THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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treating upon soil and climatic conditions, method of propagation, 
etc., for as the planters are benefited, the nurserymen are rewarded 
by the increased confidence of their patrons. The matter of preparing 
fruit for shipment, the subject of taxation and the laws pertaining to 
the nursery business, in short everything of an educational character 
will be appreciated by the trade. I question the wisdom of permitting 
anything of a controversial character, although it might serve a good 
purpose to allow' the use of the columns in publishing articles prepared 
by experienced nurserymen that contained nothing that would be in 
the nature of “blowing their own horn.” 
Concerning the last issues of the paper I think them great improve¬ 
ments .The Quiz column is the right thing; report of nursery stock in 
different localities well prepared; editorial strong; general make up 
improved. Think you people are on the right track. In conclusion 
I would say, that I am not an editor or the son of an editor and the 
views that I have so freely expressed may be taken for what they are 
worth, which may be more and perhaps a good deal less. I wish you 
every success in this field of labor and if I can be of any service to 
you in my humble w r ay you may feel free to call upon me. 
Sincerely yours, 
Kalamazoo. Mich. Chas. A. Maxson. 
REFLECTIONS BY THE TRADE. 
TRADE SATISFACTORY IN NORTHERN OHIO. 
So far, w'e have had fall trade enough to keep us busy, but 
do not think it is as heavy as last year, the buying seems to be 
confined to actual sales, more orders and smaller ones. It seems 
about uniform, so far as the demand for the different classes of stock 
is concerned. Yours truly, 
Painesville, Oct. 7, 1904. The Storrs & Harrison Co. 
THE SEASON IN KANSAS. 
We have had a very unusual season here this year. The 
early season was very cold and very wet. Stock made a slow 
growth. Further along in the season we had great floods that over 
ran a good deal of the bottom lands and those who were growing 
nursery stock in such localities suffered very heavily in this vicinity. 
Later the wet season passed and weather became more favorable. 
Our spring planting as a whole is fairly good. Our last spring’s plant¬ 
ing that we should harvest now is not so good as we could wish and 
still there is considerable of it. A good deal of stuff we had growing 
on the bottoms was destroyed by high water. Some others in this 
community we think have lost worse than we have. 
The eastern half of the state and a considerable territory in western 
Missouri is going to suffer pretty seriously from short crops on account 
of too much rain and floods in the early part of the summer so this 
will no doubt have a considerable effect on our trade and yet not so 
great but what we hope to come out pretty well in the end after all. 
We think the outlook for nurserymen on the whole is fairly good. 
WILLIS NURSERIES, OTTAWA, KAN. 
CANADIAN TRANSPORTATION MATTERS. 
Canadian nurserymen and fruit shippers are to be congratulated on 
the results of the efforts they made towards securing reductions on 
freight charges. It appears that a number of leading fruit growers 
appealed to the Railway Commision of Canada for a hearing. This 
was granted. The principal witnesses for the fruit interests were 
W. H. Bunting of St. Catharines and E. D. Smith, M. P., nurseryman 
of Winona. The evidence was carefully taken and seemed to be very 
conclusive and convincing, because the railway companies did not 
wait for the decision of the commission but voluntarily made material 
reductions in their charges for handling fruit. This is a victory for 
organized effort on the part of fruit growers and will probably save the 
way for the securing of other needy concessions. 
SUPPLY AND DEMAND. 
An interesting letter from a leading nurseryman contains the follow¬ 
ing comments on the “June bud” and apple seedling situation: 
“In reference to the June bud craze a mutual friend says it is only 
a question of a little time when that business will go to smash and 
someone will get hurt. Doubtless the quicker the better and after that 
it will be a case of the survival of the fittest. During the Elberta boom 
every nurseryman sold everything in the shape of an Elberta from 
one inch up, besides turning down numerous orders—to say nothing 
of hundreds, perhaps thousands ot inquiries—every nurseryman feeling 
that he could have sold millions more if he only had the trees. The 
result was that they planted peach seed in Tennessee and the middle 
south by the thousands of bushels. I hey failed to remember that 
buyers had made the same inquiries ol many nurserymen in the land 
and e\ery nurseryman went to work to provide for all the orders he 
had been unable to fill. The result was that there are too many June 
budded peach on the market and prices are far below the cost of produc¬ 
tion. In a smaller degree possibly the same condition is applicable to 
many other lines ot stock, showing that heavy stocks nearly always 
insure low prices. 
Very high prices and great scarcity of apple seedlings last season, 
owing to the flood damage, caused all the apple seed to be carefully 
saved and planted; result; a large supply on the market and prices too 
low.” 
[Let us have a disussion of this June bud matter. Will it not be 
profitable?—Ed.] 
FRUIT PROSPECTS IN OREGON. 
The editorial office has recently had a pleasant call from Professor 
Kniselv of the State Agricultural College of Oregon, formerly of Cornell. 
Professor Knisely informs us that the crop of apples in Oregon is large. 
That it is also of excellent quality and that the prices quoted are in the 
main satisfactory. The prune crop is also heavy and is being gradually 
worked off. 
FRUIT AND FLOWER SHOW TO BE HELD IN TORONTO 
NOVEMBER 15TH TO 19TH. 
The province of Ontario expects to hold a great fruit, flower and 
honey exhibition in Toronto, beginning November 15th and contnuing 
to November 18th. This is for the specific purpose of exploiting the 
fruit and flower resources of the Province. Special days will be set 
apart for the staple fruits and flowers, as Apple Day, Chrysanthemum 
Day, Carnation Day, etc. 
CAUSTIC SODA NOT CECOMMENDED FOR SAN JOSE SCALE. 
W. C. MacKella of St. Catharine’s, Ontario, reports the results of 
experiments carried on last year in using caustic soda on scale infected 
peach trees. He found that this wash had little effct on the scale. 
Other trees treated with lime, sulphur and salt were practically cleared 
of the enemy. 
CROP REPORTS. 
The Southern railways estimate, according to The American Agricul¬ 
turist, the coming Florida orange crop at 175,000 boxes. Some sales 
are reported to have been made at $1.60 F. O. B., but growers generally 
want $1.75. 
SHIPPING ORANGE TREES FROM CALIFORNIA TO FALES- 
TINE. 
The manner in which distance is now nearly annihilated by good 
transportation service is well illustrated by the fact that R. M. Teague 
of the San Dimas Nurseries of California, shipped over 40,00 orange 
trees to Jaffa, Palestine, in 1903, and that out of this number the re¬ 
ceiver lost only fifteen. The trees were “stripped” before packing 
and thoroughly incased in practically air-tight boxes well packed with 
moss. The same shipper has sent large quantities of trees to South 
Africa in a satisfactory condition. 
IN MEMORY OF VILMORIN. 
The death of Louis de Vilmorin the eminent seedsman of France was 
liversally deplored by nurserymen and horticulturists in this country, 
is gratifying to learn that the National Society of Agriculture of 
-ance has recently appointed a committee for the purpose of securing 
id erecting a monument to his memory. The membership of this 
mmittee is not confined to French agriculturists. It includes as 
merican representatives, Professor C. S. Sargeant, Director of the 
mold Arboretum, Boston; Dr. William McMurtne, President of the 
lemical Society of New York and D. M. Ferry, seed dealer ot Detroit, 
ichigan. It is hoped that this worthy movement will be heartily 
ipported by those who are interested in perpetuating the memory of 
man who did much to improve and ameliorate plants. 
