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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
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 ail kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
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Six Months,. .75 
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should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
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Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
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Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Entered in the Post Offt.ce at Rochester , as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., April, 1904 . 
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, Gen¬ 
eva, Neb.; John S. Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Committee on Transportation—President Hale, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, N. Tope¬ 
ka, Kan.; J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Inch; M. McDonald, Salem, Ore. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Dresher- 
town, Pa.; Hiram T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, Atlan¬ 
tic, la.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; 
E. M. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex. 
Committee on Program—J. H. McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Boston,; Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich. 
Committee on Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, 
Berlin, Md.; Prof. W. G. Johnson, New York City. 
Committee on Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta.; J. C. Hale, Winchester* 
Term.; 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 Pitkin, 
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 oe Nurserymen —President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association —President, F. H. Stannard, 
Ottawa, 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 Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; secretary, J. C. Hale, Winchester, 
Tenn. Meets at Asheville, N. C., in August, 1904. 
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, Milton, 
Ore.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, W. H. Moon, Morrisvilie, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, William Pitkin, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT HALE FOR CONGRESS. 
Hon. N. W. Hale, president of the American Association 
of Nurserymen, president of the Knoxville Nursery company 
and president of the Southern Nursery company, has been 
nominated for Congress on the republican ticket from the 
second congressional district of Tennessee by a substantial 
majority. 
As this district has a large republican majority, the nomina¬ 
tion is equivalent to Mr. Hale’s election to Congress next fall. 
Mr. Hale has represented his district in both branches of the 
state legislature with marked ability and success, and the 
nurserymen of the United States together with the people of 
Tennessee are to be congratulated in having as a representa¬ 
tive in Congress a gentleman of such high character and well 
known executive ability. 
SAMPLE OF GOVERNMENT AID. 
One of the youngest members of the House of Representa¬ 
tives, Mr. Sheppard, of Texas, made a determined and per¬ 
sistent effort to bring about a reform in the matter of the 
distribution of seeds by the government. Mr. Sheppard’s 
first move was to have stricken from the agricultural approp¬ 
riation bill certain sections providing the machinery for the dis¬ 
tribution of the seeds authorized to be purchased under the 
bill. 
In this he was successful, his point of order being sustained 
by the chair, but on on overwhelming vote the house promptly 
added the sections to the bill by way of amendment. Only 
three members voted in opposition to the restoration. Mr. 
Sheppard’s further effort was to secure an amendment to the 
restored sections which would provide for the purchase of 
rare and untried seeds, but the amendment failed, and the bill 
was left just as the committee brought it into the house, so 
far as seeds for free distribution were concerned. With a 
few minor amendments the bill passed the home without 
division. 
PROPAGATION OF FRUIT TREES. 
In a recent article in the American Agriculturist, George T. 
Powell says: 
The best apple trees to purchase are those grown upon 
French stock. The seedlings have a much longer season in 
which to grow in France, and become much larger and stronger. 
They are imported by the best nurserymen and these trees thus 
budded are more valuable, as the influence of these strong 
French stocks is clearly seen in the more rapid development 
of the orchards for years after being planted. In these times 
of growing competition, it will pay the fruit grower to make 
use of every principle that will give him the best and most 
economical results in his business.” 
This advice is well meant, but according to Prof. A. T. 
Erwin, of the Iowa Agricultural Experiment station, experi¬ 
ence has shown that there may be some doubt as to the 
value of the French stock. The most serious problem before 
us in connection with orchard growing is that of root killing. 
Every few years we have a severe winter, which destroys the 
root system of thousands of larger apple trees, In many 
