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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ergies and our money in maintaining one central organ¬ 
ization, which would very naturally be the American As¬ 
sociation of Nurserymen. This, together with the dif¬ 
ferent state organizations would give us, to my mind, the 
most efficient organization and would concentrate our 
energies rather than scatter them. I am not a stickler 
for this plan, however, and feel definitely certain that a 
very large per cent, of both the southern and western 
members believe it to be to the interest of sections rep¬ 
resented to maintain said organizations. In following 
out the plan we have in mind, this is not essential. 
Third, I believe that we should, before issuing trade 
lists, have some idea of supply and demand and that this 
should be the basis for our quotations. Very naturally 
there would be considerable cost in compiling and placing 
in the hands of members participating this information. 
This cost would, of necessity, have to be borne by mem¬ 
bers participating. I believe, however, that it would be 
the best money we ever spent and that it would pay big¬ 
ger dividends than is true of the money we are spending 
to-day in an individual way. The committee I have 
suggested should be representative of every section of 
the country and composed of the most capable and unsel¬ 
fish men we have among the fraternity. 
Fourth, make wholesale trade lists stand for something 
and mail said lists to bonafide nurserymen who are en¬ 
titled to the terms named in trade list. If. with the in¬ 
formation placed in our hands by the committee referred 
to, stock of a given character should bring a certain fig¬ 
ure, print it that way and stand or fall by that price. Fur¬ 
thermore, be consistent in buying as well as in selling. If 
your stock of a certain grade is worth a given price, why 
should not the other fellow’s be worth somewhere in the 
neighborhood of that price rather than 50 per cent, of 
said price? We may through present methods be able 
to pick up a salvage by hammering down prices, but 
somewhere along the line we lose. We need to be con¬ 
sistent in buying as well as in selling. Every once and 
a while we find a man who takes the position that a tree 
must be grown in western New York, or some other par¬ 
ticular section, to bring the top notch in prices. It has 
a peculiar and intrinsic worth if it touches the soil of a 
certain section of Kansas, and thereby becomes pedi¬ 
greed. Why, sirs, I have seen good trees grown in the 
red soils of poor old Alabama, my native state, and when 
a man says we do not grow as good trees in Texas as are 
produced on earth it only proves his ignorance or his pre¬ 
judice. It is our egotism, largely, which causes us to 
think we are IT. Good, bad, and inferior trees are pro¬ 
duced everywhere, for none of us have a monopoly on 
God’s sunshine and rain which, after all, are the ele¬ 
ments that go to make good stock. Let us be consistent. 
Fifth and last, let us meet the problems which daily 
confront us. whether in growing or selling, along lines of 
high endeavor, remembering always to render a service 
in keeping with our high aims, for ours is a noble ambi¬ 
tion of making the world more beautiful, of giving to the 
world food fit for kings. 
FOREST NOTES 
The arboretum established at Washington. D. C.. in 
Rock Creek Park, through co-operation between the forest 
service and the District of Columbia, now contains 1.200 
trees, comprising 92 different species. 
AMERICAN GROWN FRUIT STOCKS. 
Since the commencement of the European was, much 
concern has been felt among fruit growers as to the pos¬ 
sible shortage of fruit stocks. While perhaps the con¬ 
cern is justified because fruit growers have been depend¬ 
ing on foreign stocks, yet it would seem as if stocks can 
be successfully grown in the United States it would be a 
good thing if the European supply was cut off at least for 
a period and force the American grower to produce his 
own. 
The growing of fruit stock in America is long past the 
experimental stage and as Mr. Watson very clearly 
pointed out in his address before the Western Association 
of Nurserymen they can be grown as well in this country 
as in Europe. 
The illustration shows a fine stand of 300,000 1 year 
apples on the nurseries of Bates Bros., Floral, Kansas. 
FREIGHT RATES FROM BOSKOOP, HOLLAND 
As rumors have been going round, that the freight 
rates on nursery stock from Holland would be higher on 
account of the war circumstances, we like to inform you 
that we received a circular from Messrs. Wambersie & 
Zoon, of Rotterdam; Chief Agency for the Holland- 
American Line, in which they say among other things: 
In the name of the Holland-America line we can inform 
you that the freight rates on plants will not be raised, so 
the freight rate for shipments spring 1915 for New York 
and other ports will be the same, as those in force up to 
the present time. 
W. S. Wambersie & Zoon. 
We trust this information to be of some value. 
D. G. Wiegand Bruss, Proprietor, 
V. D. Weijden & Co.’s Wholesade Nurseries, Boskoop, 
December, 1914. Holland. 
