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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT. Editor 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
303 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
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Rochester, N. Y., November, 1895. 
THE SEASON’S TRADE. 
Reports from the nursery centers of the country indi¬ 
cate an advance in the volume of business over that of 
last fall, but at prices which are complained of grievously. 
In a few instances a betteiment in prices is noted. There 
is general anticipation of increased business in 1896, and 
hope for better prices as the result of shrinkage in the 
amount of stock on hand. There is a firm belief that 
unanimity of action this fall might have resulted in the 
sale of stock at higher prices with the probability in favor 
of reducing stock to the same extent. Retail prices have 
been maintained better than have wholesale prices. The 
growing season has generally been favorable, but dry 
weather at digging time has bothered many. Plums, 
apples and peaches became scarce. Cherries held out 
well. 
In a plea for the maintenance of prices, W. T. Hood 
& Co., aptly remark that for the protection of the 
orchardist it is above all things essential that varieties 
should be kept true to name, and this requires careful 
work by high-priced men in the nursery ; with stock at 
present prices this work can only be done at a loss by 
most firms. 
The tendency in the West is to plant commercial 
orchards. F. W. Watson St Co., say that there will be 
no trees left in Kansas to burn next spring. 
Competition is felt keenly by many nurserymen, and 
by them it is regarded the cause of low prices. Honest 
competition will never do harm. The success of the nur¬ 
seryman, like that of all tradesmen, must be founded upon 
the quality of his stock. The intelligent planting public 
now understands pretty thoroughly the importance of 
securing first-class stock, true to name, from reliable 
sources. The present low prices bid fair to clear the field 
of all who cannot meet these requirements. 
OBSTACLES TO FRUIT GROWING. 
Every nurseryman who notes the tendency of the day 
toward scientific research in matters horticultural, must 
be impressed with the importance to him, from a purely 
business standpoint, of the efforts which are being put 
forth upon all sides to overcome the many obstacles which 
arise in fruit growing. It seems as if the specialists and 
the professors in horticulture in general were in league to 
fight the battles of the fruit grower, bending every energy 
to surmount the newest difficulty, or to devise means for 
successful results with old obstacles where others have 
failed, and all for the benefit of the fruit grower, and con¬ 
sequently for the nurseryman whose interests are identical. 
Among these helps to horticulture none are more per¬ 
sistent nor more valuable than the investigations con¬ 
ducted by the experiment stations. E^or instance, bulletin 
39 of the Nebraska station treats of obstacles to success¬ 
ful fruit growing in that state. Those obstacles are borers, 
mice, rabbits, crown galls, nematode galls and drought. 
The results of experiments made to obviate these evils 
are given and remedies are suggested. All over the 
country similar experiments are in progress and the 
results are given in bulletins. It is all an unsolicited aid 
to the nurseryman by encouraging the production of 
fruit. This is one of several features which combine to 
cause increase in the demand for nursery stock and to 
compensate in part for the very low prices which stock is 
bringing. The able work of Professors Bailey, Comstock, 
Howard, Heiges, True, Galloway, Beach, Slingerland 
and many others is highly appreciated. 
At the ninth annual convention of the association of 
agricultural colleges and experiment stations in Denver 
recently, special attention was called to the co-operation 
of horticulturists and entomologists in the accomplishment 
of results for the benefit of all interested in the growing 
of fruit. The efficiency of the experiment stations is 
increasing annually. 
Ex-Governor Rufus B. Bullock, of Georgia, while in 
Rochester, last month said: “Fruit culture will in my 
opinion be the leading agricultural pursuit in Georgia in 
time. Many northern men are engaged in the industry 
there now and large companies are coming to our State 
from the great Northwest. They say they cannot stand 
the vigorous winters of that section. Land is very cheap 
in Georgia. Most people have an erroneous impression 
regarding the climate of Georgia. Atlanta is 1,200 feet 
above the level of the sea, and the climate is fine. It is 
only in the low sections, on the coast, where malaria and 
its kindred diseases are prevalent. 
