THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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FAVOR THE PW RSE RYMEH 
Pacific Coast Association Secures Concessions from the Horti¬ 
cultural Inspectors as to Time and Doubt Regarding 
Crown Gall—Result of Conference. 
I he above figures do not include several infested places, 
where the San Jose scale, oyster-shell bark louse, wooly aphis 
and other kindred diseases invalidated the sale of the stock. 
It may be stated with pride and great credit to the state 
that Winchester is the greatest nursery centre of the state, 
and is rapidly becoming the nursery centre of the whole 
South. 
The following inventory of stock taken for the past year 
will prove the above assertion: Apple, 3,441,500; apricot, 
15,000; cherry, 482,500; grape, 50,000; nuts 176,000; peach’ 
8,469,000; pear, 530,000; plums, 220,000; quince, 27,000; 
roses, 52,000; shade trees, 90,000; evergreens, 25,000; rasp¬ 
berry, 3,000; strawberry, 500,000; total 14,081,500. The 
During the fruit growers' convention in Portland, Ore., 
the Pacific Coast Nurserymen’s Association took up the 
matter of the delay in the inspection of trees and delegated 
the president, S. A. Miller, and M. McDonald to confer with 
the inspectors at their meeting in Pullman. 
It was agreed that inspectors should have three days’ 
notice prior to the day of delivery, and if unable to inspect foregoing figures show that Winchester not only grows as 
the trees within that time, that planters should be allowed much stock, variety for variety, (in good many cases more 
to take their trees, and where the inspector deems it necessary in few cases less) as the rest of the state combined, but grows 
he is to inspect subsequently on their premises. It was more. Knoxville, which is another great nursery centre 
also agreed that -where nurserymen have a large number of easily ranks second. 
The nursery conditions in the state 
are good, considered from the viewpoint 
of dangerous nursery diseases. With the 
present protective measures inaugurated 
by the state, and with the assurance that 
Tennessee will soon have her nursery and 
fruit industries safeguarded by better laws, 
the equal of any other great fruit state, 
have greatly stimulated the nursery ‘and 
fruit interests the past few''years. Within 
the last year the number of nurseries has 
increased 25% and the amount of trees 
has nearly doubled. Likewise, the number 
of orchards and amount of trees 'planted 
have more than quadrupled. 
But few states in the United States 
have, as before mentioned, as great a 
variety of natural conditions, so produc¬ 
tive of tree-growth as Tennessee. No 
state can produce finer trees, or fruit- 
plants in general, and not even as fine, 
especially when the work is conducted 
with the best scientific training. When 
the people of the state awake to the real natural advan¬ 
tages presented, and with the highest cultural methods 
obtainable co-operate with these natural conditions, then 
Tennessee will share with other states the oft-repeated epithet, 
“The banner fruit-state of the United States.” 
orders to deliver in one county on closely 
following dates, notice of such deliveries 
be given sufficient time in advance to 
both the commissioner and the inspectors 
to enable them to provide any needed 
deputies. 
In a number of cases trees have been 
held up on complaint of crown gall. A 
number of the specimens were sent to 
different experiment stations and were 
reported not to be crown gall. Small 
enlargements are found on roots from 
various causes, many times from the 
effects of grafting. Nurserymen are 
anxious to keep crown gall out, and 
desired some ruling on that point. It 
was agreed that in case of doubt the 
trees should be passed. 
IN TENNESSEE NURSERIES. 
The nursery business in Tennessee is 
one of the coming industries of the state, 
says State Entomologist George W. Martin. Owing to 
great ranges of climatic conditions and soil composition, 
together with the undisturbed element and cheapness of 
labor, Tennessee is fast becoming one of the leading 
nursery centres of the South. 
The number of nurseries and the amount of stock grown 
are annually increasing. Since July 1st, 1903, 130 inspections 
have been made and certificates issued to the same. In 
cultivation, the nursery interests of the state embrace about 
2650 acres, distributed as follows: East Tennessee, 800 
acres; Middle Tennessee, 1,700 acres; West Tennessee, 150 
acres. 
The nursery-stock growa in the above named divisions 
embrace the following varieties: Apple, 7,148,000; apricot, 
18,000; apricot, 18,000; cherry, 1,002,000; grape, 92,100; 
nuts, 376,000; peach, 9,921,600; pear, 748,800; plum, 294,400; 
quince, 34,400; roses, 72,150; shade-trees, 1,100,550; ever¬ 
greens, 57,050; raspberry, 160,000; strawberry, 5,820, 500; 
total, 26,846,500. 
John A. Charlton. 
JOHN A. CHARLTON. 
John A. Charlton was born in Rochester. N. Y., January 
30, 1865. He received a common school education, and a 
years’ business training in the Rochester High School, after 
which he began his business career with his father, and con¬ 
tinued with him until 1898, when he and his younger brother 
became partners’ of the firm of John Charlton & Sons. Mr. 
Charlton has always devoted close attention to their large 
and ever increasing business interests, he having the personal 
supervision of the growing of the greater part of the com¬ 
plete lines of nursery stock. 
