THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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IN THE GENESEE VALLEY. 
Stock of All Kinds Used Up Closely-Shortage on Kelffer, Bart¬ 
lett, and Other Standard Pears—Demand for Ornamental 
Stock Heavy in Geneva—Fear That Business Will 
Be Overdone as the Result of Heavy Planting. 
Rochester, N. Y., October 17.—Irving Rouse: “Fall 
trade has been very satisfactory indeed with us. Prices are 
better than for a number of years past, and stock of all kinds 
used up very closely. 
“There is a decided shortage in two-year Kieffer, Bartlett, 
and other sorts of standard pears, apples, and cherries. The 
season generally has been favorable, and two-year blocks will 
be cleaned up closer than usual. 
“ The stock coming on for another year is good, but much 
less than this year, with a possible exception of apple. Alto¬ 
gether, the immediate future of the trade looks well.” 
Rochester, N. Y., October 20.—Allen L. Wood: “My 
sales for this fall’s delivery are the largest I have ever packed 
in the fall, and it does not look as though we would burn 
much stock next spring.” 
Rochester, N. Y., October 20.—Brown Brothers Co.: 
“ Conditions in all departments of the nursery business are 
still improving. There is a good stiff wholesale demand and 
a rather short supply of many leading items, with consequent 
higher prices. As a result, retailers have been obliged to in¬ 
crease their prices, and are getting these prices with very little 
difficulty, as the country is prospering greatly. We are look¬ 
ing forward to a splendid fall and winter trade if McKinley 
is elected, as we are confident will be the case. 
“For fall, our sales are about the same as last year, but 
with a better margin of profit. Our wholesale trade is con¬ 
siderably heavier.” 
Rochester, N. Y., October 18.—Glen Brothers: “This 
has been an exceptionally good season thus far, with every in¬ 
dication, at the present time, of its continuing. Our sales are 
running about 2o per cent ahead of last year, and we cannot 
discover that the presidential campaign has made any differ¬ 
ence whatever.” 
Dansville, N. Y., October 23.—James M. Kennedy: “Sales 
for this fall are some larger than they were one year ago, and 
we expect to receive a good many orders yet. I can see 
a marked improvement in th s fall’s business over that of the 
autumn of 1899, in prices and quality of stock. The whole¬ 
sale and retail trade are about the same as last fall, but the 
catalogue trade exceeds that of a year ago by 50 per cent. 
“Seedlings planted this spring are in fine condition, and 
the budding never was better. While stock will be pretty 
well cleaned up this fall, there will be a fair amount left for 
spring trade. There will be planted here next apring the 
usual amount of stock There is no question that the nursery 
business is now on the paying basis which was long looked 
for.” 
Dansville, N. Y., October 26.— Morey & Son: “The 
sales in Dansville have been large. Prices have been 
extremely good, and the nurserymen generally feel confident 
that business will continue good for some years to come. 
There is a general list of stock still for sale, consisting largely 
of plum, pear, cherry, and apple. A large quantity of one- 
year stock of all kinds has been dug so far this season, which 
will reduce somewhat the stock for another year. If this is 
general throughout the country, we believe it will have a 
tendency to advance stock higher than it is this year. We are 
having plenty of rain which makes an ideal time for handling 
trees.” 
IN GENEVA, N. Y. 
Geneva, N. Y„ October .6—W. & T. Smith Co.: “The 
demand for stock is better than it has been for many years. 
The supply is so short, our stock being considerably less than 
in former years, that we will not have as much nursery stock 
to move this fall as usual. Digging here has been very hard 
and dry, so that we have been badly rushed to get our orders 
filled in time. We have had good rains lately, however, which 
have relieved the situation. 
“We believe that stock is going to be picked up very closely 
here in Geneva. In fact, we think most everything is already 
contracted for. The demand for roses and other ornamental 
stock is particularly heavy.” 
Geneva, N. Y., October 22— Sears, Henry & Co.: “We 
are very glad to report that our fall trade has been highly 
satisfactory, our only cause for complaint being that we were 
short on such lines of stock as two-year-old standard pears, 
dwarf pears, cherries, apples, and quinces. The outlook for 
spring business is good.” 
Geneva, N. Y., October 17.—E. Smith & Sons': “Fall 
sales in most lines of nursery stock have been a little above 
last fall, with a prospect of large sales for the spring of 1901. 
Some lines of nursery stock are scarce, such as apples and 
cherries. 
“ In regard to the future for nursery business, it will not be 
long before it will be overdone again, owing to the large 
amount of stock that has been planted in the last season, and 
the stock that will be planted the year of 1901.” 
THE CLIMAX PLUM. 
The California Fruit Grower is enthusiastic over Luther Bur¬ 
bank’s new plum, the Climax. It says: 
Three samples of the new Climax, or “ Ten Thousand Dollar Plum” 
were received in good condition. This plum, we understand, netted its 
creator $ 10 , 000 , hence its secondary but unofficial name. Its wood was 
sold the first year at $10 a foot and was bought by several enterprising 
Vacaville orchardists at that price. The first box of Climax plums ever 
sent out of California was on June 1 , this year, from Vacaville and was 
soon followed by a few other boxes from the same neighborhood,which 
sold in the East at around $4 per box as compared with from 15 cents to 
$ 1.35 for other varieties. 
In appearance the climax is very attractive, deep red or purple, 
smooth, large size. The flesh is a deep golden, pit small and free. In 
flavor it is exquisite, almost vinous in suggestion. A room with a single 
Climax plum in it is as fragrant as a Southern Cherokee rose bush in 
full blossom. Added to these high qualities it has demonstrated its 
ability to stand up under long transportation. It is a magnificent ac¬ 
quisition. As it becomes more generally known, as it is bound to do, 
it will make many of the older and hitherto considered fancy varieties 
look like 30 cents. 
The statement by George G. Atwood, regarding the pear trade, in 
our last issue, was taken from an article by Mr. Atwood, in the Country 
Gentleman. 
