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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
A NURSERY EXHIBIT . 
To be a Feature of World's Fair at St. Louis—Announcement by 
Frederick W. Taylor — Space for Fruit Exhibit — Sugges¬ 
tions for Exhibitors—Circular on Cold Storage 
of Fruits to be Issued by Department of 
Horticulture. 
Frederick W. Taylor, chief of the Department of Horti¬ 
culture at the St. Louis World’s Fair, has issued the following 
statement: 
The fruit growers and horticultural societies, both state and 
local, are taking great interest in the plans that are being made 
for the fruit exhibit in the horticulture building. The fact 
that there is to be practically twice as much space devoted to 
this exhibit at St. Louis as there has been at any former 
expbsition is encouraging news to them. 
Many inquiries from individual fruit growers and local horti¬ 
cultural societies concerning space for a fruit exhibit have been 
received by the Department of Horticulture and it seems that 
a general statement of the method of securing space is of 
interest. 
The space will be secured by an officer representing the 
state commission of each state and all exhibits of this character 
will be under the management of the state commission unless 
there should be a state that does not have a commission, in 
which case some other arrangements will be made. 
Fruit growers in making an exhibit of fruits are assured 
that they will not lose their identity by an arrangement of this 
kind, for it will be required that all exhibits be plainly 
marked, showing the name of the grower and the locality 
where the fruit was produced. This will be of great value 
from an educational standpoint as it will give all who are 
interested in studying fruits, definite information as to the 
locality where the fruit was produced. 
It is important that fruit growers everywhere begin at once 
to prepare to grow fruit for exhibit purposes. Sufficient plant 
food should be supplied to enable the trees to bear perfect 
specimens and this should be followed throughout the season 
with the most thorough cultivation. 
Thorough cultivation will hold the moisture in the soil 
which will be available for the use of the trees and plants in 
development of perfect specimens of fruits. 
The thinning of fruit is an important consideration where it 
is desired to grow perfect specimens. 
States that are planning to exhibit must have a sufficient 
quantity of fruit in cold storage so that the space allotted to 
them will be entirely covered at the time of the opening of the 
exposition, and in order that they may have a sufficient 
quantity in reserve in storage to keep the space covered until 
the 1904 crop of fruit is available. 
A circular on cold storage of fruits will be sent out from the 
Department of Horticulture in good season giving the latest 
information obtainable concerning that subject. 
Nursery Exhibit. 
It is intented that a collective exhibit of Nursery stock from 
all sections of the world will be made in the Department of 
Horticulture of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. This 
will afford a splendid opportunity for Nurserymen, Botanists 
and Fruit Growers to study the individual varieties and types 
represented. From an educational standpoint, the value of 
such an exhibit will be appreciated by all interested in Horti¬ 
culture. 
It is also expected to have a collection of the newer varieties 
of grapes in bearing, especially those that have been produced 
by crossing. These will be planted the present spring so that 
they will be in bearing in 1904. 
A collection of varieties of strawberries will be planted the 
present spring. These will be confined in the new varieties. 
A part of these will be new varieties that have been produced 
by a careful system of breeding for the purpose of obtaining 
varieties posessing certain characteristics. 
In the Nursery exhibit, a collection of nursery trees affected 
with crown gall and other diseases as well as trees infected 
with woolly aphis will be made. 
ARBOR DAY DATES. 
Following 
are the official dates of Arbor Day 
.. ** 
in the St;Acs : 
Virginia . . . . 
Illinois.,, o Vv *.**, 
Aprils 
Maryland .. , 
.April 3 
Massachusetts . 
.April 25 
Pennsylvania 
. . April 3 and 17 
Wisconsin. 
Missouri.... 
Connecticut . . . 
.May 1 
Oregon. 
.April 10 
New Hampshire 
:.May 2 
Utah. 
New York. 
Ohio. 
Rhode Island. . 
Nebraska... 
Montana. 
Iowa. 
.April 24 
Arkansas. 
November 10 
Michigan ... 
Hmong (Browers anb dealers. 
The H. S. Taylor Co., Rochester, N. Y., which recently purchased 
the Brighton Central Nurseries of 100 acres of general nursery stock, 
has been capitalized at $10,000 with the following directors : Hinman 
S. Taylor, Frederick V, Taylor and J. Frank Norris. 
The Charlton Nursery Co. is to move its offices from Rochester to 
Brighton. 
C. T. Zimmerman, Cameron, Mo., has purchased the Cameron Nur¬ 
sery, formerly owned by John Zimmerman, and is now the sole proprie¬ 
tor. 
The Massachusetts Fruit Growers Association, has elected A G 
Sharp, of Richmond, president, and F. A. Smith, of Hopedale, secre 
tary. 
The Ozark Apple Growers Association, at a meeting in Springfield, 
Mo., arranged for co-operative marketing of fruit. The company is 
incorporated. 
The Alabama Nursery Co., Huntsville, Ala., has purchased the John 
T. Paul farm of 132 acres at Mercury for nursery purposes. 
The Strunk Shade Tree Co., has been incorporated in St. Louis; 
capital $25 000. 
Gilbert Nabonnard, French rosarian, who sent out Papa Gontier and 
other roses, died recently at Mandelieu, Alpes Maritimes, aged 75 years. 
Stark Brothers, Louisiana, Mo., have a paid-up capital of $1,000 000. 
Last July their property was invoiced at $1,157,284 30. 
D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la., employs 200 persons and the grafting 
capacity of his nursery is 65,000 per day. 
The Central Michigan Nursery Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., is to open a 
retail store for the sale of cut flowers and plants. 
A. Duham & Co., is the name of a new nursery firm at Napa, Cal. 
W. Herbert Samson, Corning, Cal., has 100,000 Lob Ingir Smyrna 
fig trees. He offers to furnish the fig wasp with every tree sold. 
T. J. True, Forestville, Cal., will establish a nursery at Sebastopol, 
Cal. 
