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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
CROP CONDITIONS. 
Returns from all districts show that on June i there was 
promise of an apple crop ranging from moderate to large in 
all the states between the Allegheny and the Rocky mountains, 
says the American Agriculturist. The spring was cold and 
backward until about the middle of April, but from that time 
forward there was no frost experience sufficient to materially 
damage the bloom, which by reason of the cool spring was late 
in appearing. The very severe weather of the winter did not 
materially kill fruit buds, and the absence of spring frosts 
served to save almost the entire bloom of the year. In New 
England, always an important apple section, conditions are 
much as outlined in our report of May 20, apples not blooming 
especially well in Maine or Massachusetts. A good supply of 
apples is in prospect in New York state, with the exception of 
a few varieties, such as Baldwins, but it remains to be seen 
what the June drop amounts to, here and elsewhere. 
At the present time there is promise for more than an 
average crop in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois, fully an average 
in Iowa, with possibly a little less promise in Missouri and 
Wisconsin than earlier. Last year the crop was very short 
throughout all the West, with the most fruit in the northern 
part of the territory. This year while there is no complete 
failure in any section, the best promise is in the more southerly 
districts. 
WANTED: 
A foreman of experience thoroughly com¬ 
petent in both the fruit and ornamental line 
of the business, of good habits, sober, and capable of handling large 
crews of men. Address Fancher Creek Nursery, Fresno, California, 
giving age, references and whether married or single. 
QEO. C. ROEDING, Manager, Fresno, Cal, 
JAPAN PLUMS 
A large stock Abundance’ 
Burbank, Hale, and all 
standard varieties New 
Varieties: America,Apple 
and Chaleo a specialty. 
FREIGHT PREPAID 
to Philadelphia on all Northern and Eastern Shipments. 
Peaches. Persimmons, Pecans, Mulberries, Figs, Field Grown 
Grafted Roses ; both Teas and Hybrid varieties, and a general line of 
fruit and ornamental trees grown in large quantities. 
High Grade Trees and Low Prices. 
The Griffing Brothers Company, 
POMONA NURSERIES. MACCLENNY, FLORIDA 
WE SHALL OFFER IN FALL 
One Year Trees and Dormant Buds 
- OF - 
...BURBANK’S NEW PLU/TS. 
America, Bartlett, Climax, 
Chaleo, Shiro, Sultan. 
IRecent ||>ublications. 
Part I of the transactions of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 
for 1898 has been issued by the secretary. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture Bulletins: Experiment Station 
Record, Yol. X, Nos. 9 and 10 ; Three Insect Enemies of Shade Trees, 
L. O. Howard. 
The Pruning Book, second edition, by Professor L. H. Bailey, is 
proving one of the most valuable and popular of the Garden Craft 
Series, issued by the Macmillans. It is a monograph of the pruning 
and training of plants as applied to American conditions. The subject 
is quite exhaustively treated in two parts, the iirst devoted to the fun¬ 
damentals and the second to the incidentals. The first twenty pages 
are devoted to the philosophy of pruning. Then the development of 
the fruit bud and the healing of the pruning wounds are discussed. 
Chapter IV is devoted to the principles of pruning. Under the head of 
incidentals specific advice is given regarding pruning in general and 
as related to the fruits, shade trees, hedges and ornamental plants. The 
European practice is described. Chapters VII, VIIIand IX are devoted 
to the pruning and training of the grape vine. Almost any information 
sought regarding pruning can be found in this latest work of Professor 
Bailey. Cloth; uniform with other volumes of the Garden Craft Series. 
Pp. 545 . Illustrated. $ 1 . 50 . New York: The Macmillan Company. 
EVERY NURSERYMAN CAN WELL AFFORD IT. 
E. S. Welsh, Shenandoah, Ia—“I enclose $1 for the ensuing 
year’s subscription to the National Nurselyman. Iam well pleased 
with the journal. Every nurseryman can certainly well afford to take 
it.” 
W. A. WATSON <SL CO. 
NORMAL, ILL. 
mu puns 
Vredenburg & 
Company, 
AND NURSERY SUPPLIES. 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
SMALL FRUIT PLANTS. 
W. N. SCARFF, New Carlisle, 0. 
Catalogue and Price List 
..Free.. 
WANTED. 
Customers for Standard and Dwarf Pears, Plums, 
KILMARNOCK WILLOWS, Etc. Etc. 
Special low prices given on carload lots. Do not place your order 
before getting my prices. 
D. H. PATTY, Nurseryman, - GENEVA, N. Y. 
" The Chicago Beach Forever ” 
would have been the title of Sousa's famous march if he had composed it after attending the last 
Nurserymen’s Convention. We are back at work again and ready to fill orders 
. . . . for Labels with our usual promptness. 
BENJAMIN CMASE, - DERRY, N. H. 
