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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Eliza.be m, N. J., April 9 —Hiram T. Jones : “ The - local 
demand is much better than last year. The demand from 
nurserymen for small stock to plant out, both of fruit and 
ornamental seedlings, has been in excess of supply, and orders 
are still coming in very freely.” 
Newark, N. Y., April 19.—Jackson & Perkins Co.: “We 
are sold out this spring more closely than we ever have been 
within the last five or six years. Up to the first of March we 
found business very dull and fully expected to have a large 
amount of surplus either to burn or to carry over, but during 
March and the present month business seemed to pick up very 
well, indeed. We confidently look for much better wholesale 
prices upon nearly all kinds of stock the coming season.” 
Milford, Del., April 19.—A. Pullen : “ This spring we have 
had a much larger business than we have had for many seasons 
past—though the prices on output ruled low. The Japan plum 
trees were especially in strong demand.” 
Berlin, Md., April 24.—J. G. Harrison & Sons : “ Our 
season is about closed, one of the best we ever have had. We 
ran short on many lines of stock. From the stock of peach 
last season of over one and a half million budded, we have 
less than 50,000 to burn, and those are unsalable varieties 
mostly. 
“To say we had to hustle is putting it mild. Strawberry 
plants have gone by the hundreds of thousands, till there is 
hardly one hundred thousand left. We have increased our 
plantings ; have now sixty acres to strawberry plants, and in 
order to keep in pace with our ever-increasing trade, we have 
purchased what we consider an ideal farm for our fall planting 
of peach seed, as we like to plant on. virgin soil. It is located 
in the town limits of Berlin, and on the Baltimore and Eastern 
Shore Railroad, and is particularly adapted to the growth of 
peach trees.” 
NO SCALE LAW IN MASSACHUSETTS. 
Jacob W. Manning, Reading. Mass., writes: “As is well 
known, there is as yet no law in Massachusetts whereby a nurs¬ 
eryman can obtain an official certificate of the freedom of his 
stock from injurious insects or diseases. However, in order to 
protect ourselves and our customers, at our own expense, we 
have annually for the last three years had our nurseries 
thoroughly examined by Professor A. H. Kirkland, formerly 
of the Massachusetts Experiment Station, and now employed 
as entomologist to the Gypsy Moth Commission by the Massa¬ 
chusetts Board of Agriculture, and we have no hesitation in 
declaring our stock absolutely free from San Jose scale or 
other dangerous insects. 
“Since so many nurseries have become infested by the San 
Jose scale, in order to prevent the introduction of the pest into 
our own nursery, we have erected a fumigating house, where 
all stock received and sold, which is liable to dangerous insect 
pests, is given a thorough fumigation with hydrocyanic acid 
gas as recommended by Dr. L. O. Howard, government ento¬ 
mologist, and the other leading entomologists of the country.” 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa , are pioneers in 
the raffia business. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, New York, make a 
specialty of the Yellow Rambler rose and Cumberland and 
Iceberg blackberry. 
NORTH AND SOUTH. 
Toronto, April 19—Stone & Wellington : “Trade with 
us this season is good.- Retail sales are larger than for the 
past couple of years. There has been an unusual demand for 
apples, and a corresponding falling off in the sale of other 
stock. Sales of peaches have been light, because of the sur¬ 
plus crop last year, and the same remarks app'y to small 
fruits. On account of the passage of the San Jose scale act, our 
wholesale trade has been unusually large. We have fortunately 
been able to pack most of the American firms doing business 
in Canada. Do not think there will be heavy planting another 
year, unless prices for fruits should materially improve.” 
Glen St. Mary, Fla., April 18.—G. L. Taber: “Our 
spring sales shut off earlier than heretofore on account of war 
talk. The season, as a whole, however, was a very satisfactory 
one.” 
Macclenny, Fla., April 12.—The Griffing Brothers Co. : 
“ We have had a good trade in Texas and other gulf coast 
states, and our retail business in Florida has been especially 
good. The wholesale trade has been very satisfactory, partic¬ 
ularly the call for Japan plums, of which we are extensive 
growers, in the northern and eastern states. 
“ We have noticed a decided falling off in the demand for 
peach trees in central southern states, which is undoubtedly 
caused by the short crop of peaches in that section during the 
past season. As a whole the season’s business has been very 
satisfactory.” 
PACIFIC COAST NEWS. 
Fruit Inspector Henry C. Chew, of Walla Walla county, 
Washington, reports to \\iz Northwest Horticulturist: “The 
nurseries have been doing a good business this year. The 
demand for trees has been mostly for the best winter varieties 
of pears and apples. Among those who are planting trees the 
Blalock company takes the lead with 5,000 trees. Dr. Mauzey, 
of Spokane, has quite a large fruit farm here, and has about 
1,000 trees added to his list.” 
Allen Emerson, nurseryman, is president of the Lincoln 
County, Wash , Horticultural Society. Fruit land ranges from 
$50 to $200 per acre, according to location and water privi¬ 
leges. 
C. N. Sandahl, proprietor of Puget Sound Nursery Company, 
and A. L. Aabling, manager of the Pacific Nursery Company, 
informed me that they have sold more fruit trees for this spring 
planting than the total amount for the past three years. I 
have in an official capacity visited about 1,506 yards and 
orchards, says Inspector W. H. Brown, of King county, Wash. 
Inspector Orlando Beck, of Yakima county, Wash , reports : 
“ In regard to fruit conditions here, some of the fruit pests 
found are San Jose scale, oyster shell scale, red spider, cod.lin 
moth, pear and cherry slugs and green aphis. There has been 
much controversy in regard to the scale being transmitted to 
fruit trees through infested oranges. We propose to sell clean 
fruits or none, and we will not have any other state make us a 
dumping ground. Our California friends must clean their 
oranges and lemons if they want our trade. Our county has 
spent thousands of dollars this season fighting pests and 
expects to spend more or have clean, salable fruit.” 
