The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1899, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ The trees may be justly numbered among 
our best friends.”— F. Schuyler Mathews. 
Vol. VII. 
ROCHESTER, N. 
Y., AUGUST, 1899. 
No. 7. 
WESTERN WHOLESALERS. the new cardinal raspberry. 
Seventeenth Annual Meeting In Kansas City—The Firms Repre¬ 
sented—Supply of Stock Light—Varieties of Apples Unobtain¬ 
able-Effort to Secure Concessions on Freight Rates — 
President A. L. Brooke In the Chair—The Officers. 
The seventeenth semi-annual meeting of the Western Asso¬ 
ciation of Wholesale Nurserymen was held in Kansas City, 
July ii. The following members or nursery firms were pres¬ 
ent : Blair & Kauffman, R H. Blair & Co., of Kansas City ; 
Brewer & Stannard, of Ottawa, Kan.; A. L. Brooke, North 
Topeka; Bush & Son & Meissner, Bushberg, Mo.; William 
Cutter & Son, Junction City, Kan.; A. C. Griesa & Bro., 
A. H. Griesa, Lawrence, Kan.; W. H. Heikes, Huntsville, Ala.; 
Holman & Bente, Leavenworth ; Jewell Nursery Company, 
Lake City, Minn.; D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la.; New Haven 
Nurseries, New Haven, Mo.; Peters & Skinner, Topeka ; 
Schutte & Czarnowski, St. Louis ; Stark Bros.’ Nursery and 
Orchard Company, Louisiana, Mo.; L. R. Taylor & Son, 
Topeka; Sedgwick Nursery Company, Sedgwick, Kan.; E. S. 
Welsh, Shenandoah, la.; Louis Williams, Parsons; A. Willis, 
Ottawa ; Younger & Co., Geneva, Neb. 
The executive committee is composed of A. Willis, Peter 
Younger, Jr., E. S. Welsh, J. L. Bagby, W. F. Heikes. 
President A. L. Brooke, of North Topeka, presided. The 
officers present were : R. H. Blair, of Kansas City, vice- 
president, and U. B. Pearsall, of Fort Scott, secretary and 
treasurer. In the afternoon an interchange of views was given 
on the condition of the nursery stock and the supply. The 
supply of stock was found to be light, which naturally had a 
tendency to advance pr ces. From reliable sources it was 
learned that the same conditions existed throughout the United 
States. Some of the leading varieties of apple trees it is found 
impossible to supply the demand for. Stock in general is in 
fair condition, but the growth has been somewhat retarded 
until July i. 
The principal topic under discussion was freight rates. As 
a result of the discussion the association appointed the follow¬ 
ing committee on transportation : A. L. Brooke, North Topeka; 
Peter Younger, Geneva, Neb.; F. L. Schutte, St. Louis. The 
transportation committee will endeavor to get some relief or 
modification of certain rules now in force in the Western 
Freight Association, which it is claimed are operating injuri¬ 
ously. The association adjourned to meet in Kansas City, 
December 20, 1899. 
The twenty-third annual convention of the Georgia State 
Horticultural Society will be held at Tallulah Falls, Ga., on 
August 2-3. P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., president ; G. H. 
Miller, Rome, Ga., secretary. 
Of this new raspberry, an engraving of which appears as the 
frontispiece of this issue, the originator, A. H. Griesa, Law¬ 
rence, Kan., says: 
“ For the past few years I have been watching a seedling rasp¬ 
berry on my place, that for vigor and hardiness was far better 
than any other I ever saw. I had grown one before and sent 
it to the Geneva station on trial, where one year it was second 
and the next first in productiveness, as a red kind. But this 
new comer was so much more impressive of its future worth 
that I did no more to introduce the other, and later results 
have proved my conclusions correct. 
In this New Cardinal the merits are so pronounced that it 
requires no critic to see at a glance its superior worth. It is 
of great growth, with large, wrinkled leaves that are free from 
any disease or weakness; free from vicious thorns; entirely 
hardy, summer and winter; of great productiveness; a dark 
red berry of Columbian or Shaffer style, though better than 
either in all respects, its color is more like the Loudon; the 
fruit is quite firm, of good quality, and sells readily in the 
market at prices above other kinds. 
‘‘On July 5 I sent a crate to Denver, Col., and asked the 
dealer to report on its condition and desirableness in that 
market. The berries were over ripe, as none had been picked 
since July 3, at noon, but they went the distance of 600 miles 
well and got the following report: 
Denver, Col., July 6, 1899 . 
Dear Sir —Your berries came to-day. You ask what we think of 
them in this market. They are all right, a very nice berry. Had they 
been sent in pint boxes we could have got a good deal more for them. 
They had settled some, being so heavy; but we sold them for $ 4 . Our 
market could use lots of them. 
E. J. Davies & Co., Succ’rs to B. F. Bowen & Co. 
“ Samples of fruit on branches and in a box were shown to 
the nurserymen in convention at Kansas City, Mo., where a 
committee reported on them as follows: 
Mr. President —Your committee to examine and report on the New 
Cardinal raspberry, introduced by A. H. Griesa, would say that they 
find the new raspberry, originated by A. H. Griesa, and named Cardi¬ 
nal, is of superior vigor, and probably the most productive of all dark 
red raspberries. It seems especially adapted for canning and market. 
We therefore esteem it highly meritorious and would recommend it 
for trial. 
Peter Younger, E. J. Holman, W. P. Stark.—Committee. 
“ It sold this season in our local market and in Topeka at 
from $2.50 to $3.00 per crate. 
“ William Brown, our most successful small fruit grower, as a 
committee on new fruits, at the Douglas County Horticultural 
Society meeting in August, 1898, reported as follows: 
While the Columbian is a grand variety, I regard the New Cardinal 
(a new variety not yet offered to the general public) as better. I ob¬ 
tained two plants from Mr. Griesa last year upon the condition that I 
would grow them with other kinds for comparison, and if, after the first 
