THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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AT DANSVILLE, N. Y. 
A compilation made during the latter part of September, of 
the orders for nursery stock filed with Dansville, N. Y., firms 
shows the following figures for fall sales : 
Morey & Son, 200,000; J. D. Murphy, 150,000; Bryant 
Brothers, 100,000 ; C. W. McNair, 100,000 ; Jacob Uhl, 
roo,ooo ; Martin King, 85,000 ; R. W. Kennedy, 80,000 ; Thos. 
Maloney & Sons, 8o,cco; Edward Bacon, 75,000; F. E. 
Williams Nursery Co., 75,000; Wm. H. Hartman, 70,000; F. 
M. Hartman, 60,000 ; F. J. McNeil, 60,000 ; J. H. Sheerin, 
60,000 ; James P. Callahan, 60,coo ; Kelley Brothers, ^0,000 ; 
J. M. Kennedy, 40,000 ; James O’Connor, 25,000 ; James 
Douds, 20,000 ; Total, 1,480,000. 
It is stated that the George A. Sweet Nursery Co., and G. 
C. Stone will dispose of about 150,000 trees. 
“ Prices rule low but they are a little stiffer than they have 
been in some seasons,” says the Dansville Express. “Cherries 
are way up, but only a few growers have any on hand and there 
are not enough to supply the demand. Digging will begin 
soon and it is expected that the work will move along 
promptly, as the ground is soft from the repeated rains of the 
summer and the roots will loosen easily.” 
RUSSIAN APPLE NAMES. 
Commissioners representing the states of Wisconsin, Minne¬ 
sota, Iowa and South Dakota have been in session at La- 
Crosse, Wis., for the purpose of revising the nomenclature of 
the list of standard Russian apples, of which nearly one thou¬ 
sand so-called varieties have been introduced in this territory. 
Wisconsin was represented on this commission by Professor 
E. S. Goff, of the University of Wisconsin, an authority upon 
horticulture ; A. J. Philips, secretary of the State Horticul¬ 
tural Society; and A. G. Tuttle, of Baraboo, whose eighty- 
three years sit lightly upon his shoulders. 
Minnesota’s members were Clarence Wedge, of Albert Lea, 
the president of the commission, who has done more for pom¬ 
ology on the prairie land of Southern Minnesota than any other 
man ; Prof. S. B. Green, of the University of Minnesota, and 
J. S. Harris, of La Crescent, another veteran fruit grower and 
gardener who has been doing missionary work for apples for 
more than forty years. 
Iowa’s members were J. Sexton, of the agricultural college 
at Ames, who has been for the past twenty-three years the 
chief assistant of Professor J. L. Budd, the highest authority 
on Russian fruits ; C. G. Patten, of Charles City, and J. B. 
Mitchell, of Cresco. 
South Dakota was represented by Professor N. E. Hansen, 
of the agricultural college at Brookings, the distinguished 
young horticultural scientist who has been twice to Russia to 
study the hardy apple in its habitat. 
The commission examined hundreds of specimen fruits and 
photographs and found the names sadly confused. After care¬ 
ful consideration the entire list was divided into fourteen 
groups, the Hibernal, Duchess, Longfield, Charlamoff, Repka, 
Christmas, Antonovka, Yellow Sweet, Cross, Romna, Trans¬ 
parent, Anis and Golden White. 
The work of the commission will be accepted as authority 
in the four states represented and its findings will be of con¬ 
siderable importance to nurserymen. As a preamble to their 
report the gentlemen stated : “The varieties here grouped as 
members of the same family, while in a few cases differing 
somewhat in characteristics of tree, a»e so nearly identical in 
fruit that for exhibition and commercial purposes they are 
practically the same and should be so considered .”—American 
Florist. 
A VETERAN HORTICULTURIST. 
How hard it is to quit an occupation that one has followed 
for fifty years says Judge Miller of Missouri Last spring I 
set out about 1,500 little peach seedlings that are new more 
than two feet high and very stocky. I never had a finer lot. 
I intended to June bud, but did not get it done. One 
thousand of them will be budded with Elbertas and, if I am 
spared, they will be planted on a new piece of land 500 feet 
above the river, where peaches seldom fail. How is that for 
the intentions of one who will soon pass his 78th milestone on 
life’s march ? 
M. J. Henry, Vancouver, B. C., writes: “Business has 
been better than ever this season with me. ' I have planted out 
nearly double my usual amount of grafts and cuttings.” 
J. H; Wallace, representing the Geo Peters & Co. Nurseries 
of Troy, Ohio, is in town this week looking after their interests. 
He has purchased upwords of 200,000 plum, cherry and pear 
trees, and will remain here for a month or so to look after the 
shipment of the same. Mr. Wallace has been coming to 
Dansville for the past five years and has purchased 1,500,000 
trees of our nurserymen —Dansville, N. Y. Express. 
IRecent publications. 
The Canadian Horticulturist publishes a full size picture of a section 
of the P. Barry pear, and states that it may prove to be the variety 
sought for export to Europe. 
Recent bulletins of the U. S. Department of Agriculture include the 
following : Peach Twig-borer,” by C. L. Marlatt; “ Trade of Puerto 
Rico,” by Frank II. Hitchcock; “Flax Culture in Europe and America,” 
by Charles Richard Dodge; “Experimental Tree Planting in the 
Plains,” by Charles A. Iveffer; “Grasses and Forage Plants of the 
Eastern Rocky Mountain Region,” by Thomas A. Williams. 
Number 1 of Volume X of the Experiment Station Record contains 
notes of interest to nurserymen regarding fruit grow ingin Wyoming. 
Varieties that have proved hardy and prolific in that state are cited. 
A comparison of eastern and western grown trees resulted in favor of 
the latter. The proceedings of the ninth annual meeting of the Asso¬ 
ciation of Economic Entomologists are summarized. Efforts to ex¬ 
terminate the jack rabbit are cited. 
A comprehensive report on the San Jose scale in Maryland has been 
issued by Professor W. G. Johnson, the State Entomologist. It con¬ 
tains 116 pages devoted to the following subjects : Sketch of the Late 
Professor C. V. Riley; Professor Johnson’s Predecessor; Entomologi¬ 
cal Features of 1896 and 1897; Introduction and Distribution of the 
Scale. Nearly half the report is devoted to a discussion of remedies 
for the suppression and control of the pest. 
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