THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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Hong anb Short. 
E. T. Dickinson, 1 Broadway, is importer of nursery stocks. 
California privet is offered by Josiah A. Roberts, Malvern, Pa. 
Small fruits aTe a specialty with Myer & Sons, Bridgeville, Del. 
The Deming field sprayer is especially adapted for use in nurseries. 
Ilardie spray pumps are declared to be a necessity with all handlers 
of trees. 
J. A. Gage, Beatrice, Neb., makes a specialty of apple seedlings and 
apple grafts. 
Grape vines and small fruits are specialties with George S. Josselyn, 
Fredonia, N. Y. 
William Fell & Co., (Hexham) Ltd., Hexham, England, wants trans¬ 
planted Loganberry. 
Albertson & Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind., have an attractive announce¬ 
ment in another column. 
Japan pear, Keiffer pear and apple seedlings are offered by F. W. 
Watson & Co., Topeka, Kan. 
Mammoth blackberries and Loganberries are for sale at low price by 
William Kelly, San Jose, Cal. 
For apple trees, California privet, Ampelopsis Yeitchii apply to 
Walter H. Harrison, La Mott, Pa. 
Two hundred thousand apple for spring delivery, all grades, may be 
had of E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la. 
Evergreen seedlings are grown by the million by the Sherman 
Nursery Company, Charles City, la. 
W. & T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y., have a superb stock of orna¬ 
mentals ; also large and small fruits. 
Herman Berkan, 39 Cortland street, New York, is the sole agent for 
Levavasseur & Sons, Us3y and Orleans, France. 
P. Sebire & Sons, Ussy, France, are represented in this country by 
C. C. Abel & Co., P. O. Box 920, New York City. 
R. H. Blair & Co., Lee’s Summit, Mo., offer apple grafts, put up to 
order, piece or whole roots ; also a practical box clamp. 
Peters & Skinner, North Topeka, Kan., have apple, pear and forest 
tree seedlings, in addition to a full stock of nursery stock. 
D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la., has apple seedlings and grafts, goose¬ 
berries, apple, cherry and plum trees, shade trees by the carload. 
A. L. Brooke, North Topeka, Kan., makes grafts to order, and has 
apple and pear seedlings, fruit and ornamental trees of all kinds. 
P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., is one of the largest nursery con¬ 
cerns in the country ; a full line of choice stock always on hand. 
Andre L. Causse, 105 Hudson street. New York, is the sole agent for 
the Andre Leroy Nurseries, Angers, France, dealers in nursery stocks. 
Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., established more than sixty 
years ago, are headquarters for trees and shrubs of all kinds. 
W. M. Peters & Sons. Wesley, Md., have a choice line of apple and 
peach, asparagus and strawberry plants. All their stock is fumigated. 
Jackson & Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y., are headquarters for cle¬ 
matis, roses, climbing vines, flowering shrubs, ornamental and fruit 
trees. 
August Rolker & Sons, 52 Dey street, New York, are the sole 
agents in this country for Elmire Sebire, Fils Aine, Ussy (Calvados) 
France. 
F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan., are strong on apple, cherry, pear, 
peach, apricot, apple seedlings, forest tree seedlings, apple scions ; also 
small fruits. 
The surplus list of Hoopes Bro. & Thomas, Westchester, Pa., 
includes fine stocks of Baldwin apple, sugar maples, Oriental Planes, 
and shrubbery. 
The tree digger is a money-saving tool for nurserymen. The one 
manufactuaed by D. Feigly, at Medway, Ohio, is declared to be a 
practical instrument. 
Fifty thousand peach trees in twenty-five leading varieties are in the 
cellars of the Albaugh Nursery and Orchard Company, at Phoneton, 
Ohio ; also 10,000 two-year cherry. 
Fruit tree stocks of all sizes are offered by Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, 
bankers, New York City, agents for Barbier <fc Co., successors to 
Transon Brothers, Orleans, France. 
Strawberry plants in more than sixty varieties, apple trees in car- 
lots, asparagus roots, plums and peaches in large quantities are offered 
by J. G Harrison & Sons, Berlin, Md. 
Pear seedlings grown from seed saved from the Keiffer pear are 
offered by the Jackson County Nursery Company, Lee’s Summit, Mo. 
This firm makes a specialty of whole root pear grafts. 
Fruit stocks, French pear, Keiffer pear. Mazzard cherry, Myrobolan 
plum, quince ; slso French and Keiffer pear seed may be obtained from 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa, 
Rakestraw & Pyle, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, make a specialty 
of shade trees, Norway, Silver, Sugar and Sycamore maples; scarlet, 
red, pin and mossy cup oaks; American elms, lindens, etc. 
For fruit and ornamental trees and shrubs, nut trees, small fruits 
grape vines, roses, climbing vines, bulbs, hardy herbaceous and green¬ 
house plants, call upon Storrs & Harrison Company, Painesville, Ohio. 
WESTERN ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE. 
In the last issue of the National Nurseryman was given 
a list of officers of the Western Association of Wholesale 
Nurserymen. Secretary E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan., 
sends the following list of the committees : 
Executive committee—J. H. Skinner, North Topeka. Kan ; A Willis, 
Ottawa. Kan. ; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. ; E. S. Welch, Shenan¬ 
doah, Iowa; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Committee on transportation and tariff—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, 
Kan. ; A. J. Brown, Geneva, Neb. ; J. W. Schuette, St. Louis, Mo. 
Committee on programme—E. P. Bernardin, Parsons, Kan. ; E. 
Stark, Louisiana, Mo. ; E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. 
PROSPECT FOR CULTIVATED CHESTNUTS. 
Regarding the prospect for chestnut growing H. M. Engle 
& CQn, Pennsylvania, say in Rural New Yorker : 
The fact that the large chestnuts like the Japan, Paragon and others 
are not more plentiful in the city markets may be due to several 
causes. The grafted trees have been and are still comparatively high 
priced, and somewhat uncertain to grow when transplanted. They 
seem to be more particular as to soil than most trees. Growers hesitate 
to plant largely for these reasons. Another reason why the nuts are 
not more plentiful is that the trees grow slowly, and the grower must 
wait quite a while before paying crops can be gathered. It requires 
quite a good-sized tree to produce a bushel or even half a bushel of 
nuts. The best method of getting a paying orchard seems to be to 
graft chestnut sprouts, as the trees grow much more rapidly and pro¬ 
duce paying crops sooner. The method has its drawbacks, too, as 
considerable cash must be paid out for keeping underbrush down. We 
know of several large tracts on this plan, but they have all been 
started within the last six or seven years, and only the oldest of them 
are bearing anything like a crop. In our opinion it will be several 
years before the market is well supplied. If they could be grown as 
easily as Kiefifer pears the market would soon be overstocked. Another 
drawback to chestnut growing is the weevil, and it will be a drawback 
until some effective method of destroying the insect is found. The 
grubs in the nuts can be destroyed by fumigating with carbon 
bisulphide, but as some escape from the nut before it drops there are 
always enough left for seed. The orchards started on sprout land are 
generally contiguous to chestnut timber, where the beetles multiply 
and easily find their way to the grafted trees. We are not prepared to 
say whether chestnut growing will be a profitable industry for this 
country or not. It will require some time, we think, to solve that 
problem. 
C. W. Pescott, Marengo, Ill., Jan. 21, 1902 .—“ Inclosed please 
find draft for $1 in payment for journal another year. It is all right 
and fills the bill.” 
