THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
C A LI VO R N IA I ' I GU R KS. 
Tlic California Fruit Cnnvcr says : “ The St. Louis 
Globc-Dcmocrat gives out some startling information about 
grape-growing in New York. The main objection to this 
as to most similar yarns found in the daily press is that it is 
not true. It claims that 50.000 acres devoted to grapes in 
Western New York constitute the largest grape-growing 
region in the w’orld. It would seem that even the Globc- 
Dcmocrat ought to be better informed than to print such 
bald nonsense as that. In order to further back up its state¬ 
ment the Missouri authority alleges that the New York crop 
will this year reach 8,000 carloads. This avouIcI indicate 
a total yield of 80,000 tons of grapes. Let us see if this is 
the greatest amount of grapes grown anywhere in the world, 
as alleged. California produces over 50,000,000 pounds of 
raisins and 15,000,000 gallons of wine each year. To 
make this amount of raisins requires about 75,000 tons 
of raisin grapes, and to produce the wine required, more than 
100,000 tons of grapes. Besides this, table grapes are pro¬ 
duced in this state to the amount of over 30,000 tons. 
Thus the annual yield of grapes in California is over 200,- 
000 tons, or at least two and a half times as much as the 
Democrat gives for the State of New York. But even the 
immense yield of California is small compared with that of 
I'rance or Italy. France annually produces about 650,000,- 
000 gallons of wine, which requires 5,000,000 tons of 
grapes ; or over sixty times the product of New York, and 
over sixteen times the combined product of New York and 
California. The amount of wine produced in Italy exceeds 
that made in France by an amount equal to five times the 
amount produced in the Avhole United States ; hence it AAfill 
be seen how ill-informed is our alleged great contemporary, 
and how valuable is such information telegraphed across the 
continent and printed in our innocent dailies in San Fran¬ 
cisco. Altogether, therefore, we must conclude that the 
Globc-Dcmocrat required its theatre reporter to produce 
something from his well fertilized horticultural imagination, 
and behold the result! ” 
ADVICE TO PLANTERS. 
The Clichigan Garmcr gives this advice to planters : 
“ The nursery agent may be a necessary evil to you, but if 
it is possible choose your own trees at a near-by nursery j 
if there is such. You have then the advantage of stock 
grown in a climate and soil like your own. If the agent is 
a convenience not to be ignored, deal with one who repre¬ 
sents some well-known and reliable house—a house havincr 
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a wide reputation for hone.st and fair dealing, and then take 
the trouble to not only carefully examine the agent’s cre¬ 
dentials, but to Avrite to the house he claims to represent. 
Not every agent represents the firm he pretends he does ; it 
costs only a tAvo-cent stamp to verify his statements. The 
importance of good stock and true to name, cannot be over¬ 
estimated in orchard planting, since one must Avait so long 
for results and the harvest continues for years. In some 
re.spects it is better to order direct from a Avell-established 
nursery firm than to trust any agent. Don’t buy even a 
gooseberry bush of an agent Avho can furnish you a blue 
rose, a tree straAvberry, or any other horticultural monstros¬ 
ity. You Avill furnish the ‘ goose ’ part of the transaction if 
you do. Put him doAvn as a humbug on general prin¬ 
ciples.” 
J. A. Roberts, of Malvern, Pa., Avrites : “ The year 
1892 Avas not one in Avhich a large crop of peaches Avas 
produced ; in fact in some localities in the peach districts 
there Avere but fcAV. A belt of evergreens afforded much 
protection. On the south side of a belt of tall evergreens 
peach trees bore so heavy a crop that limbs Avere broken by 
the Aveight. In unprotected parts of the orchard but fcAV 
Avere secured.” 
In New York and the NeAV England .states much plant¬ 
ing is done in the fall, says an exchange. But in the prai¬ 
rie .states it is never advisable. If not Avholly killed by our 
drying Avinds of late fall, Avinter and early spring, they are 
so loAvered in Autality as rarely to become useful. As a rule 
nurserymen favor fall planting for the reason that it extends 
the sale season. But it Avill be noticed that those Avho ad¬ 
vise this never practice it on their oAvn places. At the We.st 
Ave have another reason for avoiding fall planting Avhere the 
trees are di.stributed by dealers. The trees are taken up so 
early in the fall that the leaches must be .stripped before their 
Avork is completed or perfect ripening of the Avood. Trees 
thus prematurely .stripped have little value even Avhen prop¬ 
erly buried for spring planting. 
Ctmong (Broit^crs anb Dealers. 
George M. SAveet of Dansville, Avent to California on 
December 15th. He Avill spend the Avinter there. 
William,H. Dyer of ProAudence, R. I., is closing up his 
nursery business, preparatory to retiring in the .spring. 
The nurserymen of the country may save postage by 
knoAving that there is but one nursery at Arlington, Reno 
county, Kansas, the Arlington Nursery, oAvned and managed 
by B. P. Hanan. The nurserymen have been sending cir¬ 
culars to B. P. Hanan, B. F. Hanan, P. B. Hanan, B. P. 
Hannon and J. B. Harmon, according to the variations of 
their lists. 
In the nursery department of the World’s Columbian 
Imposition, first honors Avere aAvarded D. Hill, evergreen 
.specialist, of Dundee, Ilk, Avhose exhibit of hardy ever¬ 
greens Avas the admiration of all Avho AueAA'ed it. It con¬ 
sisted of OA^er six thousand evergreens, of forty different 
varieties, planted in a most artistic and pleasing manner. 
This exhibit Avas complete in both design and varieties. Mr. 
Hill is sending his patrons a souvenir eA^ergreen Avhich be¬ 
sides being a novelty, Avill stand as a liAung monument in 
commemoration of the World’s Columbian Exposition. 
