The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyrighted 1904 by The National Nurseryman Publishing Co.. Incorporated. 
“Advertising is necessary for the future success of any business firm.”—Lafayette Young, Des Moines, la. 
Vol. XII. ROCHESTER, N. Y„ MAY. 1904. No. =, 
IN THE SOUTH. 
Season’s Trade Not Up to Last Year’s in Maryland-Orders 
Countermanded—Expenses Increased, Profits Re¬ 
duced-Large Volume of Business 
in Winchester. 
Berlin, Md., April 25.—J. G. Harrison & Sons: “The 
season’s trade has been very satisfactory. We have sold out 
closer than for several years past in peach, apple trees and 
strawberry plants. Our digging and shipping of strawberry 
plants run as high as 150,000 per day of fresh dug plants. 
The weather is still keeping cool and trees are still in a suitable 
condition for shipping.” 
Snow Hill, Md., April 13.—William M. Peters’ Sons: “The 
season’s trade has not come up to last year by any means. 
The number of orders received will aggregate more, but it 
seems the planting is on a much lighter scale. One reason 
which may account for it is the very late spring, and the 
scarcity of labor, which seems to be the case in all sections. 
Quite a number of orders were countermanded that ran into 
several thousand trees by old customers, and this was their 
excuse. Orders are still coming in and if the season continues 
backward will probably continue for the next ten days. Do 
not think there will be much surplus stock carried over here 
in this section outside of peach, and possibly Keiffer pears, 
of peach there will be more surplus than in the last five years. 
“ We are doing our usual planting, some heavier on peach 
than last season; other stock about the same. So far as we 
can now see we hardly think that the present season will prove 
one of much if any profit to the nurserymen in our state. 
One reason is that expenses all along the line have been at 
least 20% greater than in former years, and that will surely 
reduce the profits. The heavy cut made in prices of peach 
trees, especially since January, reduced the profits to about 
cost of production, admitting that all are pretty well cleaned 
up. 
“While we had a long winter and a very disagreeable one 
it did not get down to zero here; stock went through winter 
in fine shape as it stood in the nursery rowes. We feel that 
the prospects for the coming year are favorable. Much of 
course depends on the present year’s crops. In this state 
prospects for fruit were never better at this writing. Straw¬ 
berry crop to begin first is very promising, and will be the 
heaviest ever grown on this peninsula, beyond a doubt, un¬ 
less late frost kills the blossoms. The prospects for the 
eastern shore of Maryland and Delaware, so far as the fruit 
industry of all kinds wit& no exception is concerned, never 
looked brighter for bountiful crops. With fair prices it means 
business for the nurseryman.” 
Winchester, Penn., April 15.—J. C. Hale: “The nursery 
business at Winchester last year was very satisfactory so 
far as I have been able to learn. The volume of business 
done by the several nurserymen located at this place far 
exceeded that of any previous year. I handled 4,000,000 
peach trees the past season and cleaned up almost entirely 
on all varieties. Prices were not so good as the previous year; 
but, all told, the past season was very satisfactory. 
“The outlook for this year’s business is good. The pros¬ 
pect for heavy peach crops in Georgia, Arkansas, and East 
Texas was never better at this season of the year, and if the 
crop brings good prices there will be a heavy demand for peach 
trees again. There was about 8,000 bushels of peach seed 
planted in the vicinity of Winchester last fall and the seed¬ 
ling stand was never better. I planted 1,200 bushels of seed, 
have a fine stand of seedlings, lienee my budding will neces¬ 
sarily be veiy heavy. 
“This spring has been very backward here in Tennessee, 
but nursery stock is quite advanced and dormant peach 
buds are about 2 to 3 inches now.” 
Winchester, Tenn., April 11.—Southern Nursery Co.: 
“Planting here this spring will be considerable less than last 
year, especially apple and pear. About the usual amount of 
peach seed are planted. 
“We have had a splendid winter and spring. Trade the 
largest we have ever had. We opened up the spring trade 
with a larger stock than usual. We have cleaned up pretty 
well on everything.” 
PROMINENT FRUIT GROWER ASSIGNS. 
Butler M. Guthrie, grower, Mexico, Mo., made an assign¬ 
ment on April 5th. C. F. Clark, assignee, says every creditor 
will receive 100 cents on the dollar. The assets are estimated 
at $160,000. Mr. Guthrie is well known in Missouri as the 
proprietor of the Ortiz fruit farm, Audrain county, as well as 
a breeder of fine dogs and cattle. He assigns all of the prop¬ 
erty and also property in Topeka, Kan., and a thousand acres 
of Audrain county land. The assignment was a surprise, as 
he was considered one of the most wealthy growers in the 
state. 
WORLD’S FAIR FOLDER. 
The Wabash Railroad lias prepared an attractive folder giving 
full information of the World’s Fair; Location of Buildings, Map of 
St. Louis and Ground Plan of Exposition. Write R. F. Kelley, G. A. 
P. D., Wabash R. R., 287 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
