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ests of its members in : First, relaxation from business ; 
second, the cultivation of personal acquaintance with 
others engaged in the trade ; third, the exhibition of fruits, 
flowers, plants or manufactured articles used in the busi¬ 
ness ; fourth, exchange and sale of stock.” There is no 
combination here for the purpose of controlling by com¬ 
mon authority the use, supply or disposal of any kind of 
property. The association exists for the mutual advant¬ 
age of its members, exactly as does any horticultural so¬ 
ciety, and all nurserymen in good standing are eligible to 
membership. There is no trust as regards the trade itself 
and so far as the general public is concerned, the paper of 
Mr. Watrous which provoked this discussion and from 
which an extract has been given herewith, is a fair exposi¬ 
tion of the attitude of the association. 
DON’T SELL NURSERY STOCK SO CHEAP. 
Under date of August 20th Silas Wilson. Atlantic, la., 
writes: “I have traveled six or eight thousand miles in 
the last two months. Have visited thirteen of the states 
east of the Rocky Mountains that are the largest pro¬ 
ducers of nursery stock in the Union, and I am fully satis¬ 
fied that there is no more nursery stock in the country 
than there will be a good demand for at fair prices before 
the season is over. All the apple, pear, plum and cherry 
can be sold at fair prices long before the season closes 
next spring. There is not more than 60 per cent, of 
grape vines in the country that there were last year. 
Nurserymen, don’t give away your stock. Ask and get a 
reasonable price for it. I regret very much to see some 
good nurserymen offering stock for about what it cost to 
grow it. The nursery business is looking up. Ask fair 
prices for your stock. Selling stock two or three cents a 
tree less will create no special demand for it, when it is 
already too low.” 
Two months ago we called attention to the fact that 
there were indications of an active trade when the ship- 
Pi ng season arrived, and that this would leave for spring 
but a small surplus of most kinds of stock. The advice 
of President Wilson is timely. 
TEXAS FRUIT PROSPECTS. 
J. M. Howell, Dallas, Tex., writes: “Great interest is 
shown in horticulture, in all sections of Texas. This 
growing interest is attributable to the State Horticultural 
Society and the state fair at Dallas. The State Horticul. 
tural Society offers $500 in premiums at every meeting 
and the horticultural department of the state fair offers 
from $1,000 to $1,500 in premiums every season. The 
summer meetings of the state society and the autumn 
meetings of the state fair bring out splendid displays of 
Texas products. We hope to see, in a few years, the 
horticultural resources of Texas developed to the extent 
of attracting the attention of horticulturists in other 
states.” 
jfroin IDarious points. 
A. S. Fuller says that the pecan and other species of 
the hickory can be successfully propagated by root cut¬ 
tings. 
A writer in American Gardeyiing says there are prob¬ 
ably 10,000 private gardeners in this country and suggests 
a convention. 
Professor C. V. Riley, late entomologist of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, died last month from the 
effects of a bicycle accident. 
C. W. Garfield of Michigan, suggests that the results 
of the deliberations of the American Pomological Society 
be disseminated in bulletins by the division of pomology 
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
Secretary John Hall of the Western New York Horti¬ 
cultural Society recently visited the extensive fruit farm 
of B. J. Case of Sodus. He says the results fully justify 
the care which has made this one of the finest farms of 
the kind in the country. 
The Western New York Horticultural Society received 
the first prize of $200 at the New York State Fair this 
year for the largest and best display of fruits. All the 
horticultural societies of the state were represented by 
exhibits. This is the third time in succession that the 
Western New York Society has won this prize. 
The San Jose scale has reached Connecticut orchards, 
to the disgust of orchardists. It spreads entirely from 
nursery stock, and those purchasing trees should see that 
they are entirely free from this pest before setting them. 
If they are found to be infested, the trees should be 
treated as recommended in our last issue .—Michigan 
Farmer. 
The Nebraska Agricultural Experiment Station has 
issued a bulletin from which the following practical con¬ 
clusions are drawn: Trees in cultivated ground have 
darker and more vigorous foliage than those in sod ground, 
with less yellowing, dropping of leaves, or wilting in hot, 
windy days. Apples averaged 14 per cent, greater weight 
on cultivated than on pasture land, and 17 per cent, greater 
than on mowed land. As to moisture, for every 100 
barrels of water in twenty inches depth of soil or sod 
land, there were 140 in cultivated land. Evaporation, as 
any one might suppose, was found proportionate to 
velocity of wind. 
According to the New York Snn, there are four or five 
places in Connecticut where white huckleberries, or 
“albinos,” as they are called, grow wild. One of these is 
the town of Bozrah, six miles west of Norwich, another is 
Salem, adjoining Bozrah ; another is in Hartford county, 
and another in Windham county. Mr. F. B. Crandall of 
Bozrah, recently brought in five quarts of the “albinos” 
to Norwich and sold them for twenty cents a box. They 
were large, firm of texture, sweet and luscious, and about 
as white as milk, though like all albinos, whether of the 
animal or vegetable world, they have a faint pink hue, 
seemingly from a light glowing within the rind. 
