The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyrighted 1903 by The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., Incorporated. 
“ What one adds to the world, not what one 
extracts from it, is the measure of a life's success.” 
Vol. XI. 
ROCHESTER, N. 
i 
Y., NOVEMBER, 1903. 
No. 11. 
THE FALL SALES. 
Conditions Very Satisfactory—Prospect That Stock Will Be 
Cleaned Up Closely—Ornamental Stock In 
Strong Demand—The Outlook. 
Bridgeport, Ind., Oct. 16, Albertson & Hobbs :—“We are right in 
the midst of our Fall packing now, just fairly getting a good start, and 
it is hard to estimate what the business is going to be, what the short¬ 
ages 'will be, or really what the future prospects are, but from indica¬ 
tions up to the present time, the Fall business is going to show up very 
satisfactory. While orders have been held back later than usual, they 
are coming in very nicely now. They are not quite as large as they 
have been at other times, but are in very good proportion to the supply 
of stock, and if demand keeps up as the present trade would indicate 
there will certainly be a very close cleaning up of almost all kinds o 
stock for Spring and but little cheap stock to be offered on the market, 
or but little surplus left, and that the beautiful bonfires that were 
made last Spring after the packing season was over will not be equaled 
again very soon. Certainly they will be very light for next Spring 
unless conditions change very much from present indications. 
“Stock is grading out very far short on average or of estimates and 
we anticipate that before the year is out, when nurserymen begin to 
realize these shortages in their estimates, that they will find themselves 
short quite a good deal of stock that will be hard to secure in the market. 
“Agents have done good work during the Summer and prospects 
are for a good Winter’s canvass. We think the planting last season 
was fully up to the average, or possibly a little above, but the losses 
by floods, poor stands, &c., will cut it below the average and do not 
see now any prospect of any large surplus lines, unless it might pos¬ 
sibly be Peach, for the next two or three years, but of course prices will 
depend somewhat upon the general financial conditions of the coun¬ 
try. If this wave of prosperity continues they should remain good ) 
but should we have some financial reverses or a stringency in the money 
market, we may expect lower prices. 
“We have been having fine weather. Was dry up to about two 
weeks ago, when we had fine rains and ground is in elegant condition 
though the season seems to be late and we have had no frost yet to 
ripen up the stock. Some kinds of stock are yet quite green and should 
not be handled until later. Weather is cooler at present, but no indi¬ 
cations of frost. 
“Pears seem to be going a little slow and somewhat of a drag on the 
market, but Apples, Cherries, Plums and Quinces are in good demand 
and the prospect seems to be for shortage in supply rather than any sur¬ 
plus, and we also believe the Pears will be used up closely. Small 
fruit plants, such as Gooseberries, Currants, etc., are also in good de¬ 
mand, and Currants and Gooseberries especially seem to be in short 
supply. Roses and ornamental stock have been in very strong de¬ 
mand and supply seems to be short, and if there is the usual propor¬ 
tionate demand in the Spring, hardly know where the supply is to 
come from. 
“The future of the business, present conditions continuing, is cer¬ 
tainly very favorable, and we think nurserymen can look forward to 
two or three years of very profitable business unless some outside con¬ 
ditions come up to affect it.” 
Charlton Nursery Co., Rochester, N. Y., June 1, 1903.—“We en¬ 
close check for $1.00 for renewal of our subscription. The journal 
meets with our approval; do not wish to be without it.” 
TEXAS ASSOCIATION 
Business Air Plainly Apparent at Fall Meeting —Good Supply 
and Heavy Sales—Wholesale Trade-Lists Among 
Retail Planters Denounced. 
The Fall meeting of the Texas Nurserymen’s Association 
was called to order by President Kirkpatrick at the Texas 
State Fair grounds, October 3 d. There was a fair attendance. 
Secretary John S. Kerr recorded the proceedings. A business 
air was most plainly apparent. The members report fine 
sales and good prospects and have a hustling air, looking to 
the heavy Fall movement of stock. 
Strong resolutions were passed looking to arid favoring the 
World’s Fair movement pledging hearty co-operation with the 
Texas World’s Fair Commission, Louis J. Wortham, mana¬ 
ger Dallas Texas, and especially with Sam H. D xon, super¬ 
intendent of the Horticultural Department, Houston, Texas. 
It was reported that eastern wholesale trade-lists are 
found currently circulated among Texas retail planters. 
The secretary was instructed to advise such nurseries of this 
fact, supposing that it may be a mistake. If persisted in 
the practice is denounced as unbusinesslike, unfair, unjust 
and unworthy. 
A good apple crop is reported generally. Much interest 
centers in some southern keeping apples such as Texas Red, 
Hubbard, Bradford, Doyle and others. It is held that Ben 
Davis, Winesap Gano, Jonathan and Arkansas Black are the 
leaders. 
The Slappy and Guinn peaches are favored as promising 
yellow, freestone, commercial peaches, ripening ahead of 
Elberta. It is apparent that future plantings should be large¬ 
ly of a commercial variety earlier than Elberta. 
There seems to be a good supply of stock for this coming 
season and sales are heavy already. 
PROTECTING PORTO RICO FRUITS. 
A special to the New' York Commercial says: 
Leading fruit growers in Porto Rico held a meeting a few days ago 
and arranged for the appointment of a commission to inspect all fruit 
buds, all cuttings, seeds and other means of propagating fruit. As 
things are now the fruit trees and vines are remarkably free from dis¬ 
ease. The oranges have the old form of scale, which is common wher¬ 
ever orange trees grow, but there is no San Jose scale and the white 
fly is unknown 
The fruit interests of the island are a unit in seeking to establish 
this preventive system and have agreed that no cuttings, buds or 
seeds will be used which do not bear the inspectors’ declaration that 
they are free from the dangerous diseases common to fruit plants 
elsewhere. 
