THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Doings of Societies 
MEETING OF SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION. 
Nashville, N. C., August 17-18. 
The sixth annual convention of the Southern Nurserymen’s 
Association was held at Nashville, N. C., August the 17th 
and 18th, at the Battery Park Hotel. It was an unusually 
pleasant and profitable meeting and the nurserymen unite 
in the opinion that it was one of the most successful con¬ 
ventions ever held by this association. The membership 
is not large, but what it lacks in numbers it seems to make 
up in earnestness and enthusiasm. There are not as many 
nurserymen in all the southern states, as there are in the 
one state of New York. The nurserymen are so widely, 
scattered over fifteen states that it is difficult to get 
the attendance that our association should have. 
But notwithstanding this we have an organization that 
every southern nurseryman should be proud of. The pro¬ 
gram was made up of short papers on pertinent subjects 
such as vitally affect the nurseryman. These papers, 
however, were the small part of our program. The dis¬ 
cussions which they provoked, together with the discus¬ 
sions that follow the questions that come from the ques¬ 
tion box are the real meat of our convention work. In the 
convention just closed we held two day sessions and a 
night session. Almost every member present remained in the 
hall through these long sessions of three to four hours each 
and not only remained there, but almost every man took an 
active part in the discussions and the interest that seemed 
to pervade the whole membership was unusual. Some of 
our leading nurserymen who have had a long experience in 
conventions and convention work declare this was a model 
which other similar associations might profitably follow. 
Almost every prominent nursery in the southeastern states 
was represented at the meeting. 
The formal part of the program consisted of papers 
and addresses as follows: “Spraying Nursery Stock,” 
by Orlando Harrison of Berlin, Md.; ‘‘Pruning Young 
Nursery Stock,” by W. T. Hood, Richmond, Va.; “Re¬ 
claiming Worn out Nursery Lands,” by John A. Young, 
Greensboro, N. C.; “The Business Side of the Nursery,” 
by Chas. T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; “Crown Gall in Apple 
Trees,” by Prof. J. L. Phillips, State Entomologist of Vir¬ 
ginia, Blacksburg, Va.; “The Nursery Business from a 
North Carolinians Standpoint/’ by J. Van Landley of Greens¬ 
boro, N. C. 
Resolutions were passed denouncing the exactions re¬ 
quired of nurserymen of the states of Virginia and West 
Virginia, and a committee was appointed to act with the 
committee of the American Associations to push a test through 
the courts. 
New officers elected for the ensuing year: H. S. Chase 
of Huntsville, Ala., President. J. C. Hale, Winchester 
Tenn., Vice-President, and Chas. T. Smith of Concord, Ga., 
Secretary and . Treasurer. The next annual convention 
will be held at Norfolk, Va., August 16th and 17th, 1905. 
The Association is in a prosperous condition and has good 
balance in the treasury which shows a gain healthy from 
year to year. Chas. T. Smith., Concord, Ga. 
SEPTEMBER SPECIAL FI ES—Continued. 
Note Ad of Experienced Nurseryman’’ in our advertising colums. 
Home Nursery of Lafayette, Ill., have grown a large stock of apples. 
F. T. Ramsey, Austin, Tex., has grown a heavy line of peaches and 
plums. 
Elmhurst Nursery,Argentine, Kan., makes a specialty of small fruit 
plants. 
Those interested in forest tree seedlings should write the German 
Nurseries Beatrice, Nebr. 
W. N. Scarff, Newcastle, Ohio, reports an exceptionally fine line of 
Houghton Gooseberry plants. 
Central Michigan Nursery, Kalamazoo, Mich., is pushing Carolina 
poplar and budded apple. 
The L. Green & Son Co., Perry, Ohio, are catering especially to the 
needs of Landscape Gardeners. 
Blair & Kaufman, Kansas City, Mo., have grown a heavy assortment 
of standard varieties of grape vines. 
The Elm City Nursery Company, New Haven, Conn., has issued 
an exceedingly attractive autumn catalogue. 
S. Mendelson Meehan on a pleasure trip in New York State, stopped 
over in Rochester and called on Ellwanger & Barry. 
W. T. Hood & Co., Richmond, Va., offer California Privet and Japan 
Plum, and wish to purchase Apple and Pear for early fall delivery. 
Daniel W. Wittpen, of the firm of McHutchison & Co., N. Y., 
returns from his customary European trip on the first of September. 
Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo., are pushing 
Vermont apple seedlings, New York grape vines and a general stock 
of ornamentals. 
Youngers & Co., Geneva, Nebr., specialize in Apple Seedlings, Ameri¬ 
can Plum trees and have this year as is usually the case a large stock of 
Forest Tree Seedlings. 
Mr. Samuel N. Baxter who is connected with the wholesale depart¬ 
ment of Thomas Meehan & Sons Insurance, visited Rochester and 
Geneva Nurserymen this month. 
Professor Geo. C. Britz, of State Cobege, Pa., nursery inspector 
for the Pennsylvania State Board of Agriculture, is now inspecting 
nurseries in Eastern Pennsylvania. 
Albertson & Hobbs of the Bridgeport Nurseries, Bridgeport, Ind., 
offer Car-loads of standard fruits from their home nurseries and Apple 
Seedlings from Topeka, Kan., in addition to a full line of Nurserymen’s 
requisites. 
Grape growers in the Keuka and Seneca Lake Districts report that 
black rot is causing serious injury. The grape vines have been weak¬ 
ened by cold and appear specially susceptible to the fungus. Not 
more than half a crop will be harvested in the wine making sections of 
New York. 
Obituary. 
We regret to record the death of Christian H. Joosten of Brooklyn, 
N.Y.,who died on July 21st, aged 66 years. For many years Mr. Joosten 
has been known as an importer of Holland stock. He was born in 
Holland, but became a citizen of the United States, prior to the Civil 
War. After that period he began business as an importer of Dutch 
and German nursery stock. 
CALIFORNIA AND RETURN 
$62.00 
VIA WABASH RAILROAD 
Choice of any route going and returning, except via Portland in 
either direction, Rate $11.00 higher. On sale daily until September 
10th. For full information apply to your Local Ticket Agent, or 
write, 
R. F. Kelley, James Gass, 
G. A. P. D., Wabah R. R., N.Y. S. P. A, Wabash R. R. 
287 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y. 
