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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
KANSAS HORTICULTURISTS. 
The thirteenth annual meeting of the Kansas Horticultural 
Society was held at Topeka December 9—11. On the preced¬ 
ing day the directors met to discuss a new constitution which 
was afterward adopted by the society. The first day’s session 
was devoted to reports upon the fruit crop, by county repre- 
rentatives. The majority of these reports showed that the 
crop was light, owing to dry weather. One of the most valu¬ 
able features of the meeting was the selection of the best varie¬ 
ties of fruit for planting in Kansas. Long lists resulted from 
the ballots. Among those who participated in the meeting 
were: F. Holsinger, Rosedale ; William Cutter, Junction 
City ; A. H. Griesa, Lawrence ; Dr. Stayman, E. J. Holman, 
Leavenworth ; B. F Smith, Lawrence ; S. T. Kelsey, Kawana, 
N. C. The president of the society, Fred Wellhouse, Topeka, 
the “apple king,” presided and J. W. Robinson, Eldorado, the 
“corn king” responded to the address of welcome by Mayor 
C. A. Fellows, of Topeka. 
A NEW FIRM. 
S. A. Hertzler, of Menno Township, formerly of Sunny Side 
fruit farm, Ferguson Valley, and N. C. Beachey, of the Flower 
City Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y., have formed a partnership 
for the purpose of testing new varieties of fruits. Such experi¬ 
mental work will evidently promote fruit culture in this locality. 
These gentlemen are men of large experience in their respec¬ 
tive lines, and their labors will doubtless become a source of 
profit to them and a benefit to the community.—Belleville, Pa., 
Times. 
HALL’S FAVORITE. 
This new berry, the subject of our frontispiece, was origi¬ 
nated about four or five years ago by J. W. Hall, Marion Sta., 
Md., who describes it as follows : “ I have fruited Hall’s 
Favorite four years’ on different soils and it does well on all. 
I have been in the fruit business twenty-five years and during 
that time we have had numbers of strawberries, but the Hall’s 
Favorite is the strongest grower of any variety that I have 
grown or seen grow. I have seen the vines stand twelve to 
fifteen inches high, and land was not rich, either. It bears a 
large crop of fine berries that run large and uniform in size 
through the season and are of beautiful color. 
“It is firm and a good shipper. It sold in the New York 
market the past season for twenty cents, when other kinds 
were bringing nine and ten cents per quart. It is considered 
by good judges to be the best strawberry yet grown. 
“ Berry growers for some time have been wanting a better 
berry than Bubach No. 5 We have it in Hall’s Favorite. It 
ripens a little earlier than Bubach; is larger in size. Through 
the season it is as productive if not more so, and a better car¬ 
rier. It is of better quality than Bubach by far and as a 
grower the Bubach is no comparison. The plant is very 
healthy. The berry has fruited at the Maryland and Ohio 
experiment stations and flattering reports have been received. 
A FRUIT TREE CASE. 
S. M. K. Ebert, agent for the Flemer & Felmly Company, 
nurserymen, of New Jersey, appeared before Magistrate Biser 
in Frederick for the purpose of bringing suit against William 
H. Tyler, of this county, says the Brunswick, Md., Herald , to 
make him responsible for a number of fruit trees which were 
delivered to him some time ago. Mr. Tyler claims to have 
sent the trees back to New Jersey after having discovered that 
the roots were to some extent infested with disease. The 
trees have not been received by the nurserymen, hence the 
Frederick agent seeks to compel Mr. Tyler to pay the original 
amount due on the goods. 
The trees, it is alleged were sent to this state without a cer¬ 
tificate from an official certifying that each one was free from 
disease, which is in violation of a recent act of the Maryland 
legislature, which provides that all fruit trees received in this 
state from other states must contain a certificate from a gov¬ 
ernment official to the effect that they are absolutely free from 
disease. As the trees were, it is alleged, unlawfully sold in 
the State of Maryland, Magistrate Biser concluded that money 
due on them could not be lawfully collected, hence he dis¬ 
missed the case. Suit was afterward instituted before Mag¬ 
istrate White. State Entomologist W. G. Johnson has exam¬ 
ined the trees and says they are free from disease. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OFFICERS. 
Shawnee County (Kansas). —President, A. L. Brooke, North 
Topeka; vice president, A. B. Smith; secretary, Mr. Charles; treasurer, 
John Armstrong. 
• Northern Illinois. —President, J. L. Hartwell; vice presidents, A. 
Bryant, H. R. Cotta, A. J. Swezey; secretary, Dwight Herrick; treas¬ 
urer, L. Woodward. 
Ontario —President, W. E. Wellington, Toronto; vice-president, 
W. M. Orr, Fruitland ; secretary-treasurer, L. Woolverton, Grimsby ; 
and 13 division directors. 
Iowa. —President, F. M. Powell, Glenwood; vice president, C. F. 
Gardner, Osage ; secretary, George H. Van Houten, Lenox; treasurer, 
William M. Bomberger, Harlan. 
Kansas. —President, Judge Fred Wellhouse, Topeka; vice president, 
J. W. Robinson, Eldorado; secretary, William H. Barnes, Topeka; 
treasurer, Frank Holsinger, Rosedale. 
Southeastern Iowa. —President, F. O. Harrington, York Center; 
vice president, Will T. Richie, Albia; secretary, C. W. Burton, Cedar 
Rapids; treasurer, Wesley Greene, Davenport. 
Central New York. —President, A. D. Perry; vice presidents, S. 
T. Betts, L. E. Marquisee, W. J. Smith, J. W. Smith, E. A. Powell, 
F. C. Brower; treasurer, F. H. Ebeling, re-elected ; secretary. R. Bard. 
Michigan. —President, Roland Morrill, of Benton Harbor ; secretary, 
E. C. Reid, of Allegan; treasurer, Asa W. Slayton, of Grand Rapids ; 
members of the executive committee, Judge F. J. Russell, of Hart, and 
Robert D. Graham, of Grand Rapids. 
Minnesota.— President, J. M. Underwood, Lake City, re-elected for 
the fifth time; trustees, elected for three years. Professor S. B. Green, 
of St. Anthony Park, and Clarence Wedge, of Albert Lea; treasurer, 
re-elected, A. H. Brackett, of Long Lake. 
Southern Illinois. —President, J. Webster, Centralia; first vice 
president, J. W. Stanton, Richview; second vice president, L. N. Beal, 
Mt. Vernon; third vice president, D. W. Prindle, Villa Ridge; secre¬ 
tary and treasurer, E: G. Mendenhall, Kinmundy. 
Indiana. —President, C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport; vice-presidents, E. 
Y. Teas, Irvington, Mrs. W. W. Stevens, of Salem, J. A. Burton, 
of Mitchell, George S. Newton, of South Bend; secretary, Professor J. 
Troop, Lafayette; treasurer, Isham Sedgwick, Richmond; executive 
committee, A. W. Butler, of Brookville, W. H. Ragan, of Greencastle, 
and L. B. Custer of Logansport. 
The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has directed its 
president, Mr. Appleton, to write to the president-elect of the 
United States desiring him in the selection of a secretary of 
agriculture in his cabinet to consider the expediency of bring¬ 
ing horticulture and agriculture in close connection. 
