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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National Nurseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
305 cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
ail kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
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to the date of issue. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to 
nurserymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Entered in the Post-Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second class matter. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y., NOVEMBER, 1893. 
THE STATE OF TRADE. 
Reports from the nursery centers of the country indi¬ 
cate that notwdthstanding the financial depression, there 
has been considerable nursery business done this fall, 
and the results are much more encouraging than was 
anticipated. It is possible that the financial stringency 
of the summer and fall may prove a great benefit to the 
nursery business. Certain it is that there has been a 
marked tendency in the direction of conservative opera¬ 
tion, dealers generally being careful in taking orders, pre¬ 
ferring a safe to a large business.- There has been a 
steady demand for stock, however, in many places. 
Growers report that orders were not large, but num¬ 
erous, showing that there was a light supply in the 
hands of the smaller growers throughout the country. 
The large growers planted about the usual amount last 
spring, while many of the smaller growers discontinued. 
The prospect for spring, therefore, is that there will be 
a fair trade anyway, and that if there is an improvement 
in the financial conditions, the spring trade may be 
heavy. There is a shortage in peach and plum, and this 
may be extended to cherry, pear and even apple. 
REMEDY FOR EXISTING EVILS. 
“ Coming events cast their shadows before,” and perhaps 
the present condition of the nursery business may teach that 
the remedy for existing evils would be to grow less stock 
and better. The nurseryman wmiild be benefited because he 
would get a better price, there would be less stock in the 
market, the grower vdio raises only a few trees would not 
be able to force down the price of good stock because his 
would not be of the necessaiy grade, and the dealer could 
M'ell afford to pay an increased price because he would more 
than save it in the discounts that are forced upon him when 
delivering, and the increase of trade which he would obtain 
by handling the best stock only. 
The business would be benefited as a whole, for the 
reason that the public would obtain so much better results, 
both with fruits and flowers, and thus in every section would 
be created an increased demand for stock. The greater 
success the people have M'ith trees and plants, the more will 
they buy. One of the chief objects of the business is to 
induce people to build up attractive surroundings to their 
homes, and the more shapely the trees and plants that are 
used for this purpose, the greater the satisfaction, and the 
more rapid will be the increase of the desire and taste for 
the beautiful in nature. 
An acquisition of great importance to the li.st of late fall 
pears is the Dempsey, recently introduced by Stone & Wel¬ 
lington of Toronto. The sample received at this office 
measured nine inches in circumference. In shape it was 
somewhat like the Buerre d’Anjou and in flavor somewhat 
like the Duchess. It was of a more golden yellow color, 
when fully ripe, than either of those named. It was of 
much finer grain than the Duchess. Large, juicy, golden 
and of a superior flavor, the Dempsey well illustrates what 
high cultivation and a judicious study of the results of 
crossing varieties will produce. The control of the Demp¬ 
sey was purchased from the late Wm. Dempsey by the pro¬ 
prietors of the Fonthill Nurseries in Toronto. The new 
pear was produced from the seed of the Bartlett fertilized 
with Duchess d’Anjouleme. 
A subject of much importance to nurserymen was dis¬ 
cussed by Edwin Willitts of the U. S. Department of Agri¬ 
culture, at the Horticultural Congress at the World’s Fair. 
It was the subject of federal legislation with a view of pre¬ 
venting the spread of disease and insects affecting trees and 
shrubs. Abstracts from the paper read by Mr. Willitts are 
presented in this issue of The National Nurseryman. 
The subject is uppermost in the minds of many who have to 
do with the interests of horticulturists and nurserymen and 
it is probable, as Mr. Willitts suggests, that the Caminetti 
bill or one of like character may be presented at the present 
congress. There is need for watching all developments 
and preserving the interests of nurserymen in general as 
against the operations of the few. 
Bishop Reynolds Hole, of England, will visit this coun¬ 
try within a few months. He is spoken of as the father of 
the Rose Society of England and it has been stated that he 
is one of the best authorities in the world on the rose. The 
New York Florists’ Club will give him a reception upon his 
arrival. 
And now the Rhode Island Horticultural Society gives 
up the struggle and suggests that a national convention of 
horticultural societies be called to settle the question of a 
national flower. 
