THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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thereof, proeeecls with endeavor in the direetion of sueh 
education while it is preparing to supply the article that 
will serve the need when this has come to he generally re¬ 
cognized. 
The nurserymen of America have as great an op])or- 
tunity in this lield as is possessed by any other line of 
business—in fact they have a far less dillicult task than 
obtains in most lines of industry as regards the creation 
or development of demand for the products of the trees 
which they sell through which will be maintained and in¬ 
creased the demand for the trees themselves. There is 
no worthy fruit grown anywhere in the United States 
that could not be made to have a sale per capita of from 
two to ten times that which now exists, if the American 
public were properly educated as to its health and food 
value. Along with such education should go equal ef¬ 
fort in bringing about the adoption of methods of distri¬ 
bution and marketing that will enable fruit growers to 
supply all demand that may develop with due regard for 
their own interests and proper protection of the consumer 
as to price and quality. If the nurserymen here as¬ 
sembled and their associates in the business who are not 
represented in this convention, wish to establish their avo¬ 
cation upon solid and substantial foundations for all the 
future they can do it through the adoption of plans by 
which the American nation will become essentially a fruit 
eating people. Educate the people to the fact that fruits 
should be just as liberally used in every home as grains 
and meats, standardize the prices of fruit to as nearly as 
possible the same degree as those which obtain with 
meats and grains, arrange for a distribution of fruits that 
will put them on the markets when and where needed, 
and no nurseryman in this country need worry as to 
where his trees will be going at any period within the 
jlifetime of even the youngest man now engaged in the 
business. 
I am not talking mere theory. The crisis which I 
believe is approaching in the nursery business of the 
whole country was reached in Florida several years ago. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —Henry B. Chase, Chase, Alabama; Vice-President, Edward 
Welch, Shenandoah, Iowa; Secretary, John Hall, Rochester, 
N. Y.; Treasurer, Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Executive Committee —Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, Pa.; John H. 
Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; J. B. Pilkington, Portland, Ore.; John 
Hall, Rochester, N. Y., Ex-offlcio. 
Chairmen of Committees 
Transportation —Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
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 —C. R. Burr, Manchester, Conn. 
Exhibits 
Arrangements— 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities —W. P. Stark, Neosho, Mo.; Jeffer¬ 
son Thomas, Jacksonville, Fla.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. 
M. Grilling, 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, Irvine 
Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher, 
Pa. Meets annually in June. 
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, P. W. Vaught, Oldenvllle, Okla. Next 
meeting during week of State Fair at Oklahoma City, last of Sep¬ 
tember or first of October. 
California Association of Nurserymen —President, Frank H. Wilson, 
Fresno, Cal. Secretary, H. W. Kruckeberg, Los Angeles, Cal. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen —President, E. D. Smith, Win¬ 
ona; secretary, C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association —President, T. E. Burroughs, 
Deep River, Conn.; secretary, F. L. Thomas, Manchester, Conn. 
Idaho Nurserymen’s Association —President, Anton Dledricksen, Pay¬ 
ette Idaho; secretary, J. F. Litooy, Boise, Idaho. No definite time 
has been set for next meeting. Probably in July at 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 —Pre.sident, E. S. Osborne, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, F. E. fJrover, Rochester, N. Y. 
New England Nurserymen’s Association —President, Harlan P. Kel¬ 
sey, Salem, Mass.; Secretary, Charles Adams, Springfield, Mass. 
Annual meeting held on the last Tuesday in February. 
New York State Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. S. Osborne, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, H. B. Phillips, Rochester, New York. 
Next meeting September. Probably at Utica. 
Ohio Nurserymen’s Association —l^resident, \V. N. Scarff, New Car¬ 
lisle, O.; secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Oregon—Washington Association of Nurserymen —President, C. F. 
Breilhaup, Richland, Wa.sh.; secretary, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, 
Wash. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen —President J. Vallance, 
Oakland, Cal; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, 
Wash. Place of next meeting to be deciaed later. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, Wilmer W. 
Hoopes, West Chester, Pa. Sec., Henry T. Moon, Morrisville, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association —President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxa- 
hachie, Texas; secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Next meeting, August 26 and 27th at Signal Mountain Inn, Chat¬ 
tanooga, 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. Next meet¬ 
ing December 9 and 10th, 1914, at Kansas City, Mo. 
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