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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
THE CENTRAL STATES. 
Slow In Starting, Stock Finally Moved Briskly—Many Commercial 
Lines Short—Heavy Winter Sale Anticipated— 
May Curtail Planting. 
Xenia, Ohio, Oct. 16—McNary & Gaines:—“The Fall business thus 
far is a repetition of last Fall’s experience. The season opened up 
sluggishly, but gradually increased until at this writing stock is mov¬ 
ing quite lively. Present indications point to a shortage in Cherry 
and Plum, and possibly Apple. Many commercial kinds are already 
short. Other lines are somewhat easier, but with good sales. The pos- 
pect for Spring trade is decidedly good. 
“We are not informed as to the proposed Spring planting. In 
Apple it will doubtless be governed largely by the number of apple 
seedlings that may be available.” 
Shenandoah, Iowa,Oct. 19—E. S. Welch:—“Nurserymen here have 
had a large fall trade. Our Fall season’s sales are better than we antic¬ 
ipated and will exceed by 50% last Fall’s business, which was good. 
Have had a good trade on Apple, Plum, Cherry, Small Fruits, Forest 
Tree Seedlings, Ornamentals—in fact a good demand for most all 
kinds of stock. 
“The supply of Plum appears to be limited. There may be a surplus 
of Peach in some sections. I do not think there will be much surplus 
in other lines. My judgment is that most lines of nursery stock will be 
cleaned up closely by the time next Spring’s trade is over, especially 
if conditions are favorable during the Fall and Winter for road work. 
“I do not think planting in this section will be increased any. Some 
lines will be reduced.” 
Vincennes, Ind., Oct. 24—W. C. Reed:—“We are enjoying a very 
heavy trade and are hardly far enough along to say how it will com¬ 
pare with last year. Do not think it will be quite as heavy with the 
planters’ trade, although about the same in the wholesale trade. The 
demand for Cherry is very heavy, especially one-year, having booked 
order from Oregon to Virginia for same. Apple seems to be in very 
good demand, especially for Jonathan, Grimes and Wine-sap. Peach 
are moving much better than expected and do not think there will 
be any surplus in this section by the time Spring packing is over. The 
demand for Japan Plum and Keiffer Pear is not quite up to last year. 
Small fruits seem to be getting very scarce. Have sold double the 
amount of Currants and Gooseberries we usually do. 
“I see no reason why there will not be a very heavy sale this Winter 
and think there will be some things that will be very scarce. With 
the short crop of Seedlings and poor stands of grafts, I see nothing 
but high prices ahead for some time on Apple and Cherry. 
“We have had more wet weather than usual this Fall and this has 
put us behind some with digging and had it not been for our new pack¬ 
ing house do not see how we would have got along, as we have had to 
work quite a good deal at night. 
“Stock is ripening up nicely for Winter and think every thing will 
be in very good shape to stand the cold. Have a splendid stand of 
buds of all kinds as far as we can tell; but most young stock has not 
made the usual growth, owing to the cool Summer.” 
CALIMYRNA EQUAL TO IMPORTED FIG. 
Of special interest to nurserymen in California and the South is the 
success attending the culture of the Smyrna fig by George C. Roeding 
at the Fancher Creek Nurseries, Fresno, Cal. We have referred to 
some extent in our issue of September, 1901, to the peculiar features 
of the culture of the fig. Mr. Roeding has been to Asia Minor to study 
the growth of the famous Smyrna fig. His account of his investiga¬ 
tions and their application, resulting in the Calimyrna fig—a name 
formed by combining California and Smyrna—is given in his book 
entitled “The Smyrna Fig at Home and Abroad,” reference to which 
is made in another column. Samples of this fig received last month 
prove that it is equal to the imported fig from Asia Minor and it is 
put up in cartons in much cleaner manner. 
Hmong Growers anb dealers. 
Stark Brothers’ packing houses at Louisiana, Mo., are equipped with 
electric light. 
The Callanan Nurseries, Eau Claire, Mich., have been incorporated 
with a capital stock of $5,000, 
The Jacksonville, Fla., Times-Union states that 2,500 acres will be 
planted to Pecan trees the coming winter and spring. 
August Rolker, of Rolker & Sons, New York City, called upon West¬ 
ern New York nurserymen on his way west, October 24th. 
§§Dr. B. C. Fernald, nursery inspector for Massachusetts, reports 
nursery stock much freer from insect pests than one year ago. 
J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., will demand pay from the 
state for damages caused by deer that feed on the tops of his young 
apple trees. 
Frank H. Hartman, of Dansville, N. Y., and Miss Hortense Pauline 
Armstrong were married on October 1, at the home of the bride’s par¬ 
ents in Allenhurst, N. J. 
The Stark Brothers Nursery and Orchard Company ,of Louisiana, Mo. 
have been incorporated in Illinois to do a general nursery business; cap¬ 
ital in Illinois $2,500. 
Park Commissioner Young of Brooklyn, N. Y., has purchased 2,000 
trees in various sections of the country to be set out along Fourth Ave¬ 
nue and parks in that borough. 
A Doylestown, Pa., paper states that 14,000 panes of glass in the 
greenhouses of Hoopes, Bro. & Thomas were broken by hail recently. 
The Achelis houses were also damaged. 
Mr. Peterson, who for some time has been foreman for Bobbink & 
Atkins, Rutherford, N. J., will have charge of the nursery department 
of Clucas & Boddington, Sparkill, N. Y. 
Prof. C. S. Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, who is making a tour of 
the world, was last heard from at Moscow. He will return in December 
via Hong Kong, East Indies and San Francisco. 
Rochester nurserymen will do most of the work of decorating the 
grounds around the New York State building at the St. Louis Exposi¬ 
tion, for which an appropriation of $1,000 has been made. 
Georgia nurserymen generally have pretty well sold their peach 
stock. The number of trees that will be planted this winter in Georgia, 
says a well-known horticulturalist, will reach upwards of three millions. 
The Palace of Horticulture at the World’s Fair is almost finished. In 
this handsome building little else than fruits and flowers will find place. 
The Palace of Horticulture is surrounded by beautiful gardens, showing 
the choicest collections of outdoor plants and flowers. 
New citrus fruit will begin to move east November 1, says the Los 
Angeles Express, and the traffic departments of the transcontinental 
lines are preparing for a season that will surpass any of its predecessors. 
Conservative estimates place the number of cars that will go forward at 
30,000, and of this number 2,000 cars will be lemons. 
Samples of the Stark-Star grape were received by us last month 
from the introducers, Stark Bros., Louisiana, Mo. This grape has a 
fine appearance and is apparently a marvel of productiveness. It 
should be an excellent shipper, because of its firmness. To our mind 
its qualities are especially adapted for wine-making, and for that pur¬ 
pose in particular it should prove of much value. 
The first annual meeting of the Thomas Meehan Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, composed of members of the firm, the heads of the various de¬ 
partments and other connected therewith, was held last month at 
Germantown, Pa. After a business meeting a banquet was held. 
The officers are : President, Enest Hemming; vice-president, R. Bebler; 
secretary-treasurer, Warren J. Chandler. Horticultural subjects of 
general interest are discussed by the society. 
“Perhaps,” say Thomas Meehan & Sons, Inc., “during the season of 
1904-5, if our stock is large enough to warrant it, we will introduce one 
of the greatest novelties the horticultural world has ever seen. We 
have been working on it about four years, perfecting this new race. 
For a while yet we prefer to say little of the wonderful plant for bright¬ 
ening up the dull end of summer, as orders from persons who managed 
to see the plant in flower would already take all our available stock.” 
