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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
C. L. YATES, Proprietor. RALPH T. OLCOTT, Editor. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
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 THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance, - - - - - $1.00 
Six Months, ------ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ 1.00 
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. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga.; vice-president, R. J. 
Coe, Fort Atkinson, Wis.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; N. W. Hale, Knoxville, 
Tenn.; William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
Committee on Transportation—A. L. Brooke, N. Topeka, Kan.; William Pit¬ 
kin, Rochester, N. Y.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Tenn. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; Howard A. Chase, Phila¬ 
delphia, Pa. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Paines- 
ville, O.; Thomas B. Meehan, Germantown, Pa. 
Annual convention for 1903—At Milwaukee, Wis., June 11-13. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., September, 1901. 
IOWA STATE FAIR. 
M. J. Wragg was in charge of the horticultural department 
of the Iowa state fair. Treasurer W. H. Bomberger of the 
State Horticultural Society displayed Wolf river apples five 
inches in diameter, from an orchard on which not a drop of 
rain fell in more than two months. Mr. Wragg had a large 
.exhibit of fruit. B F. Ferris had a large exhibit of Russian 
apples, representing Northern Iowa. M. J. Graham of Adel, 
who took second prize on general collection of fruit, had over 
100 plates on exhibition, among them twenty-five plates of 
Iowa pears. 
B. A. Mathews of Knoxville had 175 plates on exhibit. Of 
these fifty-three were varieties of pears and twenty-one of 
plums. Competent judges stated that there was nothing like 
this exhibit at the World’s Fair. Mr. Mathews has been 
engaged in orcharding at Knoxville for more than forty years 
and has been signally successful. His exhibit surpassed the 
exhibits of fruit at the Pan-American. A plate of persimmons 
added interest and variety to his exhibit. 
VIRGINIA SHIPPING MATTER. 
It is believed that an understanding has been arrived at 
between the authorities of New York and Virginia regarding 
certificates of inspection of nursery stock. 
Objection to the New York certificates was made by W. B. 
Alwood, state entomologist of Virginia on the ground that the 
certificates were not signed by an entomologist. 
State Entomologist Felt has been in communication with 
Mr. Alwood and it is stated that certificates from New York 
signed by the commissioner of agriculture and the inspector 
who made the inspection together with the date, will be 
accepted in Virginia. 
FRUIT FROM FRANCE. 
W. C. Barry recently returned from the Pan-American expo¬ 
sition where he has acted as judge on a collection of fruit sent 
from Paris, France. The collection consisted of apples, pears, 
peaches, grapes and melons. The apples and pears arrived in 
perfect order, but the grapes, melons and peaches suffered con¬ 
siderably in transit. The black grapes arrived in perfect con¬ 
dition, but the white grapes were more or less damaged. The 
melons were entirely decayed. Some of the peaches were in 
good order. As a whole, the collection is quite interesting, as 
showing the fruit of another country alongside of our own. 
The packing was attended with great care and the shipment 
was en route about twelve days. 
AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL. 
In spite of adverse conditions the twenty-seventh biennial 
session of the American Pomological Society in Buffalo Sep¬ 
tember 12th and 13th was of profit to all present. W. C. 
Barry of Rochester, N. Y., delivered the address of welcome. 
He urged greater attention to the value of fruits and their 
adaptability to certain localities. United States Pomologist 
Brackett in response said he believed pomology would reach 
perfection in the Western states, President C. L. Watrous, in his 
annual address, said the consideration of variety merits 
should be the first consideration of the society. Professor 
Bailey described California’s commercial orcharding and urged 
co-operation in large areas of special crops. Through the 
remarks of Mr. Barry, Roland Morrill, L. A. Woolverton and 
George T. Powell it was shown that united efforts in shipping 
and careful grading of fruits are necessary. 
TREE DISTRIBUTION NEXT SPRING. 
Professor Galloway of the Bureau of Plant Industry, having 
the direction of the distribution of forest trees next spring, 
has succeeded in procuring some new and rare species of orna¬ 
mental trees, says an exchange. Among them is the little 
known Chinese Gymnocladus, G. chinensis, which, with the 
Kentucky coffee tree, G. canadensis, are the only two species 
known to exist. 
