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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT - THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
VICE-PRESIDENT AND EDITOR - - RALPH T. OLCOTT 
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BUSINESS MANAGER, C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, - - - - - $1.00 
Six Months, ------ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ugenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; vice-president, D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Committee on Transportation—President Ilgenfritz, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Howard Davis, Baltimore, Md. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Germantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; George A. Sweet, Dans- 
ville, N. Y.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Programme—George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Wilson J. 
Peters, Troy, Ohio; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Committee on Publicity—C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Ralph T. Olcott, 
Rochester, N. Y.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Annual convention for 1903—At Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., January, 1903. 
DEVOTED TO FRUIT CULTURE. 
About fifty years ago a few men interested in fruit culture 
met in Rochester, N. Y., in response to a call which declared 
that the culture of fruits in this region was becoming an im¬ 
portant branch of industry. Apple growing and all fruit rais¬ 
ing was then in its infancy. Out of the meeting of earnest, 
enthusistic men who responded to that call sprang the Western 
New York Horticultural Society, which, for nearly half a cen¬ 
tury has devoted its energies and its money to the art of fruit 
culture. 1 he discussions of practical questions, in which 
every one is free to participate, is a popular feature of the an¬ 
nual gatherings, and it is no uncommon thing to hear well-to- 
do fruit growers attribute their success largely to their member¬ 
ship in the society. 
The forty-eighth anniversary of the Western New York 
Horticultural Society will be observed January 28 and 29 , 1903 , 
at Rochester. Among the speakers will be Professor I. P. 
Roberts, of Cornell University ; Dr. H. J. Webber and Pro¬ 
fessor Harold Powell, of the Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C.; Dr. W. H. Jordan, director of the New 
York Expt. Station ; the “bug man,” Professor M. V. Slinger- 
land, always entertaining and instructive ; Prof. S. A. Beach, 
Dr. L. L. VanSlyke, Professor F. C. Stewart. Alexander Mc¬ 
Neil, prominent in the service of the Canadian government, 
will give a talk on “Grading and Packing,” an object lesson. 
We present in another column abstracts of the proceedings 
of the state horticultural societies that have met since our last 
issue. It will be seen that nurserymen continue to direct the 
affairs of these societies in large measure. 
FINE TEXAS FRUIT. 
Much has been heard of the fine fruit of California, but not 
so much has been reported of horticulture in Texas. From 
fine specimens received last month from E. W. Kirkpatrick, 
McKinney, Tex., we are able to assert that nothing that has 
come over the range from the Pacific coast excels the apples, 
nuts and persimmons that are grown in the Lone Star state. 
One of the apples, a Ben Davis, was twelve inches in circum¬ 
ference ; the other, an Arkansas Black, was eleven inches 
These apples were grown in Erath county, in the semi-arid 
district, and without irrigation. The samples certainly were 
as fine as any we have seen, and far above the average even of 
those that come to the East from the land of these apples. In 
flavor they were excellent, and in appearance most attractive. 
“ Millions of bushels of these apples,” says Mr. Kirkpatrick, 
“could be raised here on cheap lands, to be had from $10 to 
$20 per acre.” 
RECENT LICENSE AGITATION. 
A survey of the proceedings of the horticultural societies of 
the states, during the recent annual meetings, shows that 
efforts to regulate nursery matters are still cropping out in 
various quarters. The Minneapolis Tribune publishes the 
following in its report of the annual meeting of the Minnesota 
Horticultural Society, Dec. 3-5 : 
A resolution was introduced favoring the passage of a law providing 
for the inspection of orchards and nursery stock so that there would be 
no possibility of spreading diseased and worthless trees and other 
plants. 
Such a law is in operation in Iowa, and the freight offices and 
express companies are not allowed to carry fruit trees that have not 
been properly inspected by the state authorities. The matter aroused 
some suspicion at once and numerous explanations became necessary 
before the matter was finally dropped. 
It was thought that the purpose of taking such a course had been 
instigated by the nurseries for their benefit. - An action similar to this 
had been taken once before by the association, and the matter was 
killed in the legislature because it was credited to certain nurseries. 
Another effort along that line was thought to be futile. 
At the annual meeting of the Virginia Horticultural Society 
Vice-President W. W. Otey and Mr. Woods declared that 
State Entomologist W. B. Alwood had failed to do his duty in 
that he had not enforced treatment of private premises for 
