THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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America, Apple, Chaleo, etc., were originally sent out as 
hybrids, not as pure Japanese varieties, and there is no reason 
why they should be misunderstood. 
Now it is certainly a good thing for a nurseryman to classify 
in some way the varieties of plums which he offers. He need 
not make separate groups of them in his catalogue ; but at 
least he ought to indicate whether they belong to the Domest- 
ica, Japanese or Wildgoose groups, or whether they are hybrids 
of two or more known species. It is to the nurseryman’s ad¬ 
vantage to give his customers this information, and to make it 
as accurate as possible. The practice of classifying the hybrid 
varieties with the Japanese plums is especially apt to lead to 
confusion and misunderstanding, all of which will fall to the 
discredit of the nurserymen. 
There are now about thirty to forty well authenticated 
hybrid plums in the American trade, and more are coming. 
They are therefore of sufficient importance to bear notice. 
They do not deserve to be lumped off obscurely with some 
other class. 
Burlington, Vt., Jan. 24. 1900. F. A. Waugh. 
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HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OFFICERS. 
Peninsula Horticultural— President. Joseph E Carter. Smyrna, 
Del.; vice-president, Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; secretary-treas¬ 
urer, Wesley Webb, Dover, Del. 
Illi or* Horticultural —President, Henry M. Dunlap, Savoy ; 
vice-president, H. A. Aldrich, Neoga ; secretary, L. R Bryant, Piince- 
ton ; treasurer, J. W Stanton, Richview. 
N-.w Jersey Horticultural— President, Henry E. Hale, Prince¬ 
ton ; vice-president. W. II. Reid, Tennent; secretary, Henry I. Budd, 
Mt Holly ; treasurer, Charles L. Jones. Newark. 
Rhode Island Horttcui thru c oci' ty— President. J. E. C. Farn- 
ham ; vice-presidents. Col R. H. T. Goddard, Ex G >vernor Royal C. 
Taft. J"Seph D Fitts; secretary. Charles W. Smith, all of Previdenoe. 
Indixna Horticultural— President, C. M Hobbs, Bridgeport; 
vice-presidents. Mrs. W. W. Stevens. John Tilson, Amos Garretson, 
J C. Grossman; secretary. Prof. James Troop. Lafayette; treasurer, 
Sylvester Johnson, Irvington ; executive committee, E. Y. Teas, 
L. B. Custer, J. C. Stevens. 
Pennsylvania Horticultural Association— President. Howard 
A. Chase. Philadelphia ; vice-presidents, Calvin Cooper. Bird in Hand ; 
Daniel D. Harr. Lancaster; M. C. Dunlevie, Carnegie; recording sec¬ 
retary, E. B. Engle, Waynesboro; corresponding secretary, Wm. P. 
Brinton, Christiana; treasurer, Samuel C. Moon, Morrisville. 
Western New York Horticultural —President, W. C. Barry, 
Rochester; vice-presidents, S. D. Willard, Geneva; J. S. Woodward, 
Lockport; Albert Wood, Carleton Sta.; T. B. Wilson, Hall’s Corners; 
g ecretary and treasurer, John Hall. Rochester ; executive committee, 
C. M. Hooker, Rochester; E. M. Moody, Lockport; Wing R. Smith, 
Syracuse; George G. Atwood, Geneva; H. S. Wiley. Cayuga 
Connecticut Horticultural— President J. T. Withers ; vice pres¬ 
idents. R A. Grilling, A. C. Sternberg and Theo. Wirth of Hartford 
County ; Robt. Veitch, of New Haven County ; T. S. Gold, of Litch¬ 
field County; D. A. Lyman, of Windham County, Robt. Coit, of New 
London County; S. Hoyt, of Fairfield County ; A. N. Pierson, of 
Middlesex County, and Prof. L. P. Chamberlin, of Tolland County ; 
secretary, W. T. Gardner. 
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jfront IDavtous Ipoints. 
Oklahoma, the Indian Territory, and all the adjacent country, is 
good fruit land, with a climate in many respects favorable. There are 
great horticultural possibilities yet undeveloped. 
Profpssor John Henry Comstock, the well known entomologist of 
Cornell University, is on the Pacific coast and will remain there for 
about two months. He makes his headquarters at the Leland Standard 
University, Palo Alto. 
The American Pomological Society has been asked to hold its meet¬ 
ing of 1901 in Buffalo during the Pan-American Exposition. It is 
probable that the American Association of Nurserymen will be asked 
to hold its convention of 1901 in Buffalo. 
The dutiable imports of plants, shrubs and vines amounted to 
$9 ).887 in Isovember, 1898, against 890 557 during the same period of 
last year. The free imports of seeds amounted in November to 
170,648 against $37,075 during November, 1898 The total for the 11 
months amounted to $116,562 during 1899, as compared with $556,075 
during 1898. 
Prof. W. J Green of the Ohio Experiment Station said at the annual 
meeting of the Ohio State Horticultural Society that some of our very 
best fruits had been held back from the public, or at least in part, be¬ 
cause some of these were not the best growers in the nursery. The 
Jonathan apple was cited as an instance. Nurserymen, he said, like to 
grow those varieties that are readily propagated and of strong smooth 
growth. ■ 
Reports from all the leading fruit-growers in Oklahoma showed that 
the three apples which are by all odds the favorites for commercial 
orcharding are Missouri Pippin. Ben Davis and AVinesap, in this order. 
After these follow Jonathan, Arkansas Black, Maiden Blush. Mammoth 
Black Twig. Cooper Early White, Yellow Transparent. Gano, Red 
Astrachan, Lowell, Rome Beauty, Janet, Oldenburg, Early Harvest, 
and a few others. 
B. F. Smith, Lawrence, Kan., says : “Kansas will appreciate an 
apple crop next year (if we have one) more than ordinarily, as we have 
bad two almost entire failures in the crops of 1898 and 1899. Last 
winter our sup; ly of apples came from Oregon, and cost us at retail 
from 50 cents to 60 < enis per pe<k, which is as much as consumers 
formerly paid per bushel for good winter apples. This winter our 
apples are being shipped from Michigan. They retail at about 40 cents 
per peek.” 
About the year 1865. N. H and Dr. E. Bitely. in company with C. 
D and G. W. Lawton, were extensively engaged in the nursery busi¬ 
ness. and obtained a quantity of grape cuttings and roots from Geneva. 
N. Y mostly Concords and Delawares. From this nursery originated 
the first vineyards at Lawton, Mich. It is estimated that about 
300.000 grape roots have been contracted for, to set in the spring of 
1900 at Lawton and vicinity. These added to those already set will 
make the total average approximate 3,000 acres. 
R. W. Doane of the Washington State Agricultural College makes 
the following announcement to the orchardists of the Pacific coast : 
“Thousands of these badly infested trees from eastern nurseries have 
been sold in this state during the past year at prices averaging two to 
three times as high as that asked by local dealers for the same kind of 
tree in first class condition. While it may be advisable at times to im¬ 
port certain kinds of nursery stock from the East, such stock should be 
purchased only from firms that will ship good, clean stock and comply 
with the state laws that were made for the protection of our fruit 
growing industry.”_ 
TIMELY ADVICE. 
One of the ablest of entomologists, Prof. J. B. Smith, of 
New Jersey says : 
“Do not destroy your trees to get rid of the insects, as any 
fool can cut down a tree, but it takes a wise man to grow one 
in its place. Treat your trees intelligently, as your best judg¬ 
ment may dictate, and you will be able to keep your insect 
enemies in check.” 
