The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
Copyright, 1901, by the National Nurseryman Publishing Co. 
“ We may well plant a tree for the love of the planting, if not for posterity .”— Pkof. Bailey. 
Vol. IX. ROCHESTER, N. Y., DECEMBER. 1901. No. 12. 
MILLIONS OF ELBERT AS. 
Boom in the Peach Industry in the South—Stock Selling at 
Sharp Advance—Nurserymen Caught Short—Price of Land 
Greatly Increased — Demand for 140,000 Trees in a 
Single Mail Order—Plans for Next Year. 
A despatch from Rome, Ga , reads : “ Entomologist Scott 
of this state reports that there will be fully three million new 
peach trees planted in Georgia this winter, fully one-half com¬ 
ing to this section. The trees are selling now at four to five 
cents against one to two cents in ordinary seasons, and the nur¬ 
serymen have been caught short. In some cases large growers 
took orders not expecting such a rush. Now they are unable 
to get the stock and buyers will bring suit against them. The 
1901 season, all around, brought such fine results that the 
peach industry is undergoing a wonderful boom and the people 
have gone wild over the peach orchard proposition. Wherever 
a man could get a few acres he has set out an orchard.” 
Mr. Scott in speaking of the outlook says : “ The planting 
will be done about December 1, and the people who propose 
to put out orchards ought to post themselves on the care of 
trees and how to plant them. There are many of them to 
whom this is an entirely new proposition, and unless they are 
careful they will lose their trees. The planting of so many 
orchards will make work for the entomological department, 
but we will gladly do whatever we can to aid in the work, and 
are ready to furnish information to any who may desire it. In 
my opinion a great mistake is going to be made in the planting 
of so many Elbertas. The great majority of the trees pur¬ 
chased this year have been of this variety. These peaches all 
come on at the same time, and with so many Elberta orchards 
the market is likely to become glutted and the results may not 
be so good as are expected. It would have been far better if 
more of the other varieties had been mixed in with them. But 
it looks as if everybody wanted the Elberta, and that is the 
kind they have been buying.” 
The Atlanta Constitution reports that “ it looks now as 
though in a few years Floyd, Chattanooga, Bartow and Walker 
counties will be a veritable wilderness of peach orchards. 
Many thousands of trees will be planted this fall. One firm 
of nurserymen in Georgia received in one mail recently orders 
for 140,000 trees, and other nurserymen report that they cannot 
supply all the orders sent them. Only a few fear overpro¬ 
duction. It is contended that the abandoning of the peach 
business in South Georgia makes North Georgia the natural 
and logical peach-producing area.” 
Ten years ago, says the Atlanta Journal, the hills and table 
lands now covered with orchards of luscious Elbertas and 
other peaches were uncultivated. Few farmers took the 
trouble to clear the rocky ledges, and the land could be bought 
for $1 to $5 an acre. Now, unimproved woodland sells from 
$20 to $25 an acre, and cleared land for $50 and upward. Or¬ 
chards in bearing can scarcely be bought at reasonable prices 
In some recent sales the average cost per tree ^equaled the 
former price of an acre of land. Within seven miles of 
Adairsville there are 3,000,000 peach trees, not all in bearing. 
In the past year a grower cleared $5,500 from 1,300 trees on 
less than ten acres of land. The first orchard for supplying 
northern markets was planted n years ago. One man will set 
40,000 trees next year. The bulk of the crop ripens just when 
farm crops are “laid by.” Instead of being idle, as hereto¬ 
fore, all hands go into the orchards, and are paid 75c. to $2 a 
day. Some families lay by $100, enough to keep them in food 
for half a year. The fruit crop gives a strong impetus to busi¬ 
ness in all its relations. 
MOUNT ARBOR NURSERIES. 
The Mount Arbor Nurseries, Shenandoah, Iowa, E. S. 
Welch, proprietor, has added a third large storage building 
this fall. It is 102 x 106 ft.; 12 ft. high on the sides. A 
cupola 18 ft. wide and 5 ft. high extends the full length, for 
light and ventilation. The material used in construction is 
brick for the foundation, and wood and paper for walls and 
roof, with double air spaces. The building is also lighted 
with electricity, and is well arranged for handling stock and 
boxing orders throughout the winter months. A side track 
along the full length of the building makes shipping conven¬ 
ient over both the Wabash line and the Burlington route. I he 
Mount Arbor Nurseries is one of the large concerns of the 
country, enjoying a good trade, and finely equipped for dis¬ 
patching business. 
TRANSLATED INTO THREE LANGUAGES. 
♦“The New Horticulture,” by H. M. Stringfellow, has been 
translated into German by Mr. Wannieck, of Austria, to whom 
Mr. Stringfellow gave away the European copyright, says the 
Practical Fruit Grower. Mr. Wannieck last winter got out an 
edition of two thousand copies, which was sold in two months, 
and is now on the second edition. The book is also being 
translated into French and Bohemian. In this country it 
should be more widely read than it is. Its sale here has been 
probably forestalled by the author s frequent contributions to 
the horticultural press, for which he " never asked a cent, 
and many people have concluded that he has told all there is 
in the book. Mr. Stringfellow’s object in writing “The New 
Horticulture ” was to spread the truth and not to make money. 
As an evidence of this fact we will say that he has given away 
both the European and American copyrights, besides the plates 
and 1,000 paper covered copies of the book. 
