THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Tftis shows a section of a 2 yr. block of Asparayus planls, 
comprising several hundred thousand plants, grown 
by the Westminster Nursery, Westminster, Md. 
BULLETINS OF INTEREST TO NURSERYMEN. 
Published by the United Stales Deparlrnenl of 
Agriculture. 
Apple Powdery Mildew and Its Control in the Pajaro 
Valley. Ry W. S. Ballard, Pathologist, Fruit-Disease In¬ 
vestigations, and W. H. Volck, County Horticultural Com¬ 
missioner of Santa Cruz County, California. Pp. 26, pis. 
6, figs. 5. Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Indus¬ 
try. September 3, 1914. (Department Bulletin 120.) 
Price, 10 cents. 
This bulletin is intended to assist apple growers in 
dealing with a fungous disease which is becoming a ser¬ 
ious menace to their industry. It is suitable for distribu¬ 
tion in the apple-growing sections west of the Rocky 
Mountains and in certain limited areas east of the Rocky 
Mountains, as shown on the map. 
Wild Onion: Methods of Eradication. Rv 11. R. Cox, 
Agriculturist, Office of Farm Management. Pp. 8, figs. 7. 
Contribution from the Bureau of Plant Industry. Sej)- 
tember 9. 1914. (Farmers’ Bulletin 610.) 
This bulletin describes methods for eradicating the 
weed that is responsible for the “garlicky” taste and 
odor found in some milk and butter and in some bread, 
and is of especial interest to farmers and dairymen in the 
Atlantic coast region and as far inland as Missouri. The 
subject matter is based on and is an enlargement of the 
Bureau of Plant Industry circular (Doc. No. 416) en¬ 
titled “The Wild Onion,” by J. S. Cates and H. R. Cox. 
A letter is received from the North Van Buren Nur¬ 
series, Bloomingdale, Michigan, suggesting that nursery¬ 
men write to Hon. Edwin J. Sweet, Congressman from 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, now at Washington, D. C., to 
agitate for an act to change the dimensions of the parcel 
j)ost bundles from 72 inches length and giilh combined to 
72 inches length alone so that trees may be sent by this 
method. 
THE WESTMINSTER NURSERY 
The \\ estminst(‘r Nursery, J. E. Stoner, Prop., Wesl- 
juinster, Maryland, has been (Migaged in the nursery bus¬ 
iness since 1879. For a time was doing business in Penn¬ 
sylvania, and from theie located at Westminster, Md. 
lias now scvci'ai hundred acres devoted to the grow ing of 
truil and nursery slock for the wholesale and retail 
trade, also does an extensive juail-order business. The 
accomi)anying j)iclui-es give a good idea of the large acres 
devoted to a lew things. 
Their specialties: Peach and apph* li'ces, berry and as- 
j)ai'agus j)lants, Calilornia Privet Hedging, shrubbeiy 
and shade trees. Mr. Stoner j’epoils an cx(*eptionaMy 
good business during the last s|)ring, having sold out on 
])each, California Privet, aspai-agus, bciiy plants, etc., 
w ith good lair price's. Pi'ospe(*ls for the coming fall and 
spring seasons ai’c good. We ai’c now rec(*iving many 
large ordej's. ()ur stock has made a very good grow th, 
w ill grade up line and w ill please'. Alse) i'e;e‘eiving a great 
many inejuirie's which indie-ales that the useial planting 
w ill be maele, w ithslaneling the low prices of fruit this 
se;ason. 
TEXAS NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
The lexas Nurserymen held their feeurteenth annual 
meeting in the roeems ol the Chamber e)f Ceemmerce, Eeert 
Worth, Texas, Octeeher 14, 13. 
Ollicers.—John S. Kerr, Sherman, President; Will B. 
Munson, Denison, vice ])reisident; J. M. Ramsey, Austin, 
secretary-treasurer. 
The Committee on Lo(*al Arrangements were L. J. 
Tackett, J. R. Baker, R. II. Slansell, R. Drumm, Fort 
Worth. 
President Kerr opened the jjieeting. The invocation 
was by J. R. Mayhew, Waxahackic. The welcome ad¬ 
dress was by J. B. Baker, Fort Worth, and was responded 
to by Will B. Munson, Denison. 
President Kerr, in his opening address, spoke of the 
peculiar conditions existing, many nations being engaged 
in w^ar, the United States being a producing nation, con¬ 
serving her resources. He asserted that the ])resent dis¬ 
tress is caused by a temj)orary withdrawal of conlidence 
or credit and that the only sensible thing to do is to “sit 
tight and don’t rock the boat,” claiming that mental un¬ 
rest of the people is responsible for conditions. 
H. I. jMartin, of Port Arthur discussed the benefits of 
new" freight rates on the citrus and ornamental industries. 
Nursery stock for the lower Rio Grande Valley was the 
subject of an addj-ess delivered by Eltweed Pomeroy of 
Donna. 
There being indications that burlap may become pro¬ 
hibitive in price, interest in w hat may be used as a w ra])- 
ping in shipping stock is h('ing manifested by nursery¬ 
men. Discussions on this suhjc'ct were opened by .1. M. 
Ramsey of Sheinian and E. W. Kirk])atrick, of McKin¬ 
ney. R. C. Kerr, of Houston, talked on the need of co-op- 
eralion between florists and nui’serymen of Texas. 
Judge J. L. Edwards, of Dallas, who is greatly inter¬ 
ested in peean culture, addressed the nu'eting. 
J. S. Kerr, of Sherman, rei)orl('d for the committee on 
the need for a state botanical garden, to ])reserv(' the nat¬ 
ural flora of the state. 
The addresses were extremely optimistie in tone and 
the meeting a verv successful one. 
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