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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The 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 in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., October, 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—President Hale, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, N. 
Topeka, Kan.: J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.; E. Albertson, Bridge¬ 
port, Ind.: 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—J. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.: Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Boston; Charles A. Ilgenfhitz, 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. F. 
Heikes, Huntsville, Ala ; Theodore Smith, Geneva, N. Y. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association— .President, William Pit- 
hnu 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 annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association — President, 
Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. 
Meets annually in June. 
Eastern Association op 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. lopeka, 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, 
LS ’ v ic e-president, Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, 
in cheater, Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1904. 
Nurserymen’s AssociATiON-President, J. W. Preston, King- 
‘ ^ err ' > secretary, J. A. Taylor, Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
^ w^a® Nurserymen’s Association —President, E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex.; secretary, Johns. Kerr, Sherman, Tex 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—P resident, S. A. Miller, Mil- 
at Portfandfore^Januaryl 1M3. C ’ A ' Tonneson ’ Tacoraa ’ Wash ’ Organic 
NEW ERA FOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. 
“Not long ago,” says Professor L. H. Bailey, “I stood on 
the great stairs of the new agricultural building at the Uni¬ 
versity of Wisconsin with Professor Henry. I asked, as I ad¬ 
mired the great building : ‘ Why do you build such handsome 
stairways and pillars ?’ The answer was quick and emphatic : 
‘ I want the farmer or the farm boy when he comes here to 
take off his hat and say, “ At last the farmer is as good as 
anyone. He has risen to the top. Agriculture is as impor¬ 
tant as any other subject.” ’ He struck the keynote of the 
situation ; agriculture is to be recognized for its full value 
and the farmer is to have greater pride in his business.” 
Just so with the nursery trade. It ought to be recognized 
for its full value, and we believe a new era in the history of 
the American Association of Nurserymen was begun when 
President Ugenfritz sounded the keynote of a fuller realiza¬ 
tion of the advantages afforded by the existence of this na¬ 
tional organization and the benefits to be derived from a 
carefully arranged programme at the annual conventions, 
where there may be free and unrestrained discussion of practi¬ 
cal trade topics. For years we have advocated this. 
A NATIONAL FRUIT AND WINE EXPOSITION. 
The long list of special expositions held in New York City 
is to have an addition in January, 1904, in a National Fruit 
and Wine Exposition. It will be held January 18th to 30th 
at the new Herald Square Exhibition Hall at Broadway, Sixth 
Avenue and Thirty-fourth street. Its projectors say that 
among the responses received to their invitation to individual 
fruit growers, packers and shippers—and associations of them 
—and to wine manufacturers, to exhibit, are many evidences 
that the Exposition will be seized as an opportunity by the 
boards of trade, promotion committees, county commissioners, 
fruit associations and other commercial bodies to advertise in, 
and through this metropolitan show,display their home resources 
and attractions, as well as horticulture, its products and auxil¬ 
iaries. The earliest responses, according to the “ Fruit 
Show’s ” Manager, Alfred Chasseaud, came of course from 
California. 
Manager Alfred Chasseaud of the Herald Square Exhi¬ 
bition Hall, New York City, will send illustrated prospectus 
and particulars to all who apply. 
NEW JERSEY’S INSPECTION LAW. 
The state of New Jersey has a new inspection law which 
creates the office of state entomologist and declares that all 
gardeners, horticulturists, farmers, nurserymen and other 
growers, and dealers in plants of any kind upon their own or 
leased lands shall free and keep freed all plants, shrubs, trees, 
etc., from all injurious insects. Florists’ stock is excepted. 
A certificate of inspection must accompany all stock sold. 
All nurserymen growing or dealing in nursery stock must 
erect and maintain a fumigating plant on the nursery on which 
their stock is grown. Stock must be fumigated before ship¬ 
ment, except evergreens and florists’ stock. Any nurseryman 
who sells or ships stock without a certificate or without 
fumigation shall be subject to a fine of $50 for every such sale 
