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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
to name. And right here is the necessity of every nurseryman having 
a specimen orchard of all fruits which he sends out, to be used for 
budding and grafting wood. Too many depend on the nursery row 
for buds. So important is the matter of cutting from bearing trees 
alone that the nurseryman should not neglect this most necessary 
adjunct to any well equipped establishment. 
Another great importance : Instruct |your help on all the latest im¬ 
provements in nursery work. Quite an original idea in this line has 
been recently introduced by Thomas Meehan & Sons, in having a 
school for their employes, where they receive a systematic course in 
botany and general nursery work ; and this course will undoubtedly 
result in untold benefit to the employer and employee, in raising the 
man’s standard and thus making him worth more for the knowledge 
thus gained in the discussion of live topics. 
QUESTION BOX AND PROGRAMME COMMITTEE. 
So important is the matter of arranging a programme for the annual 
convention, it has been suggested as advisable to have a committee on 
programme whose duty it shall be to provide a line of work for the 
Association at each convention that will be most productive of good 
to the members. In this way will the meeting prove of such great 
benefit and value that no member can afford to neglect attending. 
When assembled from all parts of the country and engaged in business 
of great and small extent, there should be offered to each member 
opportunities for gaining information ; discuss the best methods of 
growing various classes of trees, vines, shrubs and conifers ; methods 
of packing, grading and shipping. Some of our timid members 
probably have questions which they would like to present for discus¬ 
sion, and some good results derived from them ; for these members we 
have provided the “Question Box.” I hope that all members will 
avail themselves of this opportunity to bring out information that 
must be of incalculable value and of mutual benefit. 
Undoubtedly there are many other things we may do that will pro¬ 
mote our interests and add to prosperity. Every additional market we 
can open for our fruits, new appliances for safe transportation, every 
new process for canning, evaporating and preserving, will, of course, 
stimulate our fruit-growing interests and create a healthy activity in 
our trade. Let us then be ever ready to help new enterprises, and 
foremost in testing new varieties and new methods. 
Who can estimate the importance and value of a new variety of 
fruit, which shall be adapted to the wide range of our rapidly extend¬ 
ing country ? He who shall originate such a new apple, peach or 
grape, which shall be worthy of handing down to posterity, should be 
held in remembrance as a benefactor of mankind as well as a Franklin, 
Fulton, Morse, Edison or Westinghouse. He who shall discover an 
easy method of destroying San Jose scale, other insects and diseases 
incident to vegetation which now affect trees and so alarmingly in¬ 
jurious to our fruit crops, shall have his name transmitted to future 
time as second only to those who discovered methods for the alevia- 
tion of human suffering. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONGRATULATION. 
Gentlemen, in conclusion, allow me to express to you my most pro¬ 
found thanks for the trust you have placed in me and the great satis¬ 
faction your presence and kind indulgence affords me on this occasion. 
To the various committees on tariff, legislation and transportation, 
whose reports we will have during the meeting, I wish to return the 
thanks of the Association for their valuable service. I congratulate 
you upon the past success and future prospects of this Society ; and 
upon the increased interest in the cultivation and planting of fruits ; 
upon the improved facilities for transmission from remote sections ; in 
the difusion of horticultural information by means of horticultural 
and trade papers, whereby the knowledge of few may become that of 
many ; upon the new territory which is constantly opening up to us 
new fields for our products ; and upon the improved systems of culti¬ 
vation whereby the labor of days is now reduced to hours. 
It is our privilege to live in an age of remarkable activity and in a 
country of unlimited resources, whose thriving cities and great com¬ 
mercial centers rise as by magic. 
What greater temporal comforts can we nurserymen have than the 
fruits of the orchard ? Trees are living monuments to our memory, 
fruits perpetual mementoes of our praise ; and when in after ages 
posterity shall recline under the shade of the trees planted and grown 
by our bands, and gather from their bending branches the luscious 
fruits, will not some grateful heart remember us and ask : “ Who 
planted that old apple tree ? ” 
SECRETARY’S REPORT. 
Secretary George C. Seager presented the following report : 
RECEIPTS.. 
Membership Fees.$ 766 00 
Advertisements—Report. 129 00 
“ Badge Book. 662 00 
Exchange... 2 00 
Total.$1,459 00 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
1901— Oct. 14. Check C. L. Yates...$ 386 00 
1902— June 1, Check C. L. Yates. 900 00 
1902-June 7, Check C. L. Yates. 158 59 
Exchange... 15 20 
Bank charge on foreign money order. 21 
Total.$1,459 00 
The secretary reported that the receipts for the last* nine 
years have been as follows : 
1894 .$1,120 31 
1895 . 1,050 05 
1896 . 1,123 20 
1897 . 1,007 30 
1898 . 1,143 24 
1899 . 1,164 97 
1900 .J.,262 55 
1901 . 1,345 81 
1902 .,. 1,459 00 
Total..$10,676 43 
TREASURER’S REPORT. 
Treasurer C. L. Yates presented the following report : 
RECEIPTS. 
1901— Balance cash on hand...$2,232 13 
Oct. 15. To cash from George C. Seager. 385 00 
“ 16. Interest from October 1, ’98 to Oct. 1, ’01 ... 68 63 
1902— May 31. To cash from George C. Seager. 900 00 
June 2. Interest from Oct. 1, ’01 to May 13, ’02. 86 00 
“ 7. To cash from George C. Seager. 158 59 
$3,830 35 
DISBURSEMENTS. 
1901—June 21. L. H. Bailey, exp. convention Niagara Falls $ 17 50 
“ “ G. C..Seager, ribbons for extra badges. 1 00 
“ 15. R. C. Berckmans, expenses to Washington.. 52 92 
“ 22. George C. Seager, salary. 300 00 
“ “ George C. Seager, circulars, postage, etc- 34 25 
“ “ The Whitehead & Hoag Co., badges. 20 00 
July 1. Union & Advertiser Co., printing. 272 27 
“ 2. C. L. Yates, salary and postage. 50 66 
“ 20. Miss E. Jacobson, reporting meeting at 
Niagara Falls. 50 00 
Sept. 14. G. H. Smith, printing (Tariff Com.). 30 00 
“ 25. Union & Advertiser Co., annual report. 149 50 
“ “ “ “ postage on report.. 11 40 
Oct. 7. J. H. Dayton, expenses to Washington (Tar¬ 
iff Com.) . 34 25 
“ 7. Irving House, expenses to Washington 
(Tariff Com.). 59 78 
Jan. 21. M. E. Wollf, Fidelity & Casualty bond for 
Treasurer. 18 75 
Mch. 22. Western Passenger Association. 11 00 
Balance cash on hand. 2,717 07 
All of which is respectfully submitted, 
$3,830 35 
C. L. YATES, Treasurer. 
Both reports were referred to a committee composed of A. 
Willis, C. J. Brown and C. M. Stark. 
