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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL 
President J. H. Hale Makes Plea for Active Work By Nursery - 
men—A Business Proposition, If Nothing Else. 
President J. H. Hale, of South Glastonbury, Conn., makes 
the following very appropriate suggestion to nurserymen: 
At the recent meeting of the American Pomological Society, they 
saw fit to elect me president, with Prof. John Craig of Ithaca, N. Y., 
as secretary. 
In looking over the records I find a membership of less than four 
hundred for the whole United States and Canada. 
Now as the continued success of the Nursery business must depend 
largely upon the educated taste of the people along higher pomological 
lines, and we ought to have several thousand members, I am going 
to ask every nurseryman in the country who issues a catalogue, to 
devote a little space in urging patrons to become members of the soci¬ 
ety, pay the $2 biennial membership fee and receive the reports. 
The complete stenographic report of even one evening at the Boston 
meeting when Charles W. Garfield led off on “Ideals in Pomology” 
ought to be worth many times the cost of membership, to say nothing 
of the complete proceedings. 
Below are the subjects touched upon in bright five to eight minutes 
talks, by some of the sharpest minds interested in Pomology: The 
Ideal Dessert Pear, The Ideal Pomological Exhibit, The Ideal Fruit 
Grower’s Family, The Ideal Red Raspberry for Home Table, The 
Ideal Fruit Package, The Ideal Cluster of Grapes, The Ideal Dessert 
Apple, The Ideal Fruit Grower, The Ideal Cooking Apple, The Ideal 
Blackberry, The Ideal Horticultural Society, The Ideal Fruit Grower’s 
Home, and The Ideal Amateur Fruit Garden. 
Will you not in your own interest, and for the general good of the 
cause, devote a little space in your forthcoming catalogue urging mem¬ 
bership through Prof. John Craig, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., 
who will furnish you any special pointers you may need in making up 
your notice, should you so desire. 
COLORADO APPLES CAUSE A STIR.- 
Writing to the Country Gentleman, John Chamberlin, of 
Erie Co., N. Y., says: 
During the session of the Fruit Growers’ Association at Buffalo, I 
made the discovery that the great West is engaged in undermining 
our home orchard industry, and I should very much like to ask a few 
questions on the subject. One of the city grocers showed me perhaps 
the finest lot of apples I ever saw, at least out of a show collection, and 
they would have gone far ahead of most apple shows. Had they been 
made of wax, most of them could not have been improved upon. 
The grocer said the apples, came from Colorado and were called the 
Jonathan. Well, our Brother Jonathan may well be proud of his 
namesake in this case, for it would be hard to improve on it. When I 
undertook to price the fruit I found that it was selling for about $0 a 
bushel and as a mere show it was worth it if the customer could afford 
that amount of display in what he bought. But here comes the dis¬ 
tressing part of the case so far as the Western New York fruit grower is 
concerned. The grocer said that he was selling quite a lot of these 
apples, because it was impossible to get any raised about here that 
would at all compare with them. 
The appearance of the Colorado apples warrants the supposition 
that scab, scale, fungus and codling moth are all alike unknown there, 
and it is a certainty that the sun is well in evidence where they grow. 
This special reason for a general waking up in the apple-raising business 
fortunately appears to be well met by an increase of attention to it by 
our farmers. Reports from leading orchardists that they have been 
selling their crop of last year at $2.75 a barrel and that they attribute 
their success to good culture and spraying ought to be of some assist¬ 
ance to such of our farmers as are in doubt on the subject. 
I find that there is a wide and for the most part unworked field of 
difference in regard to apple culture. To note that even Prof. Bailey, 
is wavering slightly over the subject of clean culture, and that mulching 
is winning support through the assertion that mulched trees that bore 
last season are again full of fruit buds, while other trees are not—all 
this and much more goes to show great changes possible in the near 
future. All the remarks dropped by apple men indicate the same 
transition. 
DO VARIETIES WEAR OUT? 
A writer in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, London, Eng., dis- 
cussind this subject, says in conclusion: 
Reviewing the whole of the evidence at our disposal, the general con¬ 
clusion would seem to be adverse to the opinion that varieties de¬ 
teriorate with age and become worn out ; so many positive cases can 
be produced of their assistance, even among short-lived plants, while 
the steady disappearance of old sorts may be accounted for by their 
gradual suppression by new introductions of greater merit either in 
quality or in constitution. But it is very desirable that men whose 
experience with particular plants extends over a long period should 
put on record any definite cases bearing on the point. 
THEY WANT TO KNOW. 
The Rural New Yorker says: 
“Substitution”! We receive complaints every season from fruit 
growers who say that nurserymen accept their orders, take their money, 
and then “substitute” or put in certain varieties of their own selection 
in place of what the customer really wants. We want to hear from 
parties who have had such substitutes drafted upon them. We want 
the facts for our own information. 
Xong anb Short. 
For Raffia, call on McHutchison & Co., New York City. 
Peach trees, in surplus, at Beechwood Nurseries, Floradale, Pa. 
For Rhododendrons, etc., call on P. Ouwerkerlc, Jersey City, N. J. 
Big fruit trees are wanted by Thomas Meehan & Sons, Germantown, 
Pa. 
Natural Peach seed can be obtained at the Ihloff Nursery, Okeene, 
Okla. 
A foreman for a nursery is wanted by the L. L. May Co., St. Paul, 
Minn. 
J. G. Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md., have a special announcement in 
this issue. 
Canvassers’ plate books are offered for sale by the Hunt Mfg. Co., 
Newark, N. Y. 
Hydrangeas are specialties at Andorra Nurseries, Chestnut Hill, 
Philadelphia. 
D. H. Patty offers at low rate standard Pear and Apples in special 
grades. Geneva, N. Y. 
Apple, Kieffer Pear and Peach at New Haven Nurseries, New Haven, 
Mo. See announcement. 
Michigan-grown Apple, Pear, Peach, Plum can be had at West Mich¬ 
igan Nurseries, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Russian Apricot seedlings, Apple grafts, Catalpa, and Black Locust 
seedlings, Apple trees, at J. A. Gage’s, Beatrice, Neb. 
Apples, Peaches, American Chestnuts, Butternuts, Maples, Poplars, 
etc., are offered by Rakestraw & Pyle, Kennett Square, Pa. 
Special arrangements for handling large quantities of nursery 
stock of all kinds have been made at the Mount Arbor Nurseries, Shen¬ 
andoah, la., E. S. Welch, proprietor. 
| An efficient safeguard against the ravages of insects and grubs on 
trees is furnished by the Arndt Tree Protector. Those who wish to 
^secure the best territory should write at once to the Michigan Cut- 
jgFlower Exchange, sole distributors, Detroit, Mich. 
