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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
cent, minimum would do much towards raising the standard of 
both nurserymen and agent. I mean, by the difference of 25 
per cent, minimum, that no matter what our lowest price on 
stock maybe to a planter, our dealer or wholesale price should 
be at least 25 per cent. less. 
I would like to hear other nurserymen’s ideas. 
PROFESSOR BAILEY’S COMPARISON. 
As reported in the Country Gentleman, Prof. Bailey spoke 
as follows on “Some Contrasts of the Pomology of the Atlan¬ 
tic and Pacific Coasts,” at the meeting of the American 
Pomological Society in Buffalo. 
Differences in men and different environments lead them to look at 
things differently. The Massachusetts man, living on a farm which 
had been in his family for generations, and catering wholly to local 
markets, was different from the California man whose state was nearly 
as long as from Boston to Savannah, and much longer in range of 
climate. Why, the climate of California, rated by localities, is as 
varied as a Florentine mosaic. The mountains not only divide but 
dictate climates. The famous fruit valleys are limited in area and 
comprise but a small portion of the whole state. The climate is largely 
a matter of opinion. Most people who go to California go for the mild 
climate, and therefore assume that an eastern winter is something 
which every one abhors. This is a mistake. There are people who 
dislike unlimited summer with its glare and dust. To people who like 
winter, who like trees and sky in winter garb, who like to see vegeta. 
tion change its dress in spring and fall, the climate of Califoraia has 
little attractiveness. 
In fruit growing the East can learn much from the West. They 
have but thirty inches of rainfall in California, and five months of 
drouth, yet the moisture is so conserved as to answer all purposes, cul¬ 
tivation being the method. Careful tillage keeps the -water in the soil 
long enough to grow the crops. California fruit is not larger than that 
of New York, except when irrigated. Vegetables are of no account in 
California, they grow so easily. They grow so large that two police- * 
men can sleep on one beet. Many of the special crops California is 
famous for, like raisins, prunes, almonds, lima beans, etc., are the result 
of having a period of entire absence of rain, and a rain when the seeds 
and fruits and wheat are maturing would cause infinite damage. In 
the dry season they are as anxious not to have a rain as eastern people 
are for one. The present inhabitants of California are business men 
who plan and execute in a business way. There will be no orchards 
in California to renovate, because the owners do not need renovating. 
They do things thoroughly and up-to-date. They have undoubted 
faith in California, themselves, and their climate. California not only 
borrows and grows many European fruits, but the horticulture and 
botany of Australia is leavening the gardening there. Little that is 
Australian has yet reached the Eastern States. Horticulture is moro 
monotonous in California than in the East, because of large specialities 
which constitute the entire business of some sections. 
Amateur gardening for pleasure is almost unknown, and although 
geraniums and fuchsias grow as high as the house, there are not 
nearly as many, kinds of things grown there as here. However, 
the large ranches are getting unprofitable and are being cut up 
into smaller homes, which will mean enlarged facilities for private 
gardens and amateur pleasures. There are none but distant marke ts 
for California products, and in the matter of local markets the horticul¬ 
turists of the Eastern States have a great advantage. Fruit growing 
rightly managed in New York can be made as profitable as in Califor¬ 
nia. We can grow special fruits for local markets and California can¬ 
not compete, if we grow them to perfection. One of the features of 
California production is the large combination for handling of the 
products. There is little of the petty jealousy common here in Cali 
fornia. He concluded with several items of advice to Eastern horticul¬ 
turists: First, have faith in your location; second, till more carefully 
and thoroughly ; third, co-operate. He thinks large bodies of special¬ 
ists, like the grape growers of Chautauqua, could make it pay to send 
a man to California to study the working of co-operative companies. 
Fourth, become caterers to special markets as much as possible. 
100,000 RASPBERRIES 
STRONG 
TIPS 
FOR OCTOBER 1st SHIPMENT. 
200,000 Raspberries 
Transplants, of the following Varieties. 
Columbian, Cumberland, Gregg, Hilborn, 
Kansas, Mills, Mam. Cluster, Ohio, 
Palmer, Louhigan, Shaffer’s Col. Winona. 
Also a large stock London, Cuthbert, and Miller 
Red Raspberries. 
200,000 Erie Blackberries 
Root Cutting. 
Also a full line of other Blackberries. 
100,000 Gooseberries 
Pearl, Downing, Houghton, Red Jacket, 
Smith, Industry. 
® 
200,000 CURRANTS 
Two Year, No. 1 
Tree, Cherry, Fay, Red Cross, Red Dutch, 
Black, La Versailles, North Star, 
Pomona, Prince Albert, Victoria, White Grape. 
200 
Agawam, 
Brighton, 
Campbell 
Catawba, 
Concord, 
Salem, 
Eumelau, 
Geneva, 
Green Mt. 
Hayes, 
Two Year 
,000 GRAPES N „., 
Heavy Vines of the following Varieties 
Early, 
Clinton, 
Delaware, 
Diana, 
Elvira, 
Etta, 
Vergennes, 
Jefferson, 
Lady, 
Lindley, 
Merrimac, 
Ives, 
Moyer, 
Wilder, 
Wooden, 
Diamond, 
Moore’s Early, 
Niagara, 
Neetar, 
Pocklington, 
Wyoming Red. 
100,000 RHUBARB. Whole Root. Two Year, No. 1 
Write for 
Prices 
ALLEN L. WOOD ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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