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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ALFALFA STACK, C. A. LAIDLER’S RANCH, ONE MILE EAST OF TOPPENISH 
Leonard Coates, Morganhill, California. 
W. G. Campbell, St. Joseph, Mo.. 
C. M. Peters and Wife, Salisbury, Md. 
Mr. Vandervoort, Bloomington, Ill. 
C. Ernst, Moseow, Ohio. 
Mr. Cashman, Clinton Falls, Iowa. 
E. Runyan, Elizabeth, N. J. 
T. S. Hubbard Co., Fredonia,-N. Y. 
Fooster-Cooke Co., Fredonia, N. Y. 
Jos. Charlton, Roehester, N. Y. 
Ralph T. Oleott, Rochester, N. Y. 
Marsden B. Fox, Wife and Son, Rochester, N. Y. 
Reilly Bros., Dansville, N. Y. 
C. W. McNair, Dansville, N. Y. 
Mr. McCarthy, Lockport, N. Y. 
Quite a few delegates will join the “Special” at Chicago. 
While this is a fairly good representation, yet it is far from 
being what it should. The Pacific Coast Nurserymen have 
worked faithfully for several years to induce the nurserymen 
to hold the Convention once on the Coast, and they are 
exerting every effort to make the visit a most successful and 
interesting one, and the Nurserymen of the east and middle 
west owe it as a duty to support not only our organization 
but also show their appreciation of the efforts of the Coast 
Nurserymen by straining a point and attending the Conven¬ 
tion. There is still room in the “Special” for a few more 
delegates. Send in your reservation at onee to M. B. Fox, 
captain of the “Special,” Rochester, N. Y. 
“OUT WEST” 
By C. F. Lansing, Salem, Oregon 
When you, our eastern friends, come to Portland in June 
to attend the Nurserymen’s Convention, you undoubtedly 
will note considerable difference between our country and 
your home section. The first to attract your attention wfll 
probably be our scenery. The snow clad rugged peaks of 
Mount Hood, and Mount Jefferson of Oregon; and Mount 
Adams, Mount St. Helens and Mount Rainier (Mount 
Tacoma) of Washington can be seen from Portland keeping 
sentinel over the Great Northwest. 
The Colrunbia River will then be in its glory with its ragged 
walls of rocks towering up two and three thousand feet from the 
water’s edge, with here and there a silvered stream dashing 
down from their heights to join the Columbia on its way to 
the mighty Pacific. The fir trees, the fishing wheels and the 
Cascade Locks, on which the Government spent several mil¬ 
lions of dollars, all will be of interest, and can be seen on the 
free excursion to be given one day of the Convention. 
The heavy timbered section can be reached by only a few 
hours ride from Portland, and no doubt will interest most of 
you. 
We- Oregonians are proud of Portland, The Rose City, and 
we are sure you will fall in love with her too. June is her 
crowning month, and she will be decked in all her splendor 
during the Rose Carnival, which will be in progress about 
the time of the Convention. 
Another thing to attract your attention will be the large 
apple orchards at Hood River, for which Oregon is famous. 
The strawberries from that section will then be in their 
prime, and no doubt, you will have an opportunity to sample 
them. 
The prune orchards of the Willamette Valley will be some¬ 
thing new, and if you have time, it will pay you to run up to 
Salem, and take a trip south of the City and see the great 
prune section. There will also be cherries, such as most of 
you have never eaten; the pears from Southern Oregon, and 
berries of all kinds. 
But I wish to speak more particularly of the Logan berry. 
This berry originated in California, but is grown extensively 
only in the Willamette Valley. During the last two years 
hundreds of acres have been planted. The berry seems 
especially adapted to this climate, as it apparently is unable 
to stand the cold of the eastern winters, and, therefore, 
promises to be almost exclusively a Pacific Coast bearing 
berry. The Logan is a purplish-red berry when ripe, but 
