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and the root-grafted tree has the tender root better protected 
than the budded tree. I have seen many cases where the 
seedling root was killed, while the. top was entirely unin¬ 
jured. This is often observable in the case of grafted 
as well as of budded trees. On the side of the nurseryman, 
there is this to be said in favor of the budded tree—that at one 
or two years old it is larger and more salable than is the 
root-grafted tree; but as time goes on and the root-graft 
becomes thoroughly established, the difference between the 
two fades out. Where root-killing was not a factor in the case 
then so long as the tree was well grown, I should not care 
whether it was a root-graft or a bud. [J. C.] 
TRADE MARK DECISION. 
[A correspondent furnishes the following important item.] 
“On October 13,1904, the suit between the Albaugh Nursery and Or¬ 
chard Co. of Phoneton, O, and Rannels, as to the validity of the “Dia¬ 
mond Peach” trade mark, came up for hearing before the Common 
Pleas Court at Troy, O., Judge Jones presiding. The damage claimed 
was $20,000. The Albaugh Company won the case, the Judge deciding 
that the Diamond Peach trade mark was good and valid; that it pro¬ 
tected the said company from infringement, by other parties either from 
using the exact copy of the trade mark or any imitation thereof, calcu¬ 
lated to deceive, such as Diamond Cling, D. Cling, D. C. Peach, D. 
Peach, or any other imitation that might deceive customers. The case 
was well argued on both sides, by able attorneys, and the decision was 
clean cut and in seeming accordance with a late supreme court decision 
as recorded in the 68th Ohio State reports.” 
THE COMPANION INFORMS AND ENTERTAINS. 
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things which fill The Companion’s pages. 
Full Illustrated Announcement, describing the principal features of 
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The new subscriber for 1905 will receive all the issues of The Compan¬ 
ion for the remaining weeks of 1904 free from the time of subscription, 
also The Companion “Carnation” Calendar for 1905, lithographed in 
twelve colors and gold. 
THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, 
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass. 
The December Delineator, with its message of good cheer and help¬ 
fulness, will be welcomed in every home. The fashion pages are un¬ 
usually attractive, illustrating and describing the very latest modes in 
a way to make their construction during the festive season a pleasure 
instead of a task, and the literary and pictorial features are af rare ex¬ 
cellence. In addition, there are the regular departments of the mag¬ 
azine, with many special articles on topics relating to woman’s in¬ 
terests within and without the home. 
SPORTS AND VARIATIONS OF STANDARD VARIETIES OF 
APPLES. 
The longer fruits are cultivated the more do standard varieties tend 
to produce desirable variations Thoso who are interested in this sub¬ 
ject should correspond with A. C. Rogers, Department of Horticulture, 
Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. Mr. Rogers is making a special 
study of apple variations. 
A. M. Whitcomb, Albuquerque, New Mexico,—“Yes ! I can afford it 
and would not be without it, if it cost twice as much. Send it reg¬ 
ularly.” 
Marble City Nursery Co,, Knoxville, Tenn.—“Enclosed find one 
dollar for subscription for another year. We certainly cannot afford 
to be without your valuable paper. We would be like a ship without 
a rudder and without a compass as well,” 
Ooinge of Societies. 
HORTICULTURAL MEETINGS. 
New Tork State Fruit Growers, Geneva, January 4, 5. 
New Jersey, Trenton, January, 5, 6. 
Pennsylvania Association, Harrisburg, January 17. 
Cranberry Growers, Philadelphia, January 17. 
South Dakota, Huron, January 17, 19. 
Peninsula, Seaford, Delaware, January 17, 19. 
Nebraska, Lincoln, January 17, 19. 
Rhode Island, Providence, January 18. 
Western New York, Rochester, January 25, 26. 
Carnation Society, Chicago, January, 25, 27. 
The Virginia State Horticultural Society will hold its annual meeting 
at Front Royal, Virginia, December 13, and 14. 
Minnesota State Horticultural Society meets in Minneapolis Decem¬ 
ber 6-9, 1904. 
The annual convention of the Association of American Agricultural 
Colleges and Experiment Stations took place at Des Moines, Iowa, 
November 1st. 
The Society for Horticultural Science will meet in Philadelphia on 
December 27 and 28 during the week of the American Association meet¬ 
ing. 
WAREHOUSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION MEETING. 
The fourteenth annual convention of the American Warehousemen’s 
Association will be held at the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D, C. 
on December 7, 8, and 9. Secretary Walter C. Reid of New York City, 
states that from replies to invitations to attend already received, he 
feels confident that the attendance will be larger than in any previous 
year. The officers have spared no pains to make the coming meeting 
of unusual interest and value to the trade, and the good results are 
^.hown in the promise of increased attendance .—Cold Storage and Ice 
r Trade Journal. 
NOTE. 
The American Pomological Society has received an invitation from 
the management of the Lewis & Clark Centennial Exhibition, to hold its 
next biennial session in the city of Portland, Ore. The invitation is 
being considered by the executive committee and the many attractions 
of the Pacific Coast, aside from the exposition itself, will favorably pre¬ 
dispose the management towards selecting Portland for the place of 
the 1905 meeting. 
AMERICAN APPLE GROWERS’ CONGRESS. 
The annual meeting of the Association was held at St. Louis on 
November 9th, 10th and 11th. The meeting took place on the World’s 
Fair Grounds in the Administration Building. Sessions were held from 
two to five o’clock daily, and were all well attended. 
The first afternoon was taken up with the Opening Address by F. W. 
Taylor, chief of Department of Agriculture, World’s Fair, and a talk by 
the Hon. H. M. Dunlap, president of the association, on the ‘ Best 
Method of Disposing of the Crop.” 
On Wednesday afternoon three important papers were raed. First 
came that of W. A. Faylor of Division of Pomology, Washington, D. C., 
on “Foreign Markets and What can be Done to Extend Them.” Mr. 
Taylor thinks that in the future our chief markets will be those across 
the water. Prof. Crandall—the curculio expert—of the University of 
Illinois, gave a synopsis of the 1 Results of Recent Experiments in Con¬ 
trolling the Apple Curculio.” He showed that the curculio can be ma¬ 
terially lessened by repeated sprayings, but found that the cheapest and 
most practical method of combating this pest is to destroy the fallen 
fruit and practice through cultivation. Another speaker who will be 
remembered by all who heard him was Ur. Alex. ..IcNeil of Ottaua, 
Canada. He gave a very interesting talk on State or Government 
Inspection of Apples for Home or Foreign Markets.” He said that the 
Fruit Marks Act of Canada has proved a great success, and has been the 
means of Canadian fruit bringing higher priecs in England than that of 
the United States. 
R. C. Simpson. 
