The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1901, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ Horticulture , live horticulture , profitable horticulture, is a thing of constant improvement-" —E. J. IIolman Leavenworth, Kan. 
Vol. IX. ROCHESTER, N. Y., APRIL, 1901. No. 4 
NEW YORK STATE FRUIT GROWERS. 
OitaUs of ormation of New Association — Resulted from the Split 
Over Legislative Matters Between Nurserymen and Fruit 
Growers at the Western New York Horticultural 
Society Meeting — President Yeoman’s 
Address — The Officers. 
At the formation of the New York State Fruit Growers' 
Association in Syracuse, on February 28 , L. T. Yeomans, of 
Walworth, in an address to those present said : 
The Western New York Society has reached a point where the in¬ 
terests of the fruit growers are antagonized by the nurserymen, with 
the determination that they will control its policy, notwithstanding 
that the very large majority of its members are fruit growers. 
When the fruit growers discovered that they had no rights which the 
presiding officer of the Western Society would respect, they decided 
upon calling this meeting for the purpose of effecting an organization 
for mutual protection. 
Transportation rates, facilities, legislation, how to gather and pack 
your fruit so that you may realize the greatest profit, how to store it, 
are burning questions. The most important which confronts us to day 
is the San Jose scale. It may mean the destruction of our orchards. 
All are asking—can it be held in check, or eradicated, by any known 
means except the total destruction of large trees ? Our firm has not 
during the past two years planted a tree which has not been fumigated 
with hydrocyanic gas. We do it cheaply, quickly, and without injury 
even to peach trees, notwithstanding the assertion of nurserymen that 
it is unsafe, expensive, and dangerous. One of the largest nurserymen 
in Western New York, who has fumigated for several years all the 
nursery stock he sells, says the expense does not exceed 25 cents per 
1,000 trees of regular dollar size. If all planters would refuse to buy 
trees not fumigated, the nurserymen would see it for their interest to 
fumigate. No trees can be shipped into Canada without fumigation, 
and yet some Rochester nurserymen raise a cry about the hardship it 
would be for them to be compelled to fumigate stock sold to you, but 
find it for their interest to comply with the Canadian law rather than 
abandon trade across the border. 
I do not wish to pose as an alarmist, but I say to you that the San 
Jose scale is here with both the nurserymen and the orchardists ; that 
it will tax your utmost energies and resources if you hope to keep it in 
check, and that the principal object of this meeting is to render aid to 
others, and gain information ourselves that will assist us in fighting 
this foe. 
The matter of fumigating nursery stock was left to the com¬ 
mittee on legislation. The following officers were elected : 
President—L. T. Yeomans, Walworth. 
Vice-Presidents—John Roberts, Syracuse ; George W. Potter, Som¬ 
erset ; J. B. Calmer, Hilton ; Ira Pease, Fruit Valley. 
Secretary—F. E. Dawley, Fayetteville. 
Treasurer—Charles H. Darrow, Geneva. 
Executive Committee—T. B. Wilson, Halls Corner; F. A. Taber, 
Poughkeepsie; Dr. C. A. Ring, Appleton ; S. W. Wadhams Garland ; 
W. L. McKay, Geneva. 
The president announced the appointment of the following 
committees : 
Nomenclature—Prof. S. A. Beach, Geneva ; Prof. L H. Bailey, 
Ithaca ; F. E. Dawley, Fayetteville; James E. Rice, Yorktown ; S W. 
Cornell, Newburg. 
Entomology, Plant and New Diseases—Prof. V. H. Lowe, Geneva ; 
Prof. F. C. Stewart, Geneva; Prof. M. V. Slingerland, Ithaca; Prof. 
Craig, Ithaca. 
Legislation—S. D. Willard, Geneva; Albert Wood, Carlton ; H. S. 
Wiley, Cayuga; F. M. Bradley, Barker; E. B. Norris, Sodus. 
PACIFIC COAST TRADE. 
Regarding nursery trade on the Pacific coast, the Oregonian, 
Portland, Ore., says : 
“There has been but little call for trees for several years, 
and nurserymen have not been raising so many as usual, and 
so were not fully prepared for the present demand. Stocks 
are lower than they have been for six years. The greatest in¬ 
quiry is for prune and peach trees, and but few are to be had. 
Some are selling yearling stock and trees that a year or two 
ago would not bring more than to 4 cents now sell for 
\2 1 /i to 20 cents. Not only has the tree trade improved during 
the past year, but the bush ess in flowering and other shrub¬ 
bery, potted plants, etc., which fell off greatly during the hard 
times, has recovered, and there is a good demand for every¬ 
thing in the line of ornamental shrubbery, Japanese plants, 
etc. There is also a large demand for tree seeds. One dealer 
who had sold all of his apple tree seeds, received an order for 
more from a man who wants to raise 700,000 seedlings, and 
tons of peach and cherry pits are being imported. Seedmen 
are happy over the business outlook, and nurserymen are pre¬ 
paring to supply all calls for trees in the future. 
“A nurseryman who has been in business near Sellwood for 
thirty years, says it beats all the call there is for trees this 
year. The principal demand is for prune trees, and he 
attributes this to good work done by the Agricultural College 
in talking up the prune business, and showing the certainty of 
profits and the sureness of the crop. He says that hereafter 
people who desire the best results from apples must go to the 
foothills to plant orchards. The valley lands are good for 
cherries and prunes, but apple trees run out and the fruit de¬ 
generates and pests flourish. This, he says, is because there 
is not enough lime and iron in the soil.” 
CONNECTICUT PEACH INDUSTRY. 
J. H. Hale, South Glastonbury, Conn., says: “Within the 
past ten years more than 2,000,000 trees have been planted in 
commercial orchards of 100 trees or over, while there are prob¬ 
ably between 100,000 and 200,000 more that have been planted 
out in smaller lots of 10 to xoo, and Connecticut now produces 
as many peaches annnally as Delaware, which was once the 
most noted^peach state in America. 
