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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The largest native tract of Pecan timber in the world is 
the Major Grove at the mouth of Green river in Henderson 
County, Kentucky. This grove is hundreds of acres in 
extent and is solid Pecan timber except a few soft maple 
found in the sloughs. Some of the trees are 5 and 6 feet 
in diameter and 150 feet high. Many of the seedling trees 
bear from 100 to 400 pounds of nuts annually even under 
the forest condition, these yields produce a handsome 
revenue. We may expect them to do better when budded 
trees are set in orchard form and cultivated. 
There are many wild Pecan trees that if saved and top- 
worked by budding and grafting to the better varieties 
would give large returns in a very short time. 
I would urge every land owner to plant at least a few 
nut trees, selecting those best adapted to his locality and 
soil, plant so that your own family may be supplied with 
the cheapest of all foods, a food that is put up in tablet form 
so to speak. One that does not have to be preserved but 
will keep for many months without any special care. 
Transplanting 
Pecan trees should not be transplanted until they are 
well matured in the fall. Early winter or early spring is 
perhaps the best time. For spring planting it is better to 
dig the trees in the fall, trim the roots ready for transplant¬ 
ing and heal them in carefully covering almost the entire 
top, the roots will calous and be ready for growth when 
planted; never expose a Pecan tree to the wind or sun, take 
out one tree at a time and set it, being careful to tamp the 
soil very solid, much like you would in setting a fence post. 
It is well to use dynamite to prepare the holes and loosen 
up the subsoil, allowing twenty-four hours for the fiunes 
to evaporate before setting the tree. 
Propagating 
The writer has given very careful study to the propaga¬ 
tion of the Northern Pecan for the past five years, having 
tried all methods of budding and grafting. The root grafted 
trees have usually winter-killed while the budded trees have 
usually made a strong vigorous growth and withstood the 
past winter even at 20 degrees below zero. 
The writer believes in taking his own medicine and at 
the present time is preparing eight acres of land to be planted 
to Pecans and English Walnuts; this land is rather rough for 
farm crops; the nut trees will be set fifty feet apart with 
Cherry trees planted between. 
I believe the future is full of promise and will pay hand¬ 
some retiums to those who plant nut trees of the hardy 
northern varieties and give them proper attention. Would 
much rather have a nut orchard in the North under my own 
personal supervision than one in the South that had to be 
farmed by proxy. 
NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
The Annual Meeting of the New England Nurserymen’s Association 
was held in Horticultural Hall, Worcester, Mass., on Tuesday and 
Wednesday, February 25th and 26th. The programme included 
talks and discussions by Dr. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist of 
Conn., A. E. Stone, State Nursery Inspector of R. I., Walter C. 
O’Kane, State Agent of New Hampshire and Dr. W. S. Regan, 
Inspector in Mass. The new Federal Law on Inspection and Quaran¬ 
tine and the rules and regulations of the Federal Horticultural Board 
were discussed at length. 
Alany interesting papers were read by prominent New England 
nurserymen. A full account of the meeting will be given in the April 
number of The National Nurseryman. 
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Bvsiness Movements. 
A NEW NURSERY 
George W. Weaver, who for the past three years has been 
connected with the Waxahachie Nursery Company at Tyler, 
Texas, is now establishing a nursery of his own under the 
name of George W. Weaver & Company at the little town 
of Swan, in Smith County, Texas, in the midst of the greatest 
fruit and truck growing section in the southwest. He will 
grow a general line of nursery stock although hi,s specialties 
will be Figs, Mulberries, Grapes, Roses, California Privet, 
Japan Persimmon and Plum trees on Marianna Plum stock. 
R. R. Harris will discontirtue his office at Harrisville, 
West Virginia, as soon as spring shipments are finished, and 
will move to Greenbrier, Tenn., where he has purchased 112 
acres of choice nursery land at that place which is just out 
of Nashville. He has 150,000 Apple which are one year 
graft; 100,000 apple seedlings budded, 100,000 dormant 
Peach buds, planted 200 bushels of Peach seed last October 
and will plant 150,000 apple grafts and 200,000 Apple 
seedlings for budding purposes, beside almost 40,000 Pear, 
Plum and Cherries, beside a fair planting of ornamentals, 
shrubbery and roses. 
The business at Greenbrier will be under the personal 
supervision of Mr. Harris and sons. The business will be 
conducted under the name of the Greenbrier Nursery Co., 
Inc., and is incorporated for $30,000. He intends to do a 
wholesale and retail business. It is the opinion of nursery¬ 
men in the vicinity that the locality is as good as can be found. 
Please answer the following questions in the columns of your paper. 
Why is the Holly not grown by nurserymen? 
Is it hard to grow or hard to transplant, or is it of no value as an 
ornamental tree? 
I notice that hardly any of the nurserymen have it listed in their 
catalogues. 
I am experimenting with about a dozen small ones and would be 
glad to have all the information on the propagation and care of them 
that you can give me. 
S. S. S. 
We are inclined to think holly is not more generally 
grown because it is a little bit difficult to handle. There 
is no question but what it is one of the most ornamental trees 
we have, and if there was good stock on the market, it 
would find a ready sale, as it is one of the broad leaf ever¬ 
greens of which there is never sufficient supply. 
The English holly is used very extensively in that country. 
In fact, it is one of the leading evergreens, being planted for 
hedges, ornamental specimens and endorsed very highly for 
g^ll kinds of ornamental planting. There are a number of very 
^ne varieties, including gold and silver variegations and an 
