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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Bmono (Stowers anb IDealevs^ 
Cherry is the specialty of Gustav Klarner, Quincy, Illinois. 
Sixty thousand currants are offered hy F. S. Phoenix of Blooming¬ 
ton, Ill. 
Carl S. Hopkins has begun the nursery and seed business at Brattle- 
boro, Vt. 
The Phoenix Nursery Co.. Bloomington, Ill., has 601) acres and 18 
greenhouses. 
Samuel C. Moon. Morrisville, Pa., makes a specialty of ornamental 
trees and shrubs. 
The Norwalk Nursery Co. has succeeded the C. H. Whitney Nursery 
Of)., at Norwalk, O. 
A. C. Griesa, Lawrence, Kan., is pushing the Bokara, No. 3 peach ; 
•' 28° below zero and a crop.” 
Standard pears are pushed from an extra large stock by J. E. Ilgem 
fritz & Sons, Monroe, Mich. 
Charles J. Brown, of Brown Brothers Co., Rochester, passed a portion 
of last month in the South. 
For Greenboro, Triumph and Sneed peaches, D. Baird & Son, Manala- 
pan, N. J., are headquarters. 
Victoria currants can be had this spring of Joseph Harris, Moreton 
Farm, Monroe County, N. Y. 
The Colorado Blue or Silver Spruce is a specialty of the Osage Nur¬ 
series, Gardner & Son, Osage, la. 
Z. K. Jeweti, Sparta, Wis., has long been well known as a grower 
of small fruits of standard quality. 
Peach trees free from yellows or rosette are offered in various grades 
by I). Wing & Brother, Rogers, Ark. 
The Red June, Japan and the Splendor are the plums which Stark 
Brothers, Louisiana, Mo., are pushing. 
Brewer & Standard, Ottawa, Kan., report good sales on fruit trees, 
forest seedlings, asparagus and pieplant. 
The tree digger manufactured by N. A. Whitney, Franklin Grove, 
Ill., is giving satisfaction wherever used. 
II. B. Rusler, Johnstown, O., believes lie can convince any nursery, 
man that his sprayer is best and cheapest. 
William Parry, Parry, N. .J., has all his stock disinfected and it is 
believed to be free from insects or disease. 
W. N. Scarff. New Carlisle, O., makes small fruits a specialty. He 
has a large stock for spring and fall trade. 
Allen L. Wood, Rochester, N. Y., is one of the largest growers of 
small fruits in the world, if not the largest. 
Wire printed tree labels have been generally commended. They are 
furnished by Benjamin Chase. Derry, N. II. 
For grapes in great variety and immense stock the C. S. Curtice Co., 
Portland, N. Y., has long been an emporium. 
George Acheles, West Chester, Pa., has fine apple trees, Carolina 
poplars and Silver maples at reasonable prices. 
All the old and new varieties of grapes are grown by T. S. Hubbard, 
Fredonia, N. Y. Mr. Hubbard warrants his stock. 
Alexander Pullen, Milford, Del., has large stocks of peach trees and 
asparagus roots to which he calls special attention. 
Peach and strawberry form the text of N. P. Brooks’ remarks this 
spring at his Lakewood Nurseries, Lakewood, N. J. 
The Willowdale Nurseries, Rakestraw & Pyle, Chester, Pa., are w r ell 
at, the front with a full line of general nursery stock. 
A tempting list is that of the William H. Moon Co. at Morrisville, 
Pa. This company has a large stock of ornamentals. 
Wiley & Co., Cayuga, N. Y., expect to make large shipments of 
imported stocks this season, both fruit and ornamental. 
The Shenandoah Nursery, D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, Iowa, is noted 
for its choice assortment of fruit and ornamental stock. 
At the famous experiment farms of Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, 
Cal., grafting wood is offered at reduced rates this spring. 
William H. Moon has been elected president and Howard Chase 
vice-president of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 
Samuel D. Willard is receiving strong endorsement for the position 
of commissioner of agriculture of the State of New York. 
Ligustrum Ibota, the hardy hedge plant, is one of the specialties 
offered this spring by Jacob W. Manning, Reading, Mass. 
Ridgely chestnut trees and the famous Miller red raspberry of his 
own growing are specialties of P. Emerson, Wyoming, Del. 
Fred. G. Witlioft, Dayton, O., says the Windsor is the best sweet 
cherry known ; the Eureka and Palmer the best raspberries. 
The tempting list of strawberry plants shown by J. G. Harrison & 
Sons, Berlin, Md , this spring brought this firm many orders. 
Spahgnum moss of a superior quality may be obtained in small or 
large quantities promptly from L. G. Thompson, Tomah, Wis. 
One of the best known firms in Delaware is Myer & Son of Bridge, 
ville. They have a large trade in peach trees and small fruits. 
T. C. Wilson, East Side Nurseries, Brighton. N. Y., is one of the 
oldest of Western New York nurserymen. He has choice stock. 
Jay Wood, Knowlesville, N. Y., makes special prices on car lots of 
apple, cherry, plum, pear, Russian apricots and Cut-leaved birch. 
George Moulson & Son, Union Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., have a 
large stock of Horse chestnuts, English elms-and Norway maples. 
This is the forty-fifth year of the Knox Nurseries at Vincennes, Ind. 
IJ. M. Simpson & Sons offer high class stock in varied assortment. 
Wherever the Greenville strawberry is named the fame of E. M. 
Buechly follows. He has ten acres of this berry at Greenville, Ohio. 
P. D. Berry, Dayton, Ohio, is willing all should know that fruit 
plants are his specialty. Mr. Berry and his berries are widely known. 
Nelson Bogue, of Batavia, N. Y.. made a southern trip last month, 
visiting Fortress Monroe, Washington, Philadelphia and other points. 
Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport. Ind., have not had time this spring 
to note any dullness in trade. Carload lots have been their specialty. 
An unusually large and fine assortment of peach trees has been re¬ 
duced by big sales at the nurseries of W T . M. Peters’ Sons, Wesley Md. 
The Evergreen Nursery Company, Evergreen, Wis., claims to have 
the largest stock and the largest assortment of evergreens in America. 
Peters & Skinner solicit correspondence regarding peach, plum and 
cherry trees, the double-flowering crab and apple and pear seedlings. 
A practical box clamp is a necessity. Ii. H. Blair & Co., Kansas 
City, Mo., claim to have the most desirable article in this line that is 
made. 
F. W. Watson & Co., Topeka, Kan., have been busy this spring dis¬ 
posing of a few hundred thousand high grade root grafts that will 
grow. 
The climate and soil of the Maple Avenue Nurseries, West Chester, 
Pa., have induced Hoopes, Brother & Thomas to make peaches a 
specialty. 
Louis Leroy’s Nurseries, established in 1795 at Angers, France, are 
represented in the United States and Canada by August Rhotert, New 
York city. 
The Niagara Nurseries, E. Moody & Son, Lockport, N. Y., are 
heavily stocked with peach, plum, pear and cherry ; also gooseberries 
and currants. 
The Sedgwick Nursery Co , Sedgwick, Kan., is the successor to 
Chauncey A. Seaman. This company offers this spring fruit trees and 
small fruit stock. 
Andre L. Causse is the agent in the United States and Canada, for 
the Andre Leroy Nurseries at Angers, France. They offer azaleas, 
rhododendrons, etc. 
W. T. Hood & Co., Richmond, Va.. have been doing the usual large 
business which is practically guaranteed them each season in peach and 
general nursery stock. 
C. H. Webster, Centralia, Ill., has purchased the nursery long con¬ 
ducted by his father, Jabez Webster, a well-known nurseryman and 
horticulturist of Illinois. 
The name of the Good & Reese Co., Springfield, O., is a household 
