T\ T V] N A TO N A T i NURSE RY MAN 
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Louisiana, Mo., Octol)er 26th, 1917. 
National Nurseryman, 
Flourtown, Pennsylvania. 
(’i(‘nl lemen;— 
Fruit tree stoek—all elasses—is good property this 
year. 
Apple trees are l)ringing good priees and will probably 
hi ing l)ettcr before the season eloses. Even now, some 
vai'ieties selling rather elose. Heavy trade in sight. 
Stoek of peach somewhat short eomj)ared with last 
si'ason’s sales and priees considerably higher. IIow- 
('V('r, the large buyers are not i)laeing their orders, prob¬ 
ably on account of the higher priees that nurserymen are 
foired to ask. We believe there will he enough peach 
to go around. 
Pear, plum, cherry, ai)rieot and quince about a normal 
supply with brisk demand. 
drape not very plejitiful and excellent property. In 
all small fruits there seems to he a well balanced stock. 
For the coming year there will probably be a little less 
stoek than this year, altho’ we believe there will be 
enough to take care of the demand. And we also believe 
that for a year or two following, there will be enough 
stoek produced to take care of all the business in sight. 
Yours very truly, 
Stark Pro’s Nurseries. 
Concord, da., November 22, 1917. 
National Nurseryman, 
Flourtown, Pa. 
dentlemen:— 
Ueeent discussion of tbe matter of priees with a num¬ 
ber of Southern nurserymen indicate that there will he 
a considerable raise the coming year. This aj)plies 
both to the retail price and the price to dealers or sales¬ 
men. They say the present condition and cost of labor 
and the future uneertaiidy about it, together with the 
increased cost of everything that goes into the produc¬ 
tion of nursery stoek, makes it imperative that the nur- 
seiyman should have better priees, if he expects to re¬ 
main in business and keep out of the poor house. With 
cotton, corn, wheat, meat and nearly all other farm pro¬ 
ducts up around 100 per cent, over a year ago and still 
climbing, the nurseryman is forced in self defence, to 
move up his prices also. The raise in tree prices will 
jirobably not be as great as on farm jiroduets. The new 
jiriccs seem to run about 36% to 60% higher than the 
])ast year. This is a big subject and one that should 
have the deejiest consideration of the nurserymen. He 
must keep his selling prices on a just basis and at the 
same time must have enough to make a fair profit in the 
business, and this is the problem that he is facing just 
now. 
Yours truly, 
C. T. Smith. 
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