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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
the landscape artist and nurseryman have been given more 
particularly to the southern end of the park. 
Riverside Park, connected with Lake Park by a boulevard 
and overlooking a part of Milwaukee river, along whose shores 
are built many beautiful homes, is a picturesque retreat. Mil¬ 
waukee river above the dam might be termed a miniature 
Hudson. During the summer months steam and electric 
launches ply from the down town districts up the river, past 
the park and to various other pleasure resorts. 
Washington Park is located in the western portion of the 
city and is famous for its lily ponds and rare botanical ex¬ 
hibits. Sherman, Mitchell, Kosciusko and Humboldt parks 
are other beauty spots. 
ADVICE OF A GRAPE SPECIALIST. 
The claim is made and many of the friends of George S. 
Josselyn, Fredonia, N. Y., admit that he is the largest 
grower of grape vines in America. It is interesting, therefore) 
to note what Mr. Josselyn has to say on this subject: 
In the year 1879 we commenced the nursery business in a small way, 
grape vines being our specialty. We afterwards added small fruits, but 
never found it advisable to grow other stock, because our business 
increased year after year, until we became the largest growers of 
American grape vines in the world. It is now well known that in all 
important occupations specialists are most successful. An old nursery¬ 
man recently complimented me by saying, “I always read your 
advertisements and circulars because there seems to be considerable 
individuality about them, something which cannot be copied by 
others.” I replied that, having been in this business about a quarter of 
a century, if I was not able to furnish advertisements, etc., which 
could not be appropriated by any nursery concern in its infancy X 
should feel very much like either not advertising at all or quitting the 
nursery business altogether. 
If there is a single general nursery (no matter how large), which now 
does a large business in growing grape vines, we do not know where it 
is located. The trade in our specialties has for several years taxed the 
capacity of our entire plant to its utmost extent, and we are entirely 
contented with the situation and have no desire to go into additional 
nursery business. We have found that most purchasers prefer their 
grape vines and small fruits direct from the grower ; and we decided, 
some years since, to sell stock of our own growing exclusively. The 
grape vines, currants, gooseberries, blackberries and strawberries 
offered by us are warranted grown by us. 
We winter all our salable grape vines, currants, gooseberries and 
blackberries in our large, frost-proof, stone cellars, wh’ch for con. 
venience and capacity excel all others in our state used for such 
products. 
And here let us emphasize the fact, that there is no use in leaving 
more than three buds upon a grape vine prepared for planting. Never 
mind what the dealer says. If he delivers you a grape plant with a 
long cane, claiming that it is a “ fruiting vine,” and really believes that 
all vines should not be cut back to two or three buds at planting time, 
he does not understand the business. These long-top vines are gen¬ 
erally from localities where a good sized grape plant cannot be grown 
in any reasonable time. Our two-year vines have all been trans¬ 
planted, and by our method of planting and digging, we get nearly 
every particle of the roots. But the long cane “fruiting vines” are 
left in the ground two, three or four years ; the roots run all over the 
neighborhood, and cannot be dug (except by hand, generally costing 
more than the price of the vine), without sadly mutilating the roots, 
leaving only aged stubs, about as destitute of fibre as a billiard ball, 
which the vendor offers with the offset of a long cane. According to 
our experience, such vines cannot be given away to any intelligent 
vineyardist. We fully believe that not one grape vine in twenty which 
is sold to amateurs produces a good crop of first quality fruit, because 
the top is not cut back sufficiently during the first two years of its life 
in the garden. Many of our largest customers who buy our heaviest 
grades of grape vines now order the tops cut back to about six inches 
in length. They know that good, large roots, not tops, are needed. 
We have found, from long experience, that the room occupied in our 
vineyards by the following varieties was generally more valuable than 
heir company. And although they may be desirable in collections, or 
in particular localities under certain favorable circumstances, we can¬ 
not recommend them for general culture. We have, therefore, elim¬ 
inated most of them from our grounds and their descriptions from our 
catalogue. And as we believe much better selections can be made 
from our list, we advise our customers that, for various reasons, the 
following are not generally desirable, viz.: Antoinette, Allen’s, Alvey, 
Arnold’s, Beauty, Belinda, Black Defiance, Black Pearl, Carlotta, 
Challenge, Conqueror, Creveling, Croton, Cunningham, Early Dawn, 
Elsinburgh, Essex, Faith, Golden Drop, Hermann, Highland, Irving, 
Imperial, Israella, Louisiana, Mary, Maxatawney, Monroe, Mont¬ 
gomery, Naomi, Norfolk Muscat, Northern Muscadine, Norwood, 
Pearl, Quassaic, Rebecca, Rochester, Rogers Nos. 2, 5, 8, 18, 30, 33, 34, 
36, Secretary, Senasqua, Tokalon, Transparent, Uhland, Walter, Wav- 
erly, Wilding. 
TOP-WORKING THE APPLE. 
Referring to his correspondence with J. Y. Cotta, Nursery, 
Ill., and Edson Gaylord, Nora Springs, la., on the subject of 
top-working apple trees, F. W. Kimball, Austin. Minn., says in 
the Minnesota Horticulturist : 
I think it was a matter of good fortune, rather than any general 
foresight, which impelled the selection, in most instances, of the 
Duchess for the stock. It was at a time when people began to think 
that most any kinds could be grown, when reliable nurserymen like 
A. W. Sias, of Rochester, and P. A. Jewell, of Lake City, and many 
others, were recommending and sending out varieties, which to-day 
would not be countenanced. An ideal tree would be to take a Hibernal 
well on to its fruiting period, and go out on the limbs and put scions 
all over it, using perhaps one to two hundred scions; but this would be 
too long and tedious a job, and not practicable, except on a small 
scale. I would not advise any considerable amount of grafting where 
limbs larger than an inch in diameter had to be grafted, and prefer to 
take them not much larger than a good-sized penholder, and either use 
a whip or side graft. I frequently put in a side graft on the trunk of 
the tree to balance it up. 
Of the many trees grafted in the spring of 1896, there are to day few 
unions that can be detected except by the closest scrutiny. I also wish 
to call attention to the early bearing of the grafted trees, as well as the 
superior size of the fruit. Longfield budded in fall of 1894 and set in 
orchard in spring of 1895 have borne more barrels of fruit than Long- 
field on original root set in 1893 have borne bushels, and I might almost 
say pecks, and the size of the budded and grafted fruit is at least fifty 
per cent, larger. Malinda, which on its own root is considered a tardy 
bearer, has commenced to bear with me the third season after scions 
were set. I believe that it is a well established fact that top-working 
increases hardiness or puts it in better form to withstand vigorous win¬ 
ters, and largely increases size and fruitfulness. 
PACKING HOUSE SPECIFICATIONS. 
Editor National Nurseryman : 
We are going to build a cold-storage or packing house for nursery 
stock this coming summer and thought perhaps some of the readers of 
the National Nurseryman might be willing to give us some idea or 
specifications in some way to enable us to have plans drafted. The 
building should be of 20 to 30 cars capacity to meet our requirements. 
The stock will be tied in bunches of ten and put in ricks. What would 
be the most practical and convenient way to arrange the interior ? 
What materials should be used in constructiou ? 
Missoula Nursery Company, 
C. F. Dallman, Manager. 
Missoula, Mont., April 8th, 1902. 
