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“ A short distance from the office is a fine, large cellar for 
storing trees for early spring shipment, as the firm does both a 
wholesale and retail trade. A very noticeable feature in driv¬ 
ing through the nursery was the freedom from weeds ; also 
the absence of insects from the trees, which is due to their 
fine and original system of spraying, which was thought by 
Mr. Storrs to be the most complete he had seen. 
“ Later in the day the firm took us a short trip to the suburbs 
of Indianapolis where we were driven through a number of 
small fruit plantations, chief among which were those of 
Messrs. George Blue and J. B. Edwards. In this drive we 
were shown plantations of small fruits, between 200 and 300 
acres, over 50 being Pomona currants from one to twenty 
years of age. The crop this year was not a full one, yet as 
compared with other varieties, of which some 6 or 8 of old and 
new standard sorts were growing beside them, the crop was 
more than double that of any other, while many of the old sorts 
were an entire failure. 
“ Messrs. Albertson and Hobbs were the introducers of the 
Pomona and have sold hundreds of thousands of plants in the 
last three years. We also had the pleasure of seeing one of 
the finest quince orchards in the country, the variety grown 
being the Missouri Mammoth. From these trees the proprie¬ 
tor, Mr. Mustard, has sold over $500 worth of fruit in the 
past two years. There has not been an entire failure in fruit in 
ten years. Preserved specimens weighing from 18 to 24 
ounces were shown us and were reported as by no means un¬ 
common. 
“ The drive through this finely cultivated place showed great 
care and painstaking on the part of the owners and was a 
genuine treat ; we returned to the city feeling well paid for 
our trip. 
“ By the courtesy of the Big Four a special sleeper was pro¬ 
vided for the party and at 11:20 o’clock that night, accompanied 
by Messrs. Albertson and Hobbs, we started on our way to St. 
Louis.” 
Each of the visitors expressed the warmest thanks to 
Messrs. Albertson and Hobbs for the treat afforded. It was one 
of the pleasantest features of convention week. 
NURSERY BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA. 
The nursery business in California is in a deplorable con¬ 
dition, says Leonard Coates in California Fruit Grower. 
Outside of the depression financially which has existed for 
several years in all lines of business, this state of things has 
been brought about largely by greed and jealousy. On two 
occasions within the last twenty years a Pacific Coast Nursery¬ 
men’s Association has been formed, but never lived long 
enough to accomplish anything. Nurserymen’s associations 
are established and successful realities in almost every state in 
the Union, and nowhere is such an organization more needed 
than in California—alike for the good of the public and the 
trade. Our nurserymen are all afraid of each other, and will 
not even consent to the interchange of opinions and relation 
of experiences on vital matters pertaining to the craft. 
WORTH MANY TIMES THE PRICE. 
Bay View Nurseries, James McColgan & Co., Atlantic High¬ 
lands, N. J.—“ We enclose $1 for the National Nurseryman. We 
think your journal is worth many times the price.” 
Hmong (Browers anb dealers. 
Honey Locust hedge is a specialty with A. E. Windsor, 
Havana, Ill. 
Raffia is sold by the pound by Thomas Meehan & Sons, 
Germantown, Pa. 
M. J. Henry, Vancouver, B. C., says that spring trade in his 
vicinity was nearly double that of 1896. 
The Dayton Fruit Tree Label Company’s exhibit at the 
convention attracted much attention. 
Frederick E. Young, Rochester, N. Y., made an assignment 
last month to Wallace S. Wing, of Henrietta, N. Y. 
Ex-President Silas Wilson, Atlantic, la., called on Western 
New York nurserymen toward the close of last month. 
Herman Berkhan passed a week among Western New York 
nurserymen on his return from the St. Louis convention. 
F. G. Withoft, Tadmor, O., has been spending some time in 
Colorado and Arizona, combining business and pleasure. 
E. H. Pratt has severed his connection with T. S. Hubbard, 
of Fredonia. Mr. Hubbard will manage his business himself. 
C. H. Eldering & Sons, Heemstede, Holland, make a spec¬ 
ial offer on Lily of the Valley pips and Roman Dutch 
Hyacinths. 
E. Y. Teas, Irvington, Ind., makes specialties of Pomona 
currant, Loudon raspberries, Munger raspberry, Ohmer and 
Eldorado blackberries. 
S. D. Wilard, Geneva, N. Y , says French Damson will be 
the popular Damson plum when its merits become known and 
nurserymen get a stock of it. 
George Arnaudeau, representing the Andre Leroy Nurseries, 
of which Andre L. Causse, New York city, is the American 
agent, called on Rochester nurserymen after the convention. 
A gold medal and a prize of honor valued at $250 have been 
awarded to Anthony Waterer of Knap Hill Nurseries, England, 
for an exhibition of rhododendrons at the Hamburg exhibi¬ 
tion. 
M. E. Callahan, Salt Lake City, Utah : “ Our spring trade 
was about the same as that of 1896. We do not look for any 
increase at present. A heavy frost on May loth cut peach, 
apricot, plum and apple on low land.” 
Levavasseur & Sons, Ussy and Orleans, France, claim to be 
largest growers and exporters of all kinds of nursery stocks to 
the United States. Herman Berkhan, 39 Cortland St., New 
York is the sole agent for the United States and Canada. 
After attending the convention at St. Louis, Orlando 
Harrison, of Harrison’s Nurseries, Berlin, Md., made a trip 
East to see fruiting all the latest introduced strawberries, 
and to look after sales of their large stock of peach trees. 
Grape stock growers hope to make up in the fall for losses 
sustained last season and this season. “It does seem,” 
remarked one at St. Louis, “ as if when most of the grape stock 
is grown by six or eight firms, there ought to be a profit in that 
branch of the nursery business.” 
A field meeting of the Connecticut Pomological Society was 
held at J. H. Hale's fruit farm. South Glastonbury, on June 
15th. About 275 visitors were present, nearly 100 of whom 
were from New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, 
Maryland and Washington, D. C. 
