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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor .ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading trade journal Issued for Growers and Dealers In 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One Year in Advance .$1.50 
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should reach this office hy the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New Tork or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested hy the 
Business Manager, Hatboro, Fa. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Photographs and news notes of interest to nurserymen should be 
addressed, Editor, Plourtown, Pa., and should be mailed to arrive not 
later than the 25th of the month. 
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1916, at the post offlce at 
Hathoro, Pennsylvania, under the Act of March S, 1879. 
Hatboro, Pa., November 1917 
Tt is beiii^’ gradually brought boino to us 
TIIK WAR who have boiMi used to living peaceful 
AM) afti:r. lives, following our own bent, that our 
eountry is mobilizing for war. Those of 
us who liv(' in eountry ])laees, removed from ])opulus 
eenters and from great highways of eommeree, ])erhaps 
have not realized the extent of the ])reparation. It is awe- 
inspiring to get a glimpse of the big eoal roads moving 
their eonunodities to the seaboard, to get in the vieinily 
of the big camps, to see the magnitieent manhood gather¬ 
ing from all parts of the country. To find that the big 
industries, the best lirains, the skilled workmen, as woll 
as the money, of which most of us are cognizant, is be¬ 
ing mobilized for wor, w ith scarcely a ripple, consider¬ 
ing the size of the undertaking. 
It only remains for each of us to dedicate our own 
minds individually to the same end, to consummate the 
most glorious proof for the reason for democracy. A 
hundred million people’s sacrifice to prevent oppression. 
Next to wdien the war will end, the most vital question 
is, what kind of business conditions wdll follow the ces¬ 
sation. There are ])essimists who prophecy hard times 
and point to the period following the Civil War and find 
parallels in other great wars. They forget this is the age 
of steam, electrieity, flying machines, education and 
printing, and let us believe more w isdom and team w ork 
for the common good, the present mobilization for pros¬ 
perity. 
No one know-s better than the nurseryman and horti¬ 
culturist of the undeveloped resources in this vast eoun¬ 
try. It wdll he a wise man who prejiares for unprece- 
denti'd demand and plans for increased production. 
The period of adjustment is likely to he short and then 
look out. 
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JOHN HOWARD HALE 
John Howard Hale, member of the Conneetieut Pub¬ 
lic Utilities Commission, one of the foremost peach 
grow (U’S in the United States and former President of 
the American Pomological Society, died at his home in 
Cilastonhnry. 
Mr. Hale, wdio w as horn in Olastonhury, November 23, 
1833, w^as one of the first to shi]) peaches to Europe, 
w here before the w ar the market had developed rapidly. 
He was President of the American Association in 1879. 
ROBERT L. PYLE. 
Robert L. Pyle, of London Grove, Pa., died suddenly, 
fi'om valvular heart failure on October 3rd, in his 76th 
year. 
He was Treasurer of The Conard & Jones Company. 
For the past fifty years he has been an enterprising 
factor in the Mercantile business in Southeastern Penn¬ 
sylvania, having there eondueted a chain of stores. He 
has also been a stock holder in the firm of The Conard 
& Jones Company ever since its organization and incor¬ 
poration, and in 1911 was elected its Treasurer. He 
w as also President of the National Bank of West Grove. 
Five children survive him, including Robert Pyle, w^ho 
is President of The Conard & Jones Company. 
