THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Hmoncj (Browers anb Sealers. 
William J. Peters, Troy, O., called on Western New York nursery 
men early last month. 
F. S. Phoenix, Bloomington, Ill., is vice-president of the Central 
Illinois Horticultural Society. 
Mrs. Hexamer, wife of Dr. F. M. Hexamer, horticulturist, New 
York City, died Dec. 21, aged 70 years. 
The exports of nursery stock during September, 1901, were valued 
at $4,010, against $5,116 in September, 1900. 
The large water tower and tank in the nursery of Arthur Bryant & 
Son, Princeton, Ill., were destroyed by fire on December 16th. 
H. J. & O. Brabham. Bramberg, S. C., have presented to the man¬ 
agers of the Charleston Exposition half a carload of evergreens for 
the grounds. 
M. J. Wragg, Waukee, Iowa, was re-elected, last month, a director 
of the Iowa State Department of Agriculture; also president of the 
State Horticultural Society. 
The dutiable imports during the month of September, 1901, of plants, 
trees, shrubs and vines amounted to $279,613, as compared with $318,- 
118 during the same month a year ago. 
The dutiable imports during the month of October, 1901, of plants, 
trees, shrubs and vines amounted to $194,817, as compared with $165,- 
725 during the same month a year ago. 
More than 1,200 plates of fruit were exhibited at the annual meeting 
of the Missouri Horticultural Society at St. Joseph, last month. It 
was declared to exceed the exhibit at the Pan-American Exposition. 
California products, 1900: Cured fruit output (including prunes)- 
47,290 tons ; fresh fruit shipments, 91,187 tons ; orange and lemon crop 
24,900 cars ; prune output, 174,000,000 pounds ; raisin yield, 94,000,000 
pounds. 
It is stated that the orange orchard area of Riverside, Cal., covers 
thirty square miles, or 19,200 acres, on which are growing 1,536,000 
orange trees. The money value of the crop approximates $6,000,000 
annually. 
The exports during October, 1901, of nursery stock were valued at 
$7,895, against $7,329 in October, 1900. The total export of seeds in 
October, 1901, reached a valuation of $1,134,343, against $1,591,430 of 
last year. 
During the last days of October a state horticultural society was 
organized by the fruit men of South Carolina at a meeting at Columbia. 
T. J. Williams, of Columbia, was elected president ; Charles E. Cham¬ 
bliss, of Clemson College, secretary. 
The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the New Jersey Horticultural 
Society will be held in Trenton, January 8 and 9. Herbert W. Colling- 
wood, editor of Rural New Yorker, will give an address on the String, 
fellow method of planting peach trees. 
“ The florists and nurserymen of Japan derive more custom from the 
sale of tea in their gardens than from the disposal of plants and 
flowers,” says J. K. M. L Farquehar, Boston. “ The Japs congregate 
in large numbers in these gardens to sip their favorite beverage and 
admire the plants and flowers, their devotion to which amounts to a 
cult.” 
Nurserymen desiring to ship fruit or stock to Austria-Hungary, Bel¬ 
gium, Cape of Good Hope, France, Germany, Netherlands, New Zea¬ 
land, Switzerland or Turkey are referred to Dr. L. O. Howard, U. S. 
Entomologist, Washington, D. C., or to his Circular No. 41, new series, 
Division of Entomology. 
Orlando Harrison, president of the Peninsula Horticultural Society, 
has asked Governor John Walter Smith to give the address of welcome 
on the part of the county, and Dr. James C. Dirrickson on behalf of 
the town, at the meeting of the society at Berlin, Worcester county, 
Md., January 8-10. He has secured prominent men to read papers 
and take part in the discussions on subjects pertaining to horticulture. 
President Ell wood Cooper, of the California State Board of Horticul¬ 
ture, at the recent meeting of fruit growers in San Francisco, made 
these recommendations : That we request an appropriation of $10,000 
from the next legislature, to be expended in securing parasites destruc¬ 
tive to insect pests; that we work for improvement of our fruit quar¬ 
antine laws; that we urge amending and improving the pure food 
laws. 
J homas B. Meehan, J. Franklin Meehan and S. Mendelson Meehan, the 
remaining partners in the firm of Thomas Meehan & Sons, have pur¬ 
chased the interest of their late father, Thomas Meehan, and will con¬ 
tinue the business under the old firm name of Thomas Meehan & Sons. 
Meehan’s Monthly will still be continued. S. Mendelson Meehan will 
be the editor. He has been doing much of the editorial work for the 
past two or three years. 
Cox Brothers, Lawrence Co., Ohio, at the Ohio Horticultural meet¬ 
ing, reported a crop of 1,700 barrels of fine Rome Beauty apples. 
Their fancy grade sold for $5 per barrel. Notwithstanding all that has 
been said against the Kieffer pear, reports from nearly all sections of 
the state place it at the head of the list for profit. Kieffers this season 
sold from $1 to $1.50 per bushel, and the demand was not satisfied. 
Peaches were reported a heavy crop from all sections of the state. 
Next spring, says Success, the secretary of agriculture will distribute 
throughout the country young trees and seeds. Each member of con¬ 
gress will be asked to furnish a list of constituents to whom he would 
like to have trees or seeds sent. The seedlings will be grown in the 
government propagating houses, and forwarded to their destinations 
with specific instructions as to how they should be raised and cared 
for. In this way the government expects to start several million new 
trees every year. 
“ James O’Neill, the father of the nurserymen of California, a whole- 
souled, genial old gentleman, whom it was our pleasure to meet at the 
fruit growers’convention at San Francisco, is a genius in his line,” 
says the Rural Californian. “Broadminded, quick and energetic, he 
is the friend of all with whom he comes in contact, and a real walking 
encyclopedist of knowledge on growing fruit trees. Mr. O’Neill is the 
originator of the Imperial prune, the reputation of which is well 
established for size and flavor. As far back as 1853 he was honored 
with a special medal of merit at the state horticultural meeting in 
Pennsylvania for the finest native and foreign fruits grown on his place, 
and the competition was keen.” 
OREGON NURSERIES. 
The Northwest Horticulturist publishes a description of 
nurseries in Oregon, from which the following summary is 
made : 
Albany Nursery, Albany — Albert Brownell, proprietor. Sixty 
acres. Large orders for commercial growers in Oregon, California and 
Washington are filled. 
Oregon Nursery Company, Salem — Established ten years ago 
by A. McGill and M. McDonald. They ship to every state, including 
Montana and Utah, north and west on the Pacific coast. They control 
about 200 acres of nursery at Salem, their headquarters, besides having 
branch nurseries at North Yakima, Wash., Los Angeles, Pomona, and 
Santa Paula, Cal., and a branch office at Missoula, Mont. The large 
packing house at Salem covers an area of 175 x 195 feet. A refrigera¬ 
tor at one end keeps trees in a low moist temperature, to prevent bud¬ 
ding out, even to the latter part of April. This serves well for stock 
to be shipped to Northern Montana and like late sections. From thirty 
to forty men are constantly on the road canvassing for orders, and 
during packing season about one hundred persons are employed about 
the nursery and office. A. W. McDonald and A. W. Powers are mem¬ 
bers of the company. 
Pacific Nursery, Tangent — Proprietors, W. O. Hudson and his 
son, A. D. Hudson, who went from Michigan. Established eight years 
ago. 
Russellville Nursery, Eist Portland—Established a few years 
ago by Lewis Brothers. Now conducted by F. Walker and A. II Lewis. 
At Other Points —Mt. Tabor Nursery, T. V. Slurnan, proprietor; 
J. B. Pilkington Nursery, East Portland ; Monte Yista Nursery, A. 
Halladay, at Scappoose ; Christopher Nursery, John A. Stewart, in 
White River Valley, between Tacoma and Seattle ; Puget Sound Nur¬ 
sery and Seed Co., C. N. Sandahl, Seattle ; Yakima Nursery, Thomas 
Hopkins; Columbian Nursery, Waitsburg, Col., E. F. Babcock; 
Northwestern Nursery, C. L. Whitney, Walla Walla; Milton Nurseries, 
A. Miller & Son, Milton. 
