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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 tbe 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., December, 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—Pr. sident 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, Dansyille, N. Y.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex. 
Committee on Program—I. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.: Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Boston; Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Committee on Publicity— Ralph 3?, Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, 
Berlin, Md.: Prof. W. G. Johnsbn, New York City. 
Committee on Exhibits— K. 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¬ 
kin, 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 of 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. Topeka, 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, 
Va ; vice-president, Henry Cha-e, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, 
Winchester, Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1804. 
Southwestern Nurserymen’s Association— President, J. W. Preston, King¬ 
fisher, Okl. Terr.; secretary, J. A. Taylor. Wynnewood, Ind. Terr. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association— President, E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Tex.; secretary, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen— President, S. A. Miller, Mil- 
ton, Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Organized 
at Portland, Ore., January, 1803. 
NURSERYMEN AS LEADERS. 
President J. H. Hale, of the American Pomological Society, 
has echoed the sentiment which we have repeatedly expressed 
in these columns, viz.: That the continued success of the 
nursery business must depend largely upon the educated 
taste of the people along higher pomological lines. 
And in order to attain that result the nurserymen must 
be leaders in encouraging that education. To be able to 
instruct others, the nurseryman must be posted upon the 
subject matter in question. Therefore, his first duty is to 
obtain that knowledge of his business and of the many attend¬ 
ant features which will enable him to impart instruction. 
To this end, membership in horticultural societies and in such 
an organization as the American Pomological Society is 
essential, as is also constant perusal of publications apper¬ 
taining to the business and the subject of horticulture. The 
nurseryman should be watchful for information of this kind 
from general sources and should read his trade journal from a 
business point of view, noting the discussion of topics and the 
announcement of trade news with the idea of being able to 
put the knowledge thus acquired to practical use at an oppor¬ 
tune time. Those nurserymen who do this are the ones who 
forge ahead and it is the explanation for their success which 
to the indifferent member of the trade seems inexplicable. 
Read, move about, get posted and act. Profit by the 
experience of others. Be an active member of the American 
Association of Nurserymen and of your district nurserymen’s 
association, and attend the meetings of your local horticul¬ 
tural society, so that you may rub up against the orchardist; 
learn from him what he wants in the line of trees and then 
meet that demand. Success lies in supplying a public demand. 
NUT GROWERS’ MEETING. 
The second annual meeting of the National Nut Growers 
Association was held in New Orleans, October 28-30. There 
was a large attendance. 
“The Outlook for Commercial Pecan Growing” was dis¬ 
cussed at length by H. S. Watson of Illinois. He said 
that the industry is just in its infancy. The nut is now one 
of the most popular in the market and is constantly becoming 
better known and better liked. There is no other part of the 
world where the pecan grows wild, or is cultivated. The 
trees grow and bear well in the Southern States. 
The committee on nomenclature standards made a report 
through the chairman, W. A. Taylor, of Washington, D. C., 
in which the re-naming of varieties was severely condemned, 
and also the giving of long and ill-advised names, which has 
often been done with the pecan. Papershell, Softshell, Mam¬ 
moth and others of like character are to be dropped and only 
short, easily pronounced and distinctive napies will be ap¬ 
proved. A systematic scale of points, for judging the merits 
of the varieties of the pecan, was offered and adopted by the 
convention. 
“Genuine Stock and How to Obtain It,” was treated by 
Theo. Bechtel of Ocean Springs, Miss. He said the only trne 
and safe way was to get propagating wood from bearing trees. 
Every nurseryman should have such trees on his own place, 
or where he can see them and have access to the wood for 
budding and grafting. 
