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THK NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
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. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Plourtown, Pa. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., January, 1914. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President— J. B. Pilkington Portland, Ore.; Vice-President, Henry B. 
Chase Chase, Ala.; Secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; Treas¬ 
urer, Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Executive Committee— Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; John H. 
Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; J. B. Pilkington, 
Portland, Ore., Ex-offlcio; John Hall, Rochester, N. Y., Bx-offlcio. 
Chairmen of Committees 
Transportation— Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff—James McHutchison, New York City. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River— ^Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation "West of Mississippi River— Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Co-Operation -with Entomologists— L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program— John Watson, Newark, N. Y. 
Exhibits— 
Arrangements— 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities— W. P. Stark, Neosho, Mo.; Jeffer¬ 
son Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. 
Grifhng, Jacksonville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. 
Simpson, Vincennes, Ind.; James M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Root Knot— E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 
Membership— State Vice-Presidents. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, Henry B. 
Chase, Chase, Ala., secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa. 
Meets annually in .Tune. • 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association —President, H. 
W. Marshall, Arlington, Nebraska; secretary. Guy A. Bryant, 
Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen —President, J. A. Lopeman, 
Enid, Oklahoma; secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. 
California Association of Nurserymen —President, Prank H. Wilson, 
Fresno, Cal. Secretary, H. W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen —President, B. D. Smith, Win¬ 
ona; secretary, C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association —President, T. B. Burroughs, 
Deep River, Conn.; secretary, P. L. Thomas, Manchester, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. C. Barry, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, 
N. Y. Meets annually in January. 
Idaho Nurserymen’s Association —President, Anton Diedricksen, Pay¬ 
ette. Idaho; secretary, J. P. Lltooy, Boise, Idaho. 
Mississippi Nurserymen’s Association —President, Theodore Bechtel, 
Ocean Springs, Mississippi; Vice-President, S. W. Crowell. Rose- 
acres, Mississippi; Sec’y-Treas., R. W. Harned, Agr. College. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, B. S. Osborne, 
Rochester. N. Y.; secretary. F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
New York State Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. S. Osborne, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John Watson, Newark, N. Y. 
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. N. Scarff, New Car¬ 
lisle, O.; secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Oregon — Washington Association of Nurserymen —President, C. F. 
Breilhaup, Richland, Wash.; secretary, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, 
Wa-sh. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President, Richard Lay- 
ritz, Victoria, B. C.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonne.son, Tacoma, 
Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, Abner Hoopes, 
West Chester, I’a, Secretary, Henry T. IMoon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxa- 
hachie. Texas; secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association —President, Chas. Pennington, 
Rutherford, Tenn. Secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association —President, C. K. Phillips, Rock¬ 
dale, Texas; secretary-treasurer, J. M. Ramsey, Austin, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen —President, W. S. Griesa, Law¬ 
rence, Kansas; secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, 
Kan. Meets annually second Wednesday in December. 
AVelcome the New Year 
1913 and all the good things 
NEW YEAR which it may bring, and 
1914 may the Horn of Plenty be 
full to overflowing. Yet 
we cannot let the Old Year pass out without a feeling 
of regret. After all it was a pretty good Old Year 
and we should give it its full measure of justice. 
Along in September the nursery business looked 
exceedingly blue, orders were few and light and 
there appeared every indication that the fall season 
would be a very lean one. But the demand for stock 
steadily increased and by November was in full 
swing, and now that the season is closed we can look 
back upon it as one of the best in many years, or 
probably the greatest in the history of the nursery 
trade. 
In some lines of stock, apple trees in particular, 
the market was apparently overstocked, nurserymen 
were confronted not only with low prices but a large 
brush pile loomed in the distance. The passing of 
the fall has brought many changes. Apples have 
been in good demand and many staple sorts have al¬ 
ready become largely sold up with prices advancing, 
bringing an optimistic feeling to the nurserymen. 
With this feeling, the Year 1914 is ushered in and 
welcomed with the spirit of open hospitality. The 
National Nurseryman extends to its readers a warm 
greeting and a wish that everyone may share in a 
year of prosperity and happiness. 
AYe shall miss many of our old friends who have 
passed away during the year, men who have been 
largely instrumental in placing the nursery business 
in the honorable position it holds today and whose 
influence will be felt for many years to come. 
Imagination and inspir- 
THE FUTURE ation are as necessary to 
OF THE the growth of a successful 
NURSERY BUSINESS business as the more prac¬ 
tical qualities. If we do not 
look ahead we should never break up another acre of 
new ground nor improve or expand our business in 
any way. AVe must have a star to hitch our aim to or 
at least a goal in view. The hitching post is the wrong 
tiling to tie to if we want to go somewhere. 
Pessimists there are and always will be but they 
do not usually arrive. AYhile it is true that many 
dreamers never get anywhere and many impractical 
optimists come to grief, all progress comes from the 
man with imagination who has faith and hope 
enough to work for the desired end. 
Ever}" reader who has reached middle age or less 
has seen the most wonderful progress the world has 
ever known in practically all lines of human en¬ 
deavor and the nurseryman cannot help but wonder 
