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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
1 he National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
205 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. 
Entered m the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., September, 1903. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn ; vice-president, Frank A. 
Weber, St. Louis, Mo.; secretary George C. Seager, Rochester, N. 
Y.; treasurer. C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin. Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, 
Genva, Neb.; John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Committee on Transportation—P^sident Hale, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, N. 
Topeka, Kan.: .). H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.; E. Albertson, Bridge¬ 
port, lnd.: M. McDonald, Salem, Ore. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y ; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa.; Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Committee on Legislation-^C. L Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, Atlan¬ 
tic, la.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex. 
Committee on Program— l. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.: Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Boston; Charles A. Ilgenl'ritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Committee on Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, 
Berlin, Md.: Prof. W. G. Johnson, New York City. 
Committee on Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winches¬ 
ter, Tenn,; M. B. Fox, Rochester. 
Committee on Cost of Growing Trees—Wilson J. Peters, Troy, O.; W. P. 
Heikes, Huntsville, Ala : Theodore Smith, Geneva, N. Y. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association— President, William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke; secretary, Thomas 
B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually 
in June. . 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association— President, N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets anuually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association — President, 
Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, 111. 
Meets annually in June. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen— President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, 
N. Y.; secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually 
in January. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association— President, A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; secretary, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in 
July and December at Kansas City, Mo. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association— President, W T. Hood, Richmond, 
Va ; vice-president, Henry Cha-e, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, 
Winchester, Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1P04. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association— President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, lnd, Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association— President, E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex ; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen— President, S. A. Miller, Mil- 
ton, Ore.; secretary-treasurer. C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Organized 
at Portland, Ore., January, 1903. 
PROMISING NEW FRUITS. 
The attention of nurserymen was directed to the subject of 
novelties by Prof. Bailey at the Detroit convention. His 
views, we think, are those that are generally held by nursery¬ 
men. Practically the same sentiments are expressed by Prof. 
Bailey in the July issue of Country Life in America, and the 
subject is discussed also by William A. Taylor, pomologist, in 
the yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. Mr. Taylor 
says that such fruits should receive attention as have attracted 
notice through inherit merit, rather than through lavish praise 
by originators or introducers. He proceeds to describe a few 
fruits of this character that have recently reached the office of 
the pomologist. The list includes Stayman Winesap Apple, 
Randolph Apple, Philopena Pear, Belle Peach, Willett Peach, 
Brittlewood and Stoddard Plums and the Jordan Almond. 
HORTICULTURE IN THE WEST. 
The reclamation of arid lands in the West is of special inter¬ 
est to nurserymen, in that the marked progress indicates rap¬ 
idly increasing demand for material for planting. In conver¬ 
sation with a nurserymen from Colorado recently, a represent¬ 
ative of the National Nurseryman expressed surprise at the 
results attained in horticulture in the West notwithstanding the 
disadvantage of having to irrigate. “ We consider it a decided 
advantage,” promptly replied the visitor, “for by means of irri¬ 
gation we have always at hand the needed moisture to be used 
just when wanted. This makes us independent of the clouds 
and we do not have to wish for rain. Our crops are not set 
back by periods of drouth.” This is a good argument if the 
cost does not exceed the gain. 
The chief statistician of the Census Bureau last month 
submitted a report on the status of irrigation in the State of 
Washington by which it is shown that there has been consid¬ 
erable increase in irrigation in that state since 1899. There 
are now 4,585 irrigators, irrigating 154,962 acres and the cost 
of operating in 1902 was $2,330,758. There is a total of 1095, 
miles of main ditches in the state. 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
The twenty-eighth biennial session of the American Pomo- 
logical Society will be held September 10th to 12th in Boston. 
Removed from the distracting influences of a world’s exposi¬ 
tion and amid surroundings the most favorable, with a program 
prepared with much care, this session of the society ought to 
be one of the most profitable in the history of the organization. 
A novel feature of the meeting will be the devotion of two 
evening sessions to the comprehensive discussion of single 
subjects that are of widespread interest and importance. One 
of these will be devoted to a discussion of “ Pomological 
Progress in America," under the leadership of Prof. John 
Craig, of Ithaca, N. Y., in which particular attention will be 
paid to the achievements of American pomologists during the 
past half century. The other will relate to the general subject 
of “Ideals in Pomology,” under direction of former Secretary 
Chas. W. Garfield, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who will be aided 
by many of the men who are striving to attain those ideals in 
the United States and Canada. 
A nurseryman, C. L. Watrous, is president of the society. 
