The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1900, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ Nature gives successive variations; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him.'’ _ Darwin. 
Vol. VIII. ROCHESTER, N. Y., SEPTEMBER, 1900. No. 8 
THE SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. 
Annual Meeting at Llthia Springs, Ga.—Effective Work by Trans 
portatlon Committee—Interesting Papers and Questions Dis¬ 
cussed-Working Agents—Calipering Trees—Amendments 
to the Constitution - President Hale Re-elected — 
Secretary W. Lee Wilson-At Asheville Next July. 
The Southern Nurserymen’s Association met at Sweetwater 
Park Hotel, Lithia Springs, Ga., July 17th at 10 A. M. The 
Association was called to order by N. W. Hale. The Presi¬ 
dent read a communication from Secretary Newson, who 
expressed his regret at his inability to attend on account of the 
severe illness of his child. On motion of Mr. Gritting, secon¬ 
ded by Mr. Berckmans, W. L Wilson was appointed Secretary 
protem. The President then addressed the meeting, setting 
forth the work that had been accomplished by the Association 
the past year, and especially making a report upon the work 
accomplished by the committee on transportation, of which he 
was ex-officio chairman. Secretary Newson’s report was then 
read and by motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by Mr. Camp, was 
adopted. The treasurer’s report was read and referred to an 
auditing committee, consisting of L. A. Berckmans, C. T. 
Smith and John A. Young. The following resolution was 
unanimously adopted. 
Resolved, That the thanks of this Association be extended to the 
committee on transportation for their untiring and efficient labors, 
which resulted in the concessions granted by the Southern Classifica 
tion Committee, and which resulted in saving thousands of dollars to 
the nurserymen of the South and it is hereby ordered that the expense 
of this committee be paid by this Association. 
Question box—“ Has the Greenboro peach proven a 
success ?” 
Answered by J. Van Lindley and John A. Young in the 
affirmative ; these gentlemen stating that they had realized 
nice profits from the shipment of this peach this year. This 
question led to quite a discussion of the merits of new peaches, 
and among other important facts drawn out, it was learned 
that the Carman, Waddell and Admiral Dewey were all 
valuable early market peaches. 
“ Can uniform retail prices be maintained ? ” 
The concensus was that they could not. 
“ What is the best method of disposing of left-over stock ? 
After considerable discussion, it was decided that it was 
best to deliver to the customer’s houses and endeavor to make 
collection from the office rather than sell the stock at a 
sacrifice. 
The committee on report of treasurer made the following 
report : 
“We the undersigned committee, having examined the 
report and vouchers of the Treasurer find same to be correct. 
“(Signed,) L. A. Berckmans, C. T. Smith, John A. Young.” 
The report was adopted. An exhaustive and interesting 
paper was read by Prof. Scott, Entomologist of Georgia 
Station, on the inspection of nursery stock, fumigation and 
treatment of infested stock. Prof. Scott also made a short 
talk on peach leaf curl, which he advised could be easily exter¬ 
minated. this fact he had discovered after a series of exper- 
ments in spraying, which he explained in detail to the meeting. 
A recess was then taken for dinner. 
The Association was called to order at 2 o’clock by Presi¬ 
dent Hale. A committee composed of J. VanLindley, Prof. 
Scott, W. D. Griffing and L. A. Berckmans, was appointed by 
the President to draw up resolutions in regard to federal and 
state inspections of nursery stock. These resolutions were 
published in the last issue of the National Nurseryman. 
An interesting paper was read by W. D. Griffing of Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla. on citrous fruits in Florida and Porto Rico. It was 
the opinion of Mr. Griffing, whose brother had recently 
returned from a tour of inspection in Porto Rico, that this 
new possession of the United States would eventually become 
a great producer of citrus fruits, the conditions there being 
much more favorable than those existing in Florida. 
“The Southern Nurserymen’s Association” was the sub¬ 
ject of an interesting talk by J. Van Lindley, of Pomona, N.C. 
The minutes of the Chattanooga meeting were read and 
approved. 
Question box : “ How high should trees be calipered ?” 
This led to a general discussion of the grading and caliper¬ 
ing of trees which was very instructive and interesting. 
WORKING AGENTS. 
“ What is the most satisfactory contract to work agents 
under ?” 
This question developed quite a number of plans for work¬ 
ing agents under and the discussion which followed was prob¬ 
ably the most interesting brought out by the question box. 
The concensus of opinion seemed to be that the commission 
plan was the best, and that the nursery should have full con¬ 
trol of the billing of all trees sold by the agents, whether 
dealers or not. 
The following amendments to the constition were adopted .- 
Section 3 was changed so as to read as follows : 
This Association shall consist of individuals, copartnerships, or com¬ 
panies doing business in the Southern States, actively engaged in the 
nursery business or kindred pursuits, and also experiment station offi¬ 
cers, entomologists and pathologists. 
Section 4 . Its regular annual meetings shall be held on the third 
Tuesday in July; the place of meeting shall be designated by the Asso¬ 
ciation. 
Section 6. Members may be dropped from the roll, or expelled for 
non-payment of dues, or for other causes on a vote of three-fourths of 
the members present not in arrears, provided 30 days of proposed drop¬ 
ping or expulsion shall be given to the member or members affected. 
Section 8. This constitution may be amended at any regular meet¬ 
ing on a vote of three-fourths of the members present. 
The following amendments to the by-laws were adopted: 
Sections 6, 7, 8 and 9 were entirely stricken out. The follow¬ 
ing resolution was unanimously adopted: 
