 
such large orders as are afforded by the demands of newly- 
laid-OLit parks, cemeteries and spacious private grounds, 
should not overlook the importance of cultivating public 
taste to the end that cities and towns may be induced to 
complete an ornamentation which in most cases will have 
been found to have been begun upon a plan that was never 
carried through. 
The peach crop this year was unusually large and 
the quality was excellent. The heavy wind storms of 
the latter part of August caused losses in some localities. 
The National Nurseryman acknowledges the receipt 
of some fine samples of the Crosby peach from G. H. & 
J. H. Hale, proprietors of “The Elms” at South Glas¬ 
tonbury, Conn. The Crosby is of superior color and 
mild and delicious flavor for a yellow peach. It is of 
good size and the pits are very small in proportion to 
those of other kinds. The fact that the Hales have been 
enabled to fruit this peach for eleven successive years in 
New England is cited as evidence of its frost-proof qual¬ 
ities. During September the Hales shipped 1500 bas¬ 
kets of fruit daily. 
Reports from various sections state that the retail trade 
among nurserymen during the summer has been brisk, but 
the wholesale trade has not yet felt the effect. It is believed, 
however, that within the next two or three months there 
will be a decided improvement in the situation as a result of 
the gradual settling of conditions after the fall shipments 
have been made.. 
We present in another column an article on the 
grape harvest of 1893 in certain localities. We received 
fine samples of the early Ohio grape during the last of 
August from the C. S. Curtice Co , of Portland, N. Y. 
This grape is of excellent color and flavor and it is a 
week or ten days a head of other varieties. 
Samples of the Pride of Kennett, a new peach which 
originated at Kennett Square, Chester County, Pa., 
prove that this is a valuable acquisition to the list of 
late canning varieties. It is said to be very productive, 
of large size and excellent quality. It ripens in its native 
locality from September 20th to 25th. 
A SAMPLE of the Vermont Beauty pear proves it to 
be as attractive as pictured. It is coming rapidly into 
favor among growers and dealers. 
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The apple crop may be comparatively a failure and most 
other crops may not be all that could be wished, but the re¬ 
ports from the Delaware peach district and the new orchards 
of Georgia, show that the nurserymen have been busy in 
those sections in recent years. 
CoRRESPONDExCE from all points and articles upon sub¬ 
jects of interest to nurserymen and horticulturists are cor¬ 
dially solicited by The National Nurseryman. 
CORELESS APPLES. 
Editor of The National Nurseryman : 
I have recently found a coreless apple. Five out of 
six I examined were entirely devoid of any appearance 
of core. They were perfectly solid. The sixth had a small 
core. Please let me know if this is not a valuable ac¬ 
quisition in the apple line. The fruit is of the Graven- 
stein variety. The tree is young and very thrifty. It 
bore a few apples last year, but it is not known whether 
they were coreless or not. Please let me know your 
opinion in regard to it. 
Woodland, Wash. Harvey McMunn. 
Upon this subject Professor L. H Bailey of Ithaca, 
writes; “Various coreless apples and pears have been 
known for a long period. The Menocher no-core 
apple gained some prominence in this country a few 
years ago, and the English books describe two or three 
no-core apples. These apples are simply incidental 
varieties, and so far, none of them have proved to be 
of any value. The Bloomless apple, which has come 
into prominence during the last two or three years, is a 
very different thing. In this variety, the petals are ab¬ 
sent, and it is essentially pistillate The core is really 
double. Most of the coreless and seedless apples come 
originally from seed, the same as other new varieties, 
but in this case certain apples on an otherwise normal 
tree seem to be seedless. This type of variation is rare 
in the apple.” 
The seventh annual convention of the Association of 
American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 
will be held at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, be¬ 
ginning Tuesday, October 17th. Delegates will be 
present from each of the agricultural colleges and stations 
in the United States and Canada. There is annually a 
total expenditure of nearly $800,000, by the United 
States Departrpent of Agriculture. The workers, 
actively employed in carrying on the experiments, num¬ 
ber five hundred persons. There are seventy-one direc¬ 
tors, one hundred and twenty chemists, forty-seven 
agriculturists, fifty horticulturists, thirty botanists, thirty- 
six entomologists, twenty-two veterinarians, fourteen 
meteorologists, and several biologists and miscellaneous 
workers. The bulletins issued by the stations are dis¬ 
tributed through mailing lists, which aggregate 380,000 
names. 
