The National Nurseryman. 
FOR GROWERS AND DEALERS IN NURSERY STOCK. 
“ When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.” —Heber. 
Vol. X. ROCHESTER, N. Y., JUNE, 1902. No. 6. 
UNDER SOUTHERN SKIES. 
Special Reports on Nursery Conditions to the NATIONAL NCR 
SERYMAN by State Vice-Presidents of the American 
Association — J. B. Baker, of Fort Worth, Texas 
—Charles T. Smith, of Concord, Georgia 
—Business Changes—Bright Prospects. 
Fort Worth, Tex., May 17 —All Texas nurserymen report 
satisfactory trade, which, on the whole, has been the best in 
their history. Nearly everything was cleaned up. The 
drouth in the winter cut off spring sales, and some South 
Texas nurserymen failed to dispose of some of their fruit 
stocks. Heavy rains in March caused a brisk demand for 
everything. Most nurserymen are short of dormant bud stock 
on account of drouth last summer, but they are making prepa¬ 
rations to force more peach and plum than ever before. 
Plantings will be heavy next season, as good returns have 
been realized from fruit during the last two years, and this 
season there will be a heavy crop of plums and peaches. 
Apricots are also bearing well this season, as are also pears, 
grapes, berries, etc. The apple crop is rather light. 
East Texas seems destined to surpass Georgia in the pro¬ 
duction of peaches. One firm is preparing to plant several 
thousand acres—mostly Elbertas. The crop is ripened and 
sold before the Georgia fruit can be put on the market. 
E. W. Kirkpatrick has sold his home nursery at McKinney 
and retired from active work, though he still remains president 
of the Texas Nursery & Floral Co. at Sherman. 
F. W. Malley is moving his nursery from Hulen, in South 
Texas, to Garrison, in East Texas. This season he is growing 
stock at both places. 
John Watson has severed his connection with the Rosedale 
Nurseries, and is now with the Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloom¬ 
ington, Ill. 
The Texas State Horticultural Society, and also the Nur¬ 
seryman’s Association, will meet at College Station on July 15 . 
J. B. Baker, Vice-president for Texas. 
CONDITIONS IN GEORGIA. 
Concord, Ga., May 15 —The nursery interests in the South 
are in very good shape now. The past season’s business has 
been all that we could ask for. Stock of all sorts sold close, 
and with many varieties the supply was unequal to the demand. 
This was particularly so with Elberta peach trees for which 
we had to turn down orders aggregating hundreds of thousands 
of trees. The people of the South are in better condition 
financially than ever before. Cotton, the staple crop, has sold 
at high prices for several years in succession, and we are shar¬ 
ing in the general prosperity of the country. With such con¬ 
ditions prevailing, collections have been splendid. 
The weather for planting and early cultivating has been fine 
and young stock in nice shape and promises well for next 
season. Our stands are all good, and with apple are especially 
fine. In a block of 350,000 apple grafts we have something 
like 98 per cent, growing. Orders for fall delivery are comirg 
in satisfactorily, being above last season’s high average ; and 
with the good general outlook we are anticipating another 
fine season of business. The commercial peach orchards have 
only about half a crop, but if the price holds up there will not 
be enough Elberta trees to supply the demand for next sea¬ 
son’s planting. 
Charles T. Smith, Vice-president for Georgia. 
IN KENTUCKY. 
Bowling Green, Ky., May 20 —Trade has been better in 
Kentucky this season than for ten years past. Nurserymen 
sold out on almost every class of stock, and in many instances 
were unable to supply all orders received. Your paper is 
helping along the business in many ways. Success to you. 
F. N. Downer, 
State Vice-President American Association. 
J. W. HILL, DES MOINES. 
J. W. Hill, the proprietor of the Des Moines Nursery Com¬ 
pany, Des Moines, la.,was born, raised and educated in the South. 
He is 42 years of age. He went to Des Moines from Texas 
in 1884 and became connected with the active management of 
the Des Moines Nursery Company. Since that time he has 
built up the business of the company until it now stands in the 
front rank of Iowa nurseries as to volume of business 
handled. 
With E. M. Sherman of Charles City, la., Mr. Hill organ¬ 
ized the American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association, 
and he was its president for several years. He has been a regular 
attendant at the annual meetings of the American Association 
of Nurserymen. He is secretary and manager of the Fort Des 
Moines Canning Company which has a capacity of 75,000 cans 
of fruit and corn per day. He is president of the Commercial 
Club of Des Moines, an organization of 400 of the leading 
business men of the city. Mr. Hill enjoys the utmost confi¬ 
dence of the business men of Des Moines and is identified 
with the Iowa Loan & Trust Company, the Central State Bank, 
the Security Life & Savings Company and other financial insti¬ 
tutions of the city. The city owes its Mutual Telephone sys¬ 
tem and long distance lines to the energy and good judgment 
of Mr. Hill. The nurserymen of the country will welcome 
Mr. Hill at the Milwaukee convention as one of the most 
valued members of the American Association. 
The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania has had a meeting 
at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburg, to arrange for the reception and 
entertainment of the members of the American Association of Botan¬ 
ists, of whom some 600 to 1,000 are expected to be in attendance at the 
annual convention in that city June 28 to July 3. 
