THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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TRADE IN VIRGINIA. 
Filling of Agents’ Orders Completed Last Month — W. T. Hood <£ 
Company Worked Nights In Well.Lighted Packing Sheds — 
Nearly Sold Out on Apple and Peach—Heavy Demand 
for Elbertas—An Experience With Substitution. 
Richmond, Va., November 23.—W. T. Hood & Co.: “ We 
had a very wet August and the first half of September, which 
put us very much behind with our budding, and we did not 
get through until about the 10th of October. The season, also, 
made stock put on a late growth, especially apple and peach, 
and they were not in condition to dig until after the middle of 
October, and we were not ready for packing until the 31st of 
October, and then with about one-third of the trees in nursery 
rows ; and as we did not have any rain from the 20th of Sep¬ 
tember until to-day, we had a hard time to dig, which was 
mostly done with picks, and we finished our agents’ sales only 
a few days ago. 
“At this time we cannot tell how our collections will be. 
We have sold out in almost all varieties of apples and peach, 
and will have a very light stock of fruit trees to offer for 
spring. We have, also, had to dig heavy of some varieties of 
apple buds, which we could not buy, which will make us short 
on them next fall. The stock which we have had to buy has 
almost all been satisfactory. Some of it was a little late reach¬ 
ing us; also, one lot of 500 apples we bought for Early Har¬ 
vest, did not prove to be Early Harvest, except about 75, and 
we had to return the balance; and the only satisfaction the 
party could give us was that if they were not Early Harvest he 
did no-t know what Early Harvest was, which we are inclined 
to think was the case, though they are supposed to be one of 
the big growers of the East. 
Our plantings of last spring have done very well, though 
we did not make a large planting, as we thought we would 
have as many as we could sell. -We also did not expect to 
plant heavy next Spring, but when the time comes around 
we may plant more than we should. There has been so 
much demand for peach trees, especially Elberta, that we 
think there will be a very heavy planting of seed, especially 
in Georgia. 
We have sold to one party to plant in Northern Georgia, 
700 bushels, and to another 400, and if others plant in the 
same proportion, there will be plenty of peach trees next 
fall, and fall of 1903. 
“ Our sales are mostly made through agents, and we had to 
meet low prices the past season, which has made us have to 
handle a large lot of trees, and we do not see that we are in a 
position to put up prices, as long as there are so many whole¬ 
sale firms selling their trees to planters about the same as they 
sell to the retailers, and while they have had a good time for 
the past three years, we expect to see them begging to give 
them away before many years. 
“We have had our sheds lit up with seven Kitson lamps, 
which made us better light than the same number of arc lights 
would, and we were thus enabled to fill orders until 10 p. m. 
As we started about a day behind they enabled us to catch up. 
If we had not worked at night, we would have been several 
days behind ; and everyone who has handled agents’ sales, 
with only a limited time for trees to reach destination, knows 
what that would mean.” 
MR. ELLWANGER’S BIRTHDAY. 
George Ellwanger, the senior member of the firm of Ellwanger 
& Barry, on the evening of Dec. 2 gave the annual dinner in 
honor of the trustees of Reynolds Library. It was the occasion 
of the 85th birthday of Mr. Ellwanger. There was a brilliant 
assemblage about the board. Hon. Walter S. Hubbell was the 
toastmaster. Rev. Dr. Algernon S. Crapsey, speaking to the 
toast “ The Dinner and the Diner,” read an original poem, 
suggested, he said, by the ghost of Hans Breitman, the closing 
stanzas of which are as follows: 
So here’s to Shorge Ellwanger, 
Dot host from Gross-Heppach, 
Dot sholly Vurtemberger, 
Mit vine upon his back. 
Und ven dose angels take him 
To dot city of his God, 
Den veep ye shell-pink aster, 
Den vade ye golden rod. 
Pe still ye cut-leafe birches, 
Pe sad ye bright sunflowers, 
In vain dis drere world searches 
Vor dot dear friend of ours. 
But up above dot Peter, 
Make open vide dot door, 
Und give a greetin’ sweeter 
Ash he nefer give pefore. 
He cries, Here’s Shorge Ellwanger, 
Dot soul from Gross-Heppach, 
Dot lovely Wurtemberger 
Mit flowers in his track. 
Den shout dose palms mit gladness, 
Den blooms dot asphodel, 
In heaven dere is no sadness, 
Dere’s even shoy in hell. 
• 
Now fill up high your glasses, 
Und drink von health mit me, 
Vich besser lad nor lassies 
Nere trinkt by land or sea. 
Ho, here’s to Shorge Ellwanger, 
Dot heart from Gross-Heppach, 
Dot shentle Vurtemberger, 
Mit kindness at his back. 
There were many toasts by prominent citizens of Rochester, 
all of which testified to the reverence and love with which Mr 
Ellwanger is regarded. 
RESULT OF NURSERY COMPANY’S SUIT. 
The Sutter County, Cal., Farmer says: H. P. Stabler, as sec¬ 
retary of the county boards of horticultural commissioners of 
the state, has recently had printed and sent to all the commis¬ 
sioners and inspectors the full text of a recent decision in the 
case of the Oregon Nursery Company of Salem vs. R. W. 
Coates and A. W. Samson of Red Bluff, local inspectors. 
The decision was rendered by Judge Ellison of Tehama 
county, and is of great interest to those engaged in the work 
of seeing that nothing but clean stock is planted. The law 
gives the local commissioners and quarantine officers full 
power to inspect and pass upon nursery stock, trees, etc., con¬ 
demning such as are infested with injurious insects or pests, 
and should be rigidly enforced. 
