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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, .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 WARD ED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advanee,.$1 00 
Six months,.75 
Foreign Subscribtions, in advance,.1.50 
Six Months,.100 
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., October, 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. McDonald 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, Rpchester, 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. 
AmericanTNurserymen’s Protective Association President, R. C. Berckmans. 
Augusta, Ga.; 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 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. 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, Old. 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, Morrisville, 
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. 
Our readers will remember the sharp opposition offered 
to the passage of the Reclamation Law, June 17, 1902. This 
bill was warmly contested by legislators and opposed by 
some of the leading agricultural newspapers 
farms °f E as b on the ground that it would bring 
in Nevada. into competition with the Eastern producer, 
lands which were made available for culti¬ 
vation by the money of the whole people. “Forestry and 
Irrigation” informs us that about 250 farms in Nevada are 
now open to homestead entry under the terms of the above 
Law. “These farms are from 40 to 160 acres in area and 
will be furnished with water from the government canals 
and reservoirs at a cost of $26 per acre, payable in ten annual 
installments. 
The maps showing the location and extent of each of these 
farms are in the hands of the General Land Office, and entries 
can be made under the Homestead Act subject to the limi¬ 
tations of the law of June 17, 1902. 
The land is to be given away to persons who will live upon 
t, for five years and who will pay the cost of bringing water 
to the land, namely, $2.60 per acre for ten years. After 
that time the water-supply system becomes the property 
of the water users owning the land.” 
On the morning of August 13th, the horticulturist of 
Cornell University Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y., 
was twice called to the long distance telephone, in answer 
to requests for information, made by fruit 
growers in distant parts of the State. In 
THE EXPERI 
MENT STA¬ 
TION AND 
FRUIT 
GROWER. 
each instance, a dangerous enemy of fruit, or 
vegetable crops had appeared and the owners 
rightly and promptly exercised their right to 
ask the Experiment Station authorities for assistance. 
Think of it! What a change has come over the ways of 
the fruit grower during the past decade. Ten years ago 
who would have thought of a fruit grower’s appealing by 
long distance telephone to an experiment station for aid 
in fighting a fungous enemy, or an insect pest. When we 
contrast the status of the experiment station and fruit grower 
of ten years ago with that of to-day, the marvelous change 
which this decade has wrought, stands out in bold relief. 
The fact that the fruit grower and gardener are alive to the 
necessity of prompt action, know where to appeal for 
assistance and above all act energetically, speaks volumes for 
the future of fruit growing. As business men m horticulture, 
nurserymen are the natural leaders. Their methods are more 
advanced than that of their brothers, the growers of farm 
crops. In this respect the nurseryman is a factor of great 
service to the farming public; nevertheless we are wondering 
if these agencies,—the experiment stations established and 
maintained by Federal aid—are always utilized to their best 
possibilities by growers of trees and growers of fruit. 
The rapidity with which mechanical refrigeration has been 
applied in many of the fields of industrial life constitutes 
one of the remarkable stories of this age of material advance¬ 
ment. 
