THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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IIS VIRGINIA. 
Farmers Replacing Tobacco and Field Crops With Fine Orchards— 
Sales Fell Off Some—Planting Curtailed — 
Peach Seed Plenty. 
Richmond, Va., Oct. 19—Knoxville Nursery Co.: “I am glad to 
say that sales have been good with us this season and that the farmers 
of Virginia and near-by states are beginning to realize the fact that 
fruit growing pays, and the land formerly given to tobacco and other 
field crops is being developed into fine orchards; and, better still, 
these planters are giving their trees good care and attention, hence with 
these conditions before us I can see nothing but a most favorable view 
for the nursery business, which in my opinion is yet in its infancy. The 
people are ‘getting next’ and want what pays the most, which at present 
proves to be fruit growing.” 
Richmond. Va., Oct. 22—W. T. Hood & Co.:—“Our sales for the 
past season has not been as large as usual, our sales through agents 
being about one-fifth less than they were Fall of 1902, the latter year 
being the best we have ever had. While our expenses for labor were 
higher, our collections were much better. 
“Our planting in Spring of 1902 was not large, and the season not 
being good, we did not expect a large stock this Fall, especially of 
Apple, and we have sold very close on most everything in the fruit 
line. 
“There is no other nursery growing stock at Richmond, and we do 
not think there is a very heavy stock in this state, nor do we think 
the planting was very large last Spring. 
“We have leased a very fine farm 18 miles from Richmond, and the 
most of our planting was done there. We had a very wet April, which 
made our planting late, and we did not plant as much as we expected, 
especially in Peach, the seed of the latter having spoiled in the beds. 
After planting, the season was very dry; but our stock has all done well, 
especially Apple. 
“We do not know whether we will plant heavy next Spring or not, 
as stocks are so scarce and high. We have bedded between 300 or 
400 bushels of small Peach seed, and if we can get them planted early 
in the Spring, they will make as many as we will want. 
“While Natural Peach seed were supposed to be scarce, we think 
the high prices offered for them early in the season, caused them to be 
saved, and we think most every one secured as many as they wanted 
or more. We secured upwards of 1,600 bushels to date, and still have 
some coming in which we contracted for. We have refused more 
than 1,000 bushels, as there was no demand for them now and we did 
not wish to carry them over until next season. 
“We have not as yet commenced our Fall shipments, but hope to 
begin the first of next week, provided we can get our shorts in by that 
time, as we are having some trouble along that line owing to certain 
features in our Virginia inspection laws, which we will try to have 
amended this Winter.” 
Grape vines are a specialty with Stark Bros., Portland, N. Y., and 
Louisiana, Mo. 
A list of special surplus stock is announced in another column by 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. 
North Carolina Natural Peach pits, crop of 1903, are offered by J. 
Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N. C. 
Japanese specialties are offered by the well-known importers, Su¬ 
zuki & Iida, 31 Barclay St., New York city. See announcement in 
another column. 
A complete assortment of Apple, Cherry, Pear, Plum, Peach, Apri¬ 
cot, Forest Tree Seedlings and Apple scions is offered by F. H. Stannard 
& Co., Ottawa, Kan. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., are sole agents in the United 
States for Charles Detriche, Sr., Angers, France, grower and expoi’ter 
of fruit tree stocks forest trees and ornamentals 
Self-oiling ventilating apparatus, for greenhouses and commercial 
buildings is easy to operate and it provides the right amount of ventil¬ 
ation. It is manufactured by Lord & Burnham Co., Irvington-on- 
Hudson, N. Y. 
_IRecent Ipublicattons. 
Handsome catalogues have been issued by G. L. Taber, Glen St. 
Mary, Fla., and Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston, Mass. 
The year book and record of the seventh annual meeting of the Amer¬ 
ican Park and Outdoor Art Association has been issued by the secretary, 
Charles M. Robinson, Rochester, N. Y. It contains much matter of 
interest to those who favor municipal improvement. 
One of the most comprehensive of foreign catalogues is that of B. 
Muellerklein, of Karlstadt, Bavaria, Germany, who has large cultures 
in Currants and Gooseberries. He has also a full line of fruit and orna¬ 
mental stock. The catalogue is a credit to this well-known German 
nursery. 
Last season, 1902, was one prolific in apple troubles. Frost blister 
spray injury, scab, pink rot and the ordinary rots all proved too well- 
known sources of loss to growers and buyers. In Bulletin 235 of the 
Station at Geneva we are told that two other new, or unusual, rots de¬ 
veloped late in the season. These are (1) a rot very similar to pink rot, 
and (2) a core rot of Baldwins. 
In the November issue, The Delineator sustains its recognized posi¬ 
tion as the foremost fashion publication and one of the high-class liter¬ 
ary magazines. The arrangement of flowers in Japan is not haphazard, 
says one of the writers, but everything about it is determined by laws. 
There are several styles of arrangement, each style having a name, and 
this is a regularly taught branch of learning. Vases in which to put the 
flowers or twigs are of infinite variety, and harmony between the vase 
and the flower is one of the first conditions to be observed. There is a 
flower for each month and for each circumstance, happy or otherwise. 
“Country Life in America” for November contains an article by 
Prof. Bailey on “How to Make a Living Out of Doors,” and articles on 
“California Bulbs,” “Winter Window Garden” and “Cold Frames and 
How to Use Them.” The rich and striking contents of the November 
World’s Work, covering a variety of timely and vital subjects, more 
than ever emphasizes its title as the magazine of achievement. The 
editorial portraits include Joseph Chamberlain, John Hays Hammond, 
Mayor Seth Low,Charles Francis Murphy and Dr. John Huston Fiidey. 
The departments of the March of Events, Some Recent Books and 
Among the World’s Workers maintain the usual high standard of the 
magazine. 
As the years increase The Youth’s Companion endeavors to keep 
pace with them in all that is wise, beautiful and progressive, and not 
only to retain but to deserve the honorable and exceptionally high 
place it hlods in the confidence and affection of three generations of 
readers. The greatest living authors in all branches of literature con¬ 
tinue to contribute to it. The annual announcement number of The 
Companion, describing the principal features of The Companion’s new 
volume, will be sent to any address, free. The new subscriber for 1904 
will receive all the issues of The Companion for the remaining weeks of 
1903 free from the time of subscription; also The Companion Calendar 
for 1904, lithographed in twelve colors and gold. Boston: The 
Youth’s Companion. 
J. Wragg & Sons Co., Waukee, Ill., have succeeded admirably in 
their endeavor to produce an up-to-date catalogue. It contains much 
valuable information pertaining to horticulture and pomology for the 
Central and Northwest States. This firm has spared no pains in de¬ 
scribing fruits and has gone to much expense in photographing speci¬ 
mens of both fruits and trees on its grounds. Honest descriptions, 
both as to quality of fruit and hardiness of tree, have been given. 
This firm has one of the best locations for the growing and shipping of 
nursery stock in the West. It is but a few miles from Des Moines 
and at the junction of three railroads. One of the Iowa experiment 
stations is on these grounds and M J. Wragg is the director. There 
is much more, both of description and illustration in this catalogue than 
in many others; all the matter is arranged systematically and an index 
makes easy reference to any of the subjects treated. Indeed, this 
catalogue is a valuable little book of reference regarding the varieties 
suited to the section of the country for which it is intended. The 
cover is an attractive work in photographic brown, showing the Wragg 
Cherry, the Iowa Raspberry, the Stoddard Plum and the medal awarded 
to the firm at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. 
