THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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member, an official receipt was enclosed and the new member 
was then told where the Convention would meet, with an 
invitation for him to be here with us at this session. This 
campaign involved a large amount of correspondence, all 
inquiries were answered promptly and some of the replies 
were amusing: One nurseryman from Ohio said he was glad 
I was forming a Nurserymen’s Association, for it was badly 
needed. He didn’t send his $5.00 though. I wrote him five 
times but I never got it. I guess the shock he got from my 
reply killed him. 
Another nurseryman in Wisconsin sent a seven page letter; 
I had to take it home over Sunday to get a chance to read it. 
He said there was a siuplus crop of 37 million barrels of 
apples in the country this season, and the nurserymen were to 
blame. They were a lot of stinking tree peddlers anyway 
and he wouldn’t join. I told him that as his letterhead 
showed that the growing of apple trees was his specialty, he 
was—at least—partly to blame for the surplus; that Apples 
had been eaten ever since Eve gave one to Adam in the 
Garden of Eden, and that the demand for Apples and Eves 
was still on the increase. He sent me a 12 page reply, which 
I haven’t had time to read yet, anyhow he didn’t enclose his 
$5.00. 
Another man said he wouldn’t join because he had been 
turned down for membership in the Protective Association. 
He said his credit was good and that he wouldn’t join the 
Association unless I promised to get him elected to the Pro¬ 
tective Association. He’s still a non-member. 
If you get a real live member to carry on my work—as I 
hope you will do, he will be kept pretty busy, but whenever 
you want a thing done—and done right, go to the busy man— 
the other kind haven’t time. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Jas. McHutchison, 
Chairman Membership Committee. 
A FLYING TRIP TO STORRS AND HARRISON’S 
NURSERIES • 
The electric cars which parallel the New York Central pass 
right through the mrrsery. Getting off the car we were met 
by the genial John Dayton. Passing through the service 
yard of this big concern, which contains its packing sheds, 
storage cellars, stables, implement houses, greenhouses well 
arranged for handling their large diversified business, we came 
to the offices, where we were duly introduced to Mr. George. 
’Tween seasons in a nursery office is not like a stock 
exchange in session. “How’s business been the past season, 
John?’’ “Pretty good in ornamentals, we got caught in the 
slump in fruit stock, especially apples. We knew it was 
coming, but, like the rest, did not know when to get from 
under.’’ 
“Planting is pretty well in hand, although we could do a 
lot more if it would rain. Stock that has been planted needs 
it bad.’’ 
“Here’s the rig if you would like to take a run through the 
niu'sery.’’ 
“That is a fine stand of young Planes.’’ “Yes, the late 
frosts did not seem to hurt them. I hear Tom Meehan had a 
block badly nipped.’’ 
“My, but S. & H. grow some Roses.’’ “Yes, we have 
about 700,000 stocks planted and if rain comes .soon it will be 
a good stand.’’ 
“George, that is the best stand of Apples we ever had.’’ 
“Yes, and Peaches are in pretty good shape.’’ 
“What acreage have you, John?’’ “Oh! about 1500 
acres, some of it gets tree tired and we put it down in rye and 
clover. Cutting the rye before it is ripe for baling straw it is 
much tougher and better than straw upon which the grain has 
ripened; then we get a crop of clover to plough under to 
bring the ground back in shape.’’ 
“Currant layers don’t look very good.” “No, they are 
worse than the Gooseberries and there is not enough of them 
to count.” “What is the trouble?” “Late planting, I 
guess.” 
“That is a pretty block of Berberis Thunbergii.” “Yes, 
wish it was ten acres.” 
“That block of Silver Maples looks prime, pretty even two 
inch stock.” “Yes, that is our best tree.” 
“What are you doing with so many Aralia spinosa? Is 
there a market for them?” “There will be by the time we 
have dug them up and put them on the diunp.” 
“Frau Karl Druschki Rose is a good thing.” “You bet. 
There is no ‘next best’ in the white H. P.” 
“Peonies made a poor show at Cleveland last week.” 
“Yes, I think the late frosts got them. Martin Kohankie 
showed a good vase of Jules Elie. Did not see anything in 
the novelties that showed up very strong. Pity it’s such a 
poor show flower.” 
“You will be in the market with Gingko one of these days 
by the looks of that young stock.” 
“Your soil seems to be uniformly good. There does not 
seem to be many poor spots.” “Well, we have some and 
some wind from Canada that is the real thing for stripping the 
peach buds, but nothing develops character like adversity in 
trees as well as men. That accounts for the sterling character 
of nurserymen in general.” “Smoke?” “Thanks.” John 
reflectively “Some nurserjmien must have had a soft snap.” 
“You grow a great quantity of Chestnuts, evidently the 
blight has not reached this country yet.” “If we don’t find 
the blight soon it won’t be because the inspectors have not 
looked for it. They are almost camping in the Chestnut 
blocks.” 
“That is a splendid block of young evergreens.” 
“Isn’t that a glorious color in those Golden Elder?” 
“What is that blue streak over there?” “Anchusa Drop- 
more variety.” 
“That is quite a bunch of perennials. Hardly thought 
you would have got your nursery in such good shape so soon 
after shipping.” “We usually figure on getting cleaned up 
by the Fourth of July. It is pretty hot and dry.” 
• “If you gentlemen have a nurseryman’s constitution 
maybe you would like to sample our poison well. Although 
there was a barrel of bug poison put in it when it was first 
made it is more wholesome than Convention Cocktails.” 
“Look out for the cars. Here is where Skidelsky nearly 
got killed.” 
“Good-bye, John. Good-bye, George, You have a great 
nursery I” 
