THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
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THE GENESEE VALLEY . 
All Stock Will Be Sold lip Very Close —Scarcity of Labor at Pack¬ 
ing Time —Japan Plums High and Nearly Out of Market — 
Bartlett Pears Comparatively Scarce—Cherries 
and Peaches High -Quinces Scarce. 
Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 15.—Brown Brothers Co: “Busi¬ 
ness is better than it has been, in our experience. We believe 
that all stock will be sold up very close and in*fact do not see 
where stock is coming from to fill orders with all the nursery¬ 
men in the country. Before spring we believe it will be very 
difficult to purchase many items und we doubt if there will be 
a surplus of any.” 
Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 23.—John Charlton & Son: “The 
orders for nursery stock have been very liberal this fall and 
we think more stock will be sold and packed than is usual at 
this season of the year, showing a decided improvement, to 
the benefit of the growers; the only serious drawback being 
the scarcity of labor in this section. 
“The inquiries for next spring are numerous and many; of 
course these being for scarcer varieties, indicating a shortage 
of many kinds. 
“Apples may be enough to satisfy all demands made for 
them. 
“Japan plums of all kinds are scarce, higher in price and 
nearly out of the market. Europeon plums are also good 
property, and present indications point to a complete clearout 
next spring. 
Bartlett pears are also comparatively scarce. They main¬ 
tain the price of last spring, with a more limited supply of 
them to draw on. Other varietes of pears in general are in 
better demand, and we think none too many to supply the 
demands next season. 
“Cherries are higher in price and scarcer in quantities, large 
sales having been made at a higher price than that of last 
spring. 
“The inquiries for peaches for next spring are quite general, 
the price for them being higher and firmer than usual at this 
time of the year, and higher prices will undoubtedly prevail 
next spring at planting time. 
“We do not remember when quinces have been so scarce in 
many years. Dealers are limiting their sales of these and 
other scarce articles to meet the scarcity, by not pushing same. 
“Some kinds of ornamentals are about exhausted, and deal¬ 
ers had better find out where part of their stock is coming 
from for their next spring’s deliveries. 
“Many orders have to be refused for roses for next spring’s 
delivery, as a more decided scarcity prevails than usual, show¬ 
ing a larger volume of business being done in these lines. 
“We think on the whole a cheerful outlook presents itself 
for a season or two for the nurserymen, and if a large slump 
does not occur, good prices will prevail for several seasons, to 
be shared by all in the business.” 
Dansville, N. Y., Oct. 27.—Jas. M. Kennedy: “We are 
having the finest weather for our business we have had since 
digging commenced. Up to this writing we have handled 
more stock than ever before. Our early shipments are about 
all disposed of. We are now digging for late shipments which 
will exceed any previous fall. I am safe in saying that this 
fall sales will be a record breaker. 
“We are digging about all our trees with the tree diggers. 
We have here two steam diggers and six run by horse power. 
Each digger is capable of digging from three to four acres per 
day. 
'I he retail and catalogue trade is ahead of a year ago with 
bright prospects for a large spring trade. Taking it as a whole 
prices are better this fall than a year ago, and it looks very 
much as though prices would continue to increase for at least 
a few more years. It is safe to say that we will not have any 
surplus stock to carry over after next spring’s delivery. 
Plums, cherry, pears and apples are getting scarce here. Help 
is very scarce. We were obliged to procure about seventy-five 
Italians to help out.” 
NEW AND DESTRUCTIVE APPLE ROT. 
A bulletin issued by the N. Y. Experiment Station at Geneva 
calls attention to an unusual and serious trouble with harvested 
apples in Western New York. A white or pinkish mildew 
appears upon the scab spots and transforms them into brown, 
sunken, bitter, rotten spots. On very scabby apples these 
rotten spots soon coalesce and ruin the fruit. 
The damage done is enormous. In Niagara, Orleans, Mon¬ 
roe and Wayne counties, thousands of barrels of apples have 
been ruined. The varieties most affected are Greening and 
Fall Pippin. Upon investigation it was found that the white 
mildew on the scab spots is the cause of the rot, and that it is 
a distinct fungus having no connection with the scab fungus. 
The scab itself will not rot a fruit, but it breaks the skin 
wherever it grows and thereby makes an opening for this 
other fungus to get into the apple and rot it. A preventive 
of the rot is much desired, but at present none is known. 
The whole trouble can be traced back to a lack of thorough 
spraying, which would have prevented the scab. 
In view of the requirements by the Virginia authorities that 
nursery stock from New York State for shipment into Virginia 
must bear a certificate of inspection by an Entomologist the 
Eastern Nurserymen’s Association, through Secretary William 
Pitkin, arranged for the grouping of stock to be shipped from 
Rochester and other Western New York points, and a supple¬ 
mental inspection by an assistant to Dr. E. P. Felt of Albany. 
That inspection was made last month at the minimum expense. 
Xono anb Short. 
Downing gooseberries are wanted by Eugene Willett, North Col¬ 
lins, N. Y. 
A list of special surplus is presented in another column by Jackson 
& Perkins Co., Newark, N. Y. 
Two hundred bushels of mountain natural peach pits are offered by 
the Chattanooga Nurseries, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Rakestraw & Pyle, Kenneth Square, Pa., have a complete assortment 
of evergreens and shade trees, some in extra large sizes. 
The Phcenix Nursery Company, Bloomington, Ill., are growers of 
fruit and ornamental trees of all kinds and carry a full assortment of 
green house plants. 
P. J. Berckmans Co., Augusta, Ga., have an immense stock of apples, 
cherries, figs, grapes, chestnuts, pecans, walnuts and ornamental trees 
and shrubs now ready for shipment. 
Apple grafts and pear grafts, apple and pear seedlingB, honey and 
black locust and mulberry seedlings, asparagus and apple scions may 
be had of J. A. Gage, Beatrice, Neb. 
