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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Tnc. 
205 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President, .THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
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 American Association of Nurserymen. 
A ( VARD-'.D 'HE Gil l\D PRIZE AT PARIS EXPO ITIOX , lit00. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advanee,.$1.00 
Six months,.. 75 
Foreign Subscribtions, in advance,.1.50 
Six Months,.1 00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 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. 
Correspondents from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter- 
Rochester, N. Y., July, 1904. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, Tex.; vice-president, C. L. 
Watrous, Des Moines, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; M. McDonal! Salem 
Ore.; George A. Sweet, Dansville, N. Y. 
Transportation—E. Albertson, Bridgeport, Ind.; M. McDonald, Salem, Ore.; H. 
B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; W. H. Moon. 
Committee to meet Western Freight Classification Committee at Manitou, Col.— 
Peter Youngers, E. Albertson. 
Committee to meet Eastern Freight Classification Committee in New York—Wm. 
H. Moon, Howard Davis, James McHutchison. 
Committee to meet Southern Freight Classification Committee—H. B. Chase, R. 
C. Berckmans. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa.; 
H T. Jones, Elizabeth, N. J. 
Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; N. H. Albaugh, Phoneton, O.; 
N. W. Hale, Knoxville, Tenn.; R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; George A. Sweet, 
Dansville, N. Y. 
Programme—Harlan P. Kelsey, Boston; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; John S. 
Kerr, Sherman, Tex. 
Publicity—Ralph T. Olcott, Rochester, N. Y.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; 
J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Exhibits—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; J. C. Hale, Winchester, Tenn.; M. B. 
Fox, Rochester, N. Y. 
To edit report—J. Horace McFarland, C. L. Watrous, George C. Seager. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta.*Ga. ;tvice-president, A. L. Brooke, secret ary .^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 Jan¬ 
uary. 
Western Wholesale Nurserymen’s Association —President, F. H. Stannardi 
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, McKinhey, 
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, Morrisville, 
Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
Nati >nal Association of Retail Nurserymen— President, William Pitkin 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, John B. Kiley, Rochester, N. Y. 
A CHANGE OF EDITORIAL MANAGEMENT. 
With this issue, the Nurseryman introduces a new editor 
to its readers. Mr. Ralph T. Olcott has retired from the 
company. In resigning, to devote himself more exclusively 
to other publishing enterprises, Mr. Olcott takes with him 
the good wishes of the Nurseryman Publishing Com¬ 
pany. We thank him for his efforts on behalf of this 
Journal in the past and wish him unstinted success in 
the future. He has been responsible for the literary quality 
of the paper, and the merit it has earned should be credited 
to him. 
However much we may regret the loss of our first editor, 
we very human-like proceed to congratulate ourselves 
upon the acquisition of a worthy successor. The name 
of John Craig is well known to nurserymen and fruit¬ 
growers of the United States and Canada. His ac¬ 
quaintance is wide; his experience is broad; his judg¬ 
ment is reliable. We remember that he was a nurseryman 
for a time after completing his college coursein Iowa; that 
he then was elected by the Dominion government] to develop 
the horticultural side of its Experimental Farm system; and 
that this was well done is evidenced by his bulletins and eight 
annual reports. We remember him, then, as a post-graduate 
student at Cornell University, later as professor of horticul¬ 
ture in his alma mater, the Iowa State College of Agriculture 
and Mechanic Arts, and now we have the pleasure of intro¬ 
ducing him as successor to Professor L. H. Bailey in the 
chair of horticulture of Cornell University and editor of The 
National Nurseryman. 
We wish the paper to grow into closer touch with the prac¬ 
tical issues of the nurseryman’s business, and we ask our 
readers to second the editor’s efforts in this direction. While 
trade and commercial interests are paramount, they are not 
supreme. Help us to strengthen the practical side. 
We extend our thanks to our many friends who have so 
cordially assisted us in the past and we trust that we may 
continue to receive their support and encouragement. 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
(Incorporated) 
EDITORIAL FOREWORD. 
The incoming editor does not appear before the patrons of 
this Journal with a brand new editorial program. In the 
first place, he has not the desire nor perhaps the ideas; and, 
secondly, had these been given him, the time necessary to 
place them in systematic and concise form is lacking. With¬ 
out design or well-defined plan, therefore, he comes into the 
National Nurseryman’s circle with a strong desire to do 
that which appears right in the interests of both nursery¬ 
man and fruit-grower—and to do this with all his might. 
The mission of this Journal is to act as a medium of exchange 
between nurserymen, a bureau of information for grower and 
planter alike. Primarily a trade journal, yet its sympathies 
are with the man who buys to make his home more homelike, 
or fills his orchard or vineyard, as well as the man who grows 
to sell. The interests of the two are inseparable. The better 
the tree the nurseryman grows, the larger his sales; the better 
the variety, the larger the demand. We would ask for the 
confidence of the grower and the planter on these matters of 
quality of stock and excellence of variety. Our columns 
