THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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LINCOLN CORELESS AND KIEFFER. 
Editor of The National Nurseryman: 
YVe note in your issue of February, which, by the way, 
is a very good one, an item relative to the Lincoln Core¬ 
less Pear. Considering the fact that there seem to be so 
many conflicting reports relative to this pear, you will 
pardon us for occupying any of your valuable time, but 
we desire to give what little information we have relative 
to this fruit. 
We have seen samples of it during January, and they 
were very fine indeed, larger than the largest Keiffers 
which are very large pears in New Jersey. These 
samples were exhibited at Trenton at the recent horti¬ 
cultural exhibition, and for size, shape and color, cannot 
be excelled for the season. As to quality, they are not 
quite equal to Anjou as we are familiar with that at 
Rochester. The tree is an exceedingly straight and 
vigorous grower in the nursery. This information is of 
our own knowledge. As to the productiveness, we can¬ 
not say. 
The Kieffer pear which has been abused so much in 
Western New York horticultural meetings, but which 
S. D. Willard of Geneva, N. Y.. has always recommended 
highly, is being more largely grown throughout the coast 
regions than ever before. Many orchards are to be 
found in this vicinity containing thousands of trees. 
We know of one orchard within six miles of this town, 
which is one-half mile square. The fruit in this orchard 
was as highly colored last season as any Vermont Beautys 
we have ever seen. All Kieffers in this section are 
exceedingly juicy. While quality is not the highest, it is 
quite agreeable. The cider made of this variety of pear 
will yet come into commercial prominence. We think it 
has remarkable medicinal qualities. 
Moorestown, N. J. C. F. MacNair. 
EFFECT OF WHOLESALE CATALOGUES. 
Editor of The National Nurseryman: 
I notice your lines in TlIE NURSERYMAN of P'ebruary 
headed, “The State of Trade,” and “The Low Price 
Question,” by Henry Schrceder. 
When I was younger I sold books, and when I found a 
man that had a publisher’s catalogue, I found I had just 
as well go on, for I could not sell to him ; nor did one 
out of five hundred of them purchase of the publisher. 
So trade was lost. 
It is the same way with people in regard to buying 
nursery stock. I hardly think I am wrong if I say that 
one-third of the people of this country have one or more 
nurserymen’s wholesale catalogues. Such people do not 
buy from the nursery as I can testify, and when an agent 
approaches them his high prices and the wholesale low 
prices loom up before him and he does not purchase 
from any one and his trade is lost. 
There are two others in this county besides myself who 
raise a little nursery stock to sell, and a very little at that. 
One of them has this season been going around showing 
the wholesale catalogue to the public, and comparing 
the prices with those of the retail catalogue. Who is this 
benefiting? Either retailer or wholesaler? There is no 
danger of these ordering from any one, for they told me 
they could not pay me for two persimmons they wanted. 
Send on your catalogues to such people, and also to 
people not in the trade, and if trade does not continue to 
fall off, I will own I am a fool. 
Mason Nursery, Mason, Texas. J. T. Wilson. 
GOOD ADVICE REGARDING SOCIETIES. 
Editor of The National Nurseryman: 
What you say regarding hoiticultural societies in the 
last number I consider O. K. We find some trouble in 
getting a very large membership to our local horticultural 
society as there are many who say “ it is only a ring, and 
they run it for the interest of their business.” 
Now, I know this to be false, at least in most cases. 
Of course, there may be some cases where it is done. 
In fact where it is done those in the so-called ring are 
the only ones who are members and, of course, they have 
to run it. If people do not want the so-called ring to 
run things why do they not join the society and then 
they will have something' to say. In most cases the 
kickers, you will find, do not attend the meetings even if 
they are members. My advice would be to the fault finders, 
if you are members attend the meetings regularly and 
take an active part in all the business. Get all the mem¬ 
bers you can and do all in your power to have interesting 
meetings. If not a member join at once and go to work. 
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. I. L. BUCHAN. 
LOVETT NURSERY COMPANY. 
Regarding the Lovett Nursery Co., a Red Bank, N. J. 
paper states: 
The recent embarrassment of the Lovett Nursery Company. which 
threatened to be serious a few weeks ago, has been overcome and the 
company is again on its feet financially. John T. Lovett, the founder 
of the nursery, lias bought up almost all of the outstanding‘stock of 
the company, and the concern will hereafter be under his sole manage¬ 
ment. The amount of stock bought by Mr. Lovett during the past two 
weeks amounts to nearly $40,000. With the stock previously held by 
him, this gives him a great majority of the stock of the company. 
Mr. Lovett’s final purchase of stock of the company was made Tues¬ 
day, January 14, and the company will immediately be reorganized. 
Edmund Wilson, of Red Bank, is one of the directors of the company. 
J. H. McLean, the former secretary, has resigned, and lion. W. Tabor 
Parker, who is also one of the directors, was elected secretary in his 
place. As soon as the reorganization is completed arrangements will 
be made to pay off all claims against the company at their face value. 
The seed department of the business will be continued. The catalogue 
for 1896 is now nearly ready for the press and will be issued about the 
first of February. 
The nursery will be continued as a corporation, but the directors are 
working in harmony, and further intermcine strife or financial diffi¬ 
culties are not likely to occur. The claims against the company now 
outstanding amount to $20,000. 
The assets of the company amount to $113,382, and the liabilities to 
$30,342. Assets over liabilities, $80,040. 
