THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Hmong (Browers anb Dealers. 
In 1895 there were 150,000 acres planted to fruit trees in 
Iowa. 
Buds of Delaware peach can be had of Myer & Son, Bridge- 
ville, Del. 
Josiah A. Roberts, Malvern, Pa., presents in another column 
a surplus stock list. 
Clark Earl Gardner and Miss Grace Bush, of Osage, la., 
were married on August 18th. 
Nichols & Thompson, Ridgeland, Miss., are propagating 
pecan trees with great success. 
Currants, gooseberries and flowering shrubs are offered by 
W. H. Salter, Rochester, N. Y. 
Snyder and Erie blackberry plants can be had of A. E. 
Atwater & Son, Cheshire, Conn. 
S. H. Watson has succeeded William Watson at the Rose- 
dale Nurseries, Brenham, Texas. 
A nursery office man, 34 years of age, desires a situation. 
He has had 15 years’ experience. 
Benjamin Chase, Derry, N. H., never was busier in the ship¬ 
ping of wood labels of all kinds. 
Virgil Bogue, of Albion, has bought a half interest in the 
Anson Bogue nurseries of Batavia, N. Y. 
Pin oaks and hemlocks are a specialty with William Warner 
Harper, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa. 
The Yokohama Nursery Co., n Broadway, New York City, 
is said to conduct the largest nursery trade in Japan. 
Experienced men for grafting, packing and planting are 
wanted by the Griffing Brothers Co., Macclenny, Fla. 
Everbearing mulberries can be had of Carolina Nursery 
Co., Selma, N. C., who have a large stock at low prices. 
The seventh annual session of the National Irrigation Con¬ 
gress will be held in Cheyenne, Wyo., on September 1st—3d. 
Seedlings of many varieties, fruit trees and Bechtel’s double 
flowering crab are offered by Peters & Skinner, North Topeka, 
Kan. 
Marianna plum and other fruit stocks will be scarce, say 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Pa. They have a full 
supply. 
A small nursery of date trees of the Tunis, Persian and Fard 
varieties has been established in the Salt River valley, 
Arizona. 
Trees, plants and moss are admitted free into Cuba, the 
Philippines and Porto Rico under the tariff which went into 
effect last month. 
The apple crop in Canada will be larger than that of last 
year though less than that of 1896. Many orchards are just 
coming into bearing. 
For fifty two years E. Smith & Sons, Geneva, N. Y., have 
been dealing in nursery stock. They are offering special in¬ 
ducements to the trade. 
The Fruitland Nurseries at Augusta, Ga., are now con¬ 
ducted by the P. J. Berckmans Company. They have a large 
and varied list well worth perusal. 
For park and street planting Nelson Bogue, Batavia, N. Y., 
offers exceptional inducements. His announcement in an¬ 
other column should fill any want in this direction. 
Campbell’s Early Grape, praised on all sides ; also other 
first class grape vines can be had of George S. Josselyn, 
Fredonia, N. Y , the introducer of Campbell’s Early. 
The Geneva Nursery, W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y., 
is headquarters for ornamental trees. There is a superb col¬ 
lection of shrubs and fruit stock of the highest quality. 
Right from Camp Alger comes word of the nursery business 
in Virginia, for at Falls Church in that state D. O. Munson 
has 50,000 first class peach trees, one year from bud, free from 
scale and yellows. 
Vick & Hill entertained local nurserymen at their grounds 
at Barnards Crossing, N. Y., last month. There was a similar 
outing at the spacious grounds of James Vick’s Sons, Despatch, 
N. Y., a little later. 
The Spaulding Nursery and Orchard Co., Spaulding, Ill., 
are asking for a list of wants and call especial attention to 
their pear trees. They have a complete line of fruit tree 
stocks, cordage and burlaps. 
D. H. Patty, Geneva, N. Y., has a fine stock of Kilmarnock 
willows, dwarf pears, standard pears and Champion quince as 
announced in another column, on land he is obliged to clear 
off, and offers them at an extremely low price. He will ex¬ 
change any of the above stock for sour cherries. 
E. Albertson, Bridgeport. Ind., vice-president of the Ameri¬ 
can Association of Nurserymen ; Thomas B. Meehan, Ger¬ 
mantown, Pa.; George S. Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y.; Herman 
Berkhan, New York city, and William E. Rossney, Blooming¬ 
ton, Ill., met in Rochester early last month and passed several 
days among the nurserymen of the Flower City. All reported 
an improvement in business. 
The following are the varieties of fruit and the number 
of each that are growing on the Geneva, N. Y., experiment 
station grounds: Apples,67i ; crab apples, 22; pears, 240; 
quinces, 11 ; apricots, 36 ; cherries, 75 ; peaches, 147 ; plums, 
243 ; grapes, 675 ; currants, 102 ; gooseberries, 479 : black¬ 
berries, 34; dewberries, 49; raspberries, 123; strawberries, 
113 ; total number of varieties, 3,020. 
The annual excursion of the employees of Messrs. Wm. 
Fell & Co., nurserymen, etc., Hexham, took place on August 
4, when they, to the number of between seventy and eighty, 
were entertained by the firm to a pleasant trip to Whitby, 
Yorkshire. The weather was fine, and a most enjoyable day 
was spent in visiting the sights in the neighborhood, including 
the Abbey, Robin Hood Bay, etc.— Gardeners' Chronicle , 
London. 
Says the Topeka Mail and Breeze: “Hon. A. L. Brooke, 
who has been renominated by the republicans of the country 
district of Shawnee county, was one of the strong men on the 
republican side of the last house of representatives. His ex¬ 
perience and acquaintance will make him a leader in the next 
legislature. Mr. Brooke is one of Shawnee county’s successful 
farmers and nurserymen. He is a good campaigner and will 
run ahead of his ticket. He is a native of Fairfield county, 
Ohio. He received a collegiate education in Fairfield Academy 
and Wittenberg college at Springfield, Ohio. He moved to 
Kansas in 1886, having spent fifteen years teaching in the 
schools of Ohio and Indiana, ten of which were as principal of 
the public schools of Groveport, Ohio. Mr. Brooke has been 
president of the Shawnee County Republican League, and has 
always been an active and stalwart republican.” 
