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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. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ilgenfritz, 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, Term.; 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., May, 1903. 
THE SEASON’S TRADE. 
The spring trade of 1903 was affected more than usual by 
weather conditions, especially in the Central States and the 
South. Owing to the good prices of last fall nurserymen pre¬ 
pared for a large spring business, but the winter canvass was 
cut short on account of bad roads, and conditions were adverse 
to retail sales. Trade opened somewhat slowly, and although 
it became more active and finally swung off as usual, the sur¬ 
plus stock in some lines was more than has been noted lately. 
Almost all ornamental stock has been sold out quite closely in 
many sections. In most fruit lines in the West the supply for 
fall promises to be about as usual. Nurserymen are planting 
less apple and more cherry. 
In the East the season was more favorable. Reports indi¬ 
cate a large increase of business. Delayed orders extended 
the shipping season to planting time and nurserymen were be¬ 
hind in their work. It is thought that wholesale prices may be 
somewhat reduced in some lines, especially apple and peach. 
Plum and cherry will probably hold up and may even advance. 
Reports from Canada show a favorable season for digging 
and packing, with a good demand for stock and an output 
larger than usual. 
From Maryland comes the report of a probable shortage on 
peach. The wet weather in the South caused a dropping off in 
orders and some countermands. 
All unite in the opinion that the fall trade will be good, and 
a Michigan nurseryman believes the nurserymen of the United 
States should be in a very happpy mood at the Detroit con¬ 
vention. 
ACTIVITY IN THE SOUTH. 
Nurserymen and fruit growers of the South are actively en¬ 
gaged in increasing their business. So great has become the 
interest in peach culture that a monthly journal devoted prin 
cipally to the growth of the peach has been started at Atlanta, 
Ga. Among the articles in the first issue of this journal is one 
presenting the address by R. C. Berckmans, Jr., at the meeting 
of the Carolina State Horticultural Society. 
We note that R. C. Berckmans has purchased 500 acres on 
the Macon branch of the Georgia railroad, about one mile from 
Mayfield, Ga., and has set out 53,000 peach, 10,000 pear and 
3,000 plum trees. Mr. Berckmans is also interested in the 
Berckmans-Whaley orchard, adjoining his own which has 15,- 
000 peach trees. 
LIVELY MEETING PROMISED. 
Through the combined efforts of President Ilgenfritz, Chair¬ 
man McFarland of the program committee, and the official 
journal of the American Association of Nurserymen which 
has repeatedly urged the importance of making the most of 
the business sessions of the convention, a program has been 
prepared this year promising to bring out active discussion of 
practical topics at the Detroit meeting. Mr. McFarland is 
certainly entitled to the hearty thanks of the Association for 
his work on the program. President Ilgenfritz has been to 
Detroit and made especially attractive arrangements for the 
sessions. The meeting hall and place for exhibition in con¬ 
nection are particularly desirable. 
We publish in another column the preliminary program* 
from which it will be seen that provision has been made for 
practical convention work. 
The question box will be a feature of the convention. It 
will be open until Wednesday afternoon, when it will be closed 
in order that the questions submitted may be assigned for 
thoughtful answer. Nurserymen are requested to submit 
“ warm ” questions, questions they really think are hard, ques¬ 
tions whose answers would be valuable and would interest the 
practical nurseryman, questions that “ have long bothered 
