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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION . 
Largest Attendance and Most Enjoyable Meeting in Its History — 
Papers Read by W. T. Hood, John A. Young and 
Charles Smith—Addresses and Election. 
The fifth annual meeting of the Southern Nurserymen’s 
Association was held at Winchester, Tenn., August 19, 1903. 
The convention was called to order at 10 o’clock by the 
president, J. C. Miller of Rome, Ga. This was one of the 
most successful meetings the association has ever had. 
There were about seventy delegates from the southern states 
in attendance, as well as visiting nurserymen from Iowa and 
Illinois. The attendance at this meeting was by far the best 
the association has ever had. 
The nurserymen at Winchester had advertised free enter¬ 
tainment to all the delegates, and the 20th, after the meeting 
had adjourned on the night of the 19th, was set apart as the 
day for the nurserymen to visit the nursery plants around 
Winchester where they had the opportunity to see at least 
20,000,000 trees of all kinds growing in the various nurseries. 
A free excursion to the delegates was given by the nursery¬ 
men at Huntsville, Ala., leaving Winchester on the morning 
of the 21 st, by special train, and reaching Huntsville at 9 
a. m. Hacks, buggies and carriages were in waiting to con¬ 
vey the entire delegation out to the Huntsville Wholesale 
Nurseries, a distance of about twelve miles. There were 
about 80 people in this party. They reached the nursery 
plant at about 12 o’clock, where dinner was served on the 
nursery grounds in the shape of an old-fashioned southern 
barbecue. After dinner, the entire party was driven over the 
nursery plant of Mr. Heikes, consisting of about 1,000 acres. 
After this drive the nurserymen returned to Huntsville, where 
they were entertained free at the Huntsville Hotel. On the 
morning of 22nd, the entire delegation was driven out to the 
Alabama Nursery Co. plant, a distance of three miles from 
Huntsville. After looking over this immense plant, dinner 
was served to the delegates by the Chase Brothers. The 
party was returned to Huntsville at 1:40 p. m. where they 
boarded a special train for Winchester, reaching that point at 
4 p. m. 
The Huntsville trip was a great success and fully enjoyed 
by the entire delegation. This trip coupled with the free 
entertainment at Winchester, makes it one of the most enjoy¬ 
able occasions in the history of the Southern Nurserymen’s 
Association. It was no uncommon thing to hear the mem¬ 
bers remark that the convention was a greater success than 
any national convention they had ever attended. 
The address of welcome was delivered by I. W. Crabtree, 
an attorney and nurseryman of Winchester, in behalf of the 
nurserymen and citizens of the town. N. W. Hale of Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn., responded, after which the president delivered 
his address. Secretary and Treasurer J. C. Hale rendered his 
report, showing that $139.20 had been added to last year’s 
balance of $69.17. The disbursements were $19.56. This 
leaves a balance in the treasury of $178.81. After this report 
was adopted and a committee appointed by the president to 
audit same, the convention proceeded to regular business. A 
considerable portion of the morning and afternoon sessions 
was devoted to discussions of topics from the question box. 
A fine talk was made by Prof. Charles A,. Keffer of the 
University of Knoxville, Tenn. An address was also deliv¬ 
ered by Prof. George W. Martin, of Vanderbilt University, 
who is the state entomologist of Tennessee. He talked along 
the line of the nurseryman as the factor to suppress the spread 
of diseases and noxious insect pests and he gave some very 
valuable advice to nurserymen. He put particular stress on 
the fact that nurserymen should keep their premises clean and 
that all old trees should be cut down on them, and above all 
that scion orchards should be looked after as carefully as the 
nursery plant itself. 
Papers were read by W. T. Hood of Richmond, Va., John 
A. Young of Greensboro, N. C., and Charles Smith of Con¬ 
cord, Ga. 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: 
President, W. T. Hood; Vice-President, Henry Chase ; Secre- 
retary and Treasurer, J.C. Hale. Asheville, N.C., was selected 
as the next place of meeting on August 24 , I904. 
^Foreign Botes of Unterest 
The importation of grapevines, graftings, etc., into Hungary has 
been prohibited. 
The apple crop in Great Britain will be practically a failure. There 
should be a lively demand for American apples there this year. 
It has been estimated that irrespective of those in parks and squares, 
Paris has not less than 86,012 trees in its streets and boulevards. 
Since the withdrawal in England of the bill providing for the inspec¬ 
tion and compulsory disinfection, if need be, of nursery stock, the 
President of the Board of Agriculture has promised an official inquiry 
into the nature of orchard pests. 
Thomas Humphreys who was connected with James Dickson & Sons’ 
Newton Nurseries, England, for five years, and afterwards had charge 
of the propagating department of the Royal Gardens at Kew, has been 
appointed curator of the Birmingham, Eng., Botanic Gardens. 
The value of the nursery stock exported from the United States dur¬ 
ing the year ended June 80, 1902, was $132,027. The largest recipients 
were Canada, United Kingdom, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, the Nether¬ 
lands, Bermuda, British Australasia, Denmark and South Africa. 
The Logan Berry and the Mahdi, the former more like a raspberry 
and the latter more like a blackberry, both being crosses of the black¬ 
berry and the raspberry, have received awards from the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, England. G. Whythes says : “ It is a splendid addr 
tion to our hardy fruits.” The Logan Berry is the product of Luther 
Burbank ; the Mahdi was originated by J. Veitch & Sons, Langley, 
England, by crossing the Belle de Fontenay raspberry with the com¬ 
mon blackberry. 
It has been said of the Paris trees that every one of the millions is as 
carefully nurtured and protected as a pet tree in an English nobleman’s 
park. Thousands of men are kept continually employed training, 
planting, watering, pruning, etc. Street trees represent a formidable 
item in the yearly municipal expenditure. Parisians spend much of 
their time out of doors, and, as seats generally accompany rows of 
trees, rest and shade are never far to seek. 
The Gardeners’ Magazine, London, Eng., referring to the appointment 
of Prof. L. H. Bailey to be dean of the College of Agriculture at 
Cornell University, says; “No one will question the fact that his 
teachings and writing have had a wider, beneficial effect upon experi¬ 
mental horticulture ane horticultural literature in America than that of 
any other man, and they have exercised some influence upon cultivators 
in this country.” 
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