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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
Willow Twig and other common varieties had received ample 
demonstration at his hands. 
A. F. Coleman, nurseryman, of Corning, read a most instruc¬ 
tive paper on “Horticulture in the South.” J. G. Berryhill, 
of Des Moines, read a paper on “ The Plum.” The programme 
included several other papers. 
The following officers were elected : President, C. F. 
Gardner, Osage ; vice-president, M. J. Wragg, Waukee ; 
secretary and librarian, G. H. Van Houten, Lennox, re-elected ; 
treasurer, W. M. Bomberger, Harlan, re-elected. 
MAINE. 
At the recent meeting of the Kennebec county horticulturists 
the future policy of Maine fruit growers was considered by 
Professor Elijah Cook of Vassalboro. 
“Farmers seem discouraged at the result of the fruit crop 
for the past two years, but they should not give up the most 
profitable occupation man can engage in. Fruit properly 
handled last year was not disastrous. Shipments from Decem¬ 
ber 23d to March 23d ranged from 14 c nts net per barrel to 
$2.10, with an average net price of $1.19 per barrel. This 
was one shipper’s experience, and he realized over ^1,000 for 
his crop of apples. Some were a loss, but the average was 
good. Apple buyers made a good thing last year, and the 
producer ought to have had it. Orchards need high cultiva¬ 
tion. It pays in New York, it will pay in Maine. We have 
the advantage. A young orchard there of eight acres, nine 
years after setting, averaged four barrels to a tree. It was 
treated the same as a cornfield. Mr. Jones, a friend of mine, 
uses from fifteen to twenty tons barn manure per acre c n his 
orchard besides commercial fertilizers. He picked 176 barrels 
of fruit from sixteen trees ; eleven barrels to a tree. Such 
treatment gives results. Farmers must put ‘can’t ’ out of their 
vocabulary. Last year’s crop will prove a blessing owing to its 
distribution. There is no such thing as overdoing the busi¬ 
ness. Consumption is growing rapidly.” 
E. R. Mayo advocated raising more pears, plums and grapes. 
There is a demand for them. There is an increase of buyers 
and a larger market for fruit. 
MARYLAND. 
The Horticultural Association of Western Maryland was 
organized last month in Hagerstown, and the constitution and 
by-laws will be adopted at their next regular meeting this 
month. The following officers were elected: President, William 
D. Hughes, Smithsburg ; vice-presidents, J. Pearson Loose, 
Hagerstown, and Samuel Dayhoff, Ringgold ; secretary, Arthur 
Towson, Smithsburg; treasurer, Samuel Welty. 
After the election of officers. Professor W. G. Johnson, state 
entomologist, addressed the association upon the injurious 
insects of the orchards, and spoke at length regarding his 
recent tour of inspection through the Blue Ridge Mountain 
peach belt. Professor M. B. Waite of the division of vegetable 
pathology. United States Department of Agriculture, made a 
very strong address upon the diseases of fruit and fruit trees, 
giving the known remedies for their suppression and control. 
Professor W. A. Taylor of the division of pomology. United 
States Department of Agriculture, delivered an interesting 
address upon small fruits. On the whole, the meeting was a 
very interesting one. This is the first permanent organization 
that has been effected in the important fruit-growing section 
of the mountain belt of Western Maryland. 
It is the purpose of this association to call a meeting of the 
horticulturists and nurserymen of the state in Baltimore some 
time in January for the purpose of organizing a state associa¬ 
tion. 
MINNESOTA. 
The thirty-first annual meeting of the Minnesota Horticul¬ 
tural Society was held December 7-9 in Minneapolis. Presi¬ 
dent J. M. Underwood of the Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, 
presided. Among the nurserymen and prominent horticul¬ 
turists present were: Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis ; J. S. Harris, 
La Crescent; J. Cole Doughty, Lake City ; C. W. Sampson, 
Eureka; Professor S. B. Green, Minnesota Experiment Station; 
Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea; O. F. Brand, Faribault. Eighty- 
two papers on horticultural topics were presented during the 
nine sessions of the four days’ meeting, and in addition there 
were reports from all the officers, including seven vice-presi¬ 
dents, and from eleven superintendents of trial stations. The 
society is one of the most active of horticultural societies. 
The committee on credentials reported the following present 
from Iowa: George H. Van Houten, C. M. Wragg, A. Bryant, F. 
Burnap. 
There were ten five-minute papers on raspberries, thirteen 
on apples, nine on plums, five on grapes, eleven on shelter 
belts and eight on evergreens. Among the other papers 
read during the first afternoon were “The Most Profitable 
Five Crabs and Hybrids in Minnesota,” by J. R. Cummins, 
Washburn, Minn.; “The Seedlings of 1897,” by J. S. Harris^ 
La Crescent, Minn.; “Methods of Propagating Apple Trees 
Described and Compared,” by S. D. Richardson, Winne¬ 
bago City, Minn.; “Girdling to Produce Early Bearing,” by 
E. H. S. Dartt, Owatonna; “A Review of Apple Blight,” 
by Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea, Minn.; “An Enemy We 
Dread—the San Jose Scale,” by Professor Otto Lugger, of 
the Minnesota Experiment Station, and “ Spraying the 
Orchard,” by R. S. Mackintosh, of the Minnesota Agricul¬ 
ture School. 
There was a lively tilt between Professor Green and Mr. 
Brand resulting from the charge of the latter that certain nur¬ 
serymen controlled the state society. The members of the 
society expressed their confidence in the management by re¬ 
electing most of the officers, as follows: President, J. M. 
Underwood, Lake City ; vice-presidents, E. H. S. Dartt, 
Owatonna; S. D. Richardson, Winnebago City; Mrs. A. A. 
Kennedy, Hutchinson; R. S. Mackintosh, St. Anthony Park; 
Col. J. H. Stevens, Minneapolis; Mrs. Jennie Stager, Sank 
Rapids; treasurer, C. W. Sampson, Eureka; secretary, A. W. 
Latham, Minneapolis; executive board, Wyman Elliot, J. S. 
Harris, Prof. S. B. Green, Clarence Wedge, J. P. Andrews, L. 
R. Moyer. 
OHIO. 
The thirty-first annual meeting of the Ohio State Horticul¬ 
tural Society was held at Wooster Dec. 1-3. Among the 
nurserymen present were J. J. Harrison, Painesville ; N. H. 
Albaugh, Tadmor ; E. A. Reihl, Alton ; J. Jenkins, Winona ; 
C. L. Whitney, Warren ; W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle ; W. W. 
Farnsworth, Waterville ; S. R. Moore, Zanesville ; L. B. Pierce, 
Tallmadge ; M. Crawford, Cuyahoga Falls ; H. H. Aultfather. 
Minerva ; F. E. Carr, Lakewood. 
Professor W. J. Green presented fruit notes for the year 
Referring to the poor apple crop of the present season, he assigned 
as the cause the prevalence of the apple scab, which had not 
