THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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GEORGIA HORTICULTURISTS. 
The Augusta, Ga., Herald makes the following editorial an¬ 
nouncement concerning the annual meeting of the Georgia 
Horticultural Society: 
The twenty-first annual session of the Georgia State Horti¬ 
cultural Society will be held in Savannah on August 4, 5, 6 and 
7, 1898. The object of the association is first of all to pro¬ 
mote the progress of horticulture in our state. To accomplish 
this, earnest workers must co-operate with their experience 
and scientific attainments. The reunion is, therefore, expected 
to be composed of working members, looking towards the 
material interests of this commonwealth. The society was 
organized in 1876 by a few public-spirited citizens, who have 
faithfully labored since to promote the fruit-growing industry 
of Georgia; and aid in the higher education of its people. 
The past work of the society has caused a wonderful develop¬ 
ment of the fruit-growing industry, which of late has given 
several sections of the state a most rapid increase in its land 
values, as well as an intelligent class of settlers from other 
states. 
The officers of the organization are: P. J. Berckmans, presi¬ 
dent ; L. A. Berckmans, treasurer; G. H. Miller of Rome, 
secretary. Under the leadership of such able officers the 
organization could not fail to prosper. 
Among the papers which will be presented are the following: 
“The Time of Flowering of Varieties of Plums, and its Im¬ 
portance to the Plum Orchardist,” by Professor T. V. Munson, 
Denison, Texas ; “ The Necessity of Enacting a State Law to 
Prevent the Introduction and Spread of Fruit Tree Insects,” 
by Professor P. H. Rolf of the Florida Experiment Station, 
and Professor Wm. B. Alwood of the Virginia Station. 
Georgia is now the dumping ground of every other state which 
chooses to send infected plants and trees into the state. We 
are helpless and the horticulturists wish to remedy this condi¬ 
tion of affairs. The proper discussion of the subject at the 
annual meeting will go a long ways towards arousing public 
opinion on the subject, and the next legislature, it is hoped, 
will pass a law placing Georgia on a level with other progres¬ 
sive states in this respect. 
WICHITA NURSERIES. 
One of the latest and most important Kansas institutions is 
that of the wholesale and retail establishment of the Wichita 
Nurseries, located at Wichita and Sedgwick, in Sedgwick 
county, Kansas, having the superior advantages of the natural 
and central location in the heart of the rich and fertile Arkan¬ 
sas River valley. 
The men back of this enterprise mean business and their 
names will be sufficient guaranty of fair dealing. These men 
are Cash Henderson, L. S. Naftzger, W. E. Stanley, Henry 
Schweiter, T. D. Bruce, E. A. Bruce, and W. F. Schell. The 
latter is the immediate manager. The standing of these men 
would insure the success of almost any enterprise. 
Cash Henderson is one of the foremost business men of 
Wichita L. F. Naftzger is the president of the Fourth Na¬ 
tional Bank, one of the solid money institutions of Wichita. 
W, E. Stanley is the senior member of the law firm of Stanley 
& Vermillion, and stands in the front ranks of his profession. 
Henry Schweiter is one of the most successful farmers as Ivell 
as the best known in Sedgwick county, besides owning some 
of the most valuable business property in the city. T. D. and 
E. A. Bruce were the owners of the Sedgwick Nursery, which 
has been merged into the large concern, and they are well- 
known and reliable men. 
The Wichita Nurseries are fortunate in having for their 
manager W. F. Schell, who is one of the best known and most 
successful nurserymen and horticulturists of the West. He is 
a member of both the Western and National Associations of 
Nurserymen. He has been in the nursery business nearly all 
his business life ; was foreman of the Lawrence Nurseries for 
five years, and manager of the Hart Pioneer Nurseries, at Fort 
Scott, for two years, and having make a special study of the 
practical requirements of Kansas and the West, this, his new 
company, is equipped to carry out this important idea for 
Western orchardists. 
The Wichita Nurseries have for fall and spring trade 250,- 
000 two-year apple trees, 150,000 peach, 20,000 cherry, 15,000 
pear, 15,000 apricot, 14,000 plum, all in splendid condition, 
smooth bodies and straight tops, also a large stock of small 
fruit and shrubbery 
NATIONAL CROP REPORT. 
The United States Department of Agriculture gives the fol¬ 
lowing fruit crop report for July: 
PEACHES. 
With few exceptions the reports on the peach crop are un¬ 
favorable. In New York it is said to be in rather poor condi¬ 
tion; in New Jersey, not very good; in Pennsylvania, only 
moderate; in Delaware, less than 10 per cent, of an average 
crop; in Maryland, a small crop; in Georgia, less than half a 
crop; In Kentucky, as below last year; in Ohio, as almost an 
entire failure. On the other hand, the Arkansas crop is on 
the whole good; the California crop, fair; the Washington 
crop, never better; and that of Oregon, more promising than 
last season. 
APPLES. 
This crop also is below the average, except in the far West 
and on the Pacific coast. From all the North Atlantic states 
the reports are more or less unfavorable. In Ohio the fruit 
has dropped off badly, and the indications are that the pres¬ 
ent condition of 46 per cent, will prove to be too high rather 
than too low. Michigan has an average of only 53, as com¬ 
pared with 99 at this time last year. 
GRAPES. 
New York reports its crop as in rather poor condition; New 
Jersey as fairly good; Pennsylvania, as only moderate; Dela¬ 
ware, as generally fine; Maryland, as healthy and in good con¬ 
dition; Virginia, as generally abundant and thus far free from 
rot; Georgia, as promising well; Kentucky, as in good condi¬ 
tion; Ohio, as having suffered less than other fruits, but still 
not indicating an unusually large yield; Indiana, as injured 
by late frosts; Missouri, nearly a normal crop of good qual¬ 
ity; Kansas, as very satisfactory; Nebraska, as above the aver¬ 
age both as to yield and quality; Washington, as never better; 
Oregon, as more promising than last year; and California, as 
promising to be exceedingly good. 
The H. E. Hooker Co., Rochester, N. Y., is making a spec¬ 
ialty for fall trade of standard and dwarf pear, cherry, plum, 
peach, quince, currants and gooseberries at lowest rates. 
