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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
The National N urseryman. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY 
The National Nurseryman Publishing Co., 
(incorporated) 
305 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
PRESIDENT .... THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
VICE-PRESIDENT AND EDITOR - - RALPH T. OLCOTT 
SECRETARY-TREASURER AND BUSINESS MANAGER, C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery Stock of 
all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States and Canada. 
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in- advance, - - - - - $1.00 
Six Months, ------ .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance, - - - 1.50 
Six Months, “ “ - - r.oo 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertisements 
should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date 
of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts 
on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nursery¬ 
men and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
AflERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, Charles A. Ilgenfritz, Monroe, Mich.; vice-president, D. S. 
Lake, Shenandoah, la.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; N. W. Hale, Knox¬ 
ville, Term.; Peter Youngers, Geneva, Neb. 
Committee on Transportation—President Ilgenfritz, ex-officio; A. L. Brooke, 
N. Topeka, Kan.; Henry Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; E. Albertson, Bridgeport, 
Ind.; Howard Davis, Baltimore, Md. 
Committee on Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y.; Thomas B. Meehan, 
Germantown, Pa.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Committee on Legislation—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; Silas Wilson, At¬ 
lantic, la.; Charles J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; George A. Sweet, Dans- 
vilie, N. Y.; Robert C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Committee on Programme-George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y.; Wilson J 
Peters, Troy, Ohio; J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Committee on Publicity—C. M. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Ralph T. Olcott, 
Rochester, N. Y.; F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kan. 
Annual convention for 1903-At Detroit, Mich., June 10-12. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., December, 1902. 
HORTICULTURAL INSPECTORS MEET. 
The second annual meeting of the Association of Horticult¬ 
ural Inspectors of the United States and Canada was held at 
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6-7. Prof. S. A. Forbes, state entomologist 
of Illinois, was chairman ; state entomologist, W. M. Scott, of 
Georgia, secretary. The first session was devoted principally 
to a discussion of “ Interstate comity with respect to the cer- 
ification of nurseries.” A uniform law relating to the in¬ 
spection of nursery stock was advocated to take the place of 
the varying state laws. 
At the second session the two papers receiving the most at¬ 
tention were : “ Interstate co-operation for the control of hor¬ 
ticultural pests whose area of distribution extends across state 
lines,” and “ Is it desirable that nurserymen should pay any 
part, or all, of the expense of nursery inspection required by 
law, either directly or as a fee for a certificate ?” This last 
topic occasioned considerable discussion, the general opinion 
being that nurserymen should not be required to pay for the 
inspection. A full report is presented in another column. 
Dr. S. A. Forbes was elected chairman, and Dr. John B. 
Smith, state entomologist of New Jersey, was elected vice- 
chairman of the association. 
PLANT BREEDING WORK. 
In response to a query as to the plans of the committee ap¬ 
pointed at the plant breeders’ conference held in New York 
late in October, for record and publication of plant breeding 
work, C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la., chairman of that com¬ 
mittee, writes to the National Nurseryman : 
“The first thing undertaken by the committee was to ar¬ 
range with the United States Department of Agriculture for 
co-operation in publishing the results of the work. I have 
lately received a letter from Mr. Gallaway of the Bureau of 
Plant Industry, saying that he thinks our plan an excellent one 
and that the workers in the department will soon have a con¬ 
ference to arrange plans for carrying it out. So I regard our 
purpose as accomplished. The plan will probably take the 
form of an annual bulletin, giving results of all the year’s work. 
There is also a likelihood that a national society will be formed 
to forward the work of breeding of both plants and animals in 
the United States. This society will be doubtless of great use 
to the assistants in the Department of Agriculture in furnish¬ 
ing valuable material for the proposed bulletin covering this 
subject. This is as far as I am at present advised, and is not 
given as anything authoritative, but only as doing my best to 
answer your inquiry.” 
NUT GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
The recent convention of nut growers at Macon, Ga., which 
organized “ The National Nut Growers’ Association,” was an 
important gathering of earnest men who had planned carefully 
and then skillfully carried into effect the program which re¬ 
sulted in a substantial organization. 
The nut growing industry in the South, particularly as re¬ 
gards the pecan was receiving considerable attention, but in¬ 
formation was so contradictory, and reliable data so difficult 
to obtain, that progress or profits were uncertain. This chaotic 
condition was being use as a cloak by unscrupulous dealers, 
who painted ros.ate prospects, and sold worthless and faked 
trees and seeds at exorbitant prices. 
The first suggestion for an association of growers was wel¬ 
comed by all who knew the condition of this industry, and 
from a small beginning one year ago it rapidly developed into 
a national organization, officered by men of integrity and abil¬ 
ity, with assured support, and carefully chosen standing com¬ 
mittees for carrying into operation the purposes of organiza¬ 
tion. 
