THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
389 
One of Florida's Products—C. F. Barber, McClenny, Fla. 
Southern Nurserymen's Convention 
Cherry trees are making up better than they have in 
several years and they will run very heavily to the first grade 
and I do not believe there will be many left in surplus. 
Sweet cherry trees seem to be quite scarce at the present 
time. 
Peach trees are as plentiful as apples but they have made, 
on an average a very poor growth in this state. There are 
very few blocks of g(jod ])eaches, most of them will run mostly 
to the second and third grades. I do not know any varieties 
that are short. All varieties seem to be in big surplus the 
same as apples. 
1'here seems to be a larger demand each year for small 
fruits, and this year, it looks as though .small fruit stock 
will be scarce owing to the extremely dry season we have had 
and I am looking for all varieties being short more or less. 
Yours truly, 
Rochester, N. Y. Allen L. Wood. 
Our biLsiness at this date for next fall and spring delivery, 
has been quite satisfactory, being only a few hundred dollars 
behind what it was last year. 
We have had an uni)recedented drought and exces.sively 
hot weather throughout the west, during the past two months; 
but with the advent of our usual fall rains, we think the 
farmers will^spon forget their troubles, and the usual amount 
of businessywilLbe ‘‘rolled^jUpJi.,by April first. 
The,growing nursery^s,tqck has done reasonably well, and 
there seemsjto be a sufficient .supply to meet the demands 
of our western trade. 
We are some-what long on apples and peaches, but think 
that everything will be cleaned out by the close of the season. 
There; is a, strong demand-for cherries, grapes, plums, 
and pears, which would indicate that there is not an over 
supply of this stock. 
The temperature has moderated greatly during the past 
two days, and our usual fall rains are beginning now to put 
in appearance. We feel that bu.siness 'will be “booming” 
along at its usual pace within the next thirty days. 
Yours truly, 
Des Moines Nur. Co. 
R. ('. Beikinans, E. W. Chattin and Harvey Tenipletod “ lining 'em uj)” for the Order 
of the Yellow Dog. 
Southern Nurserymen's Convention 
Our nursery stock has made a very satisfactory growth 
this season, though not as luxuriant as .some seasons, owing 
to the continued dry weather from June until the last of 
August. Abundant rains since then have brought soil 
conditions to nonual again. 
We have every rea.son to believe that the fall from now 
on until freezing weather will be a most active one with us. 
In fact, if we take no more orders than are now on our books 
we will have every reason to feel satisfied. 
The problem with us now is, how to get enough efficient 
help to attend to orders, es])ecially in our Land.sca])e Depart¬ 
ment. 1'he better class of the buying public are certainly 
becoming very critical and capable of distinguishing good 
landscape work from the other kind, and if concerns in this 
line of business expect to continue they must l)e equipped 
to deliver the goods, in all that this implies. 
Very truly yours. 
New Haven, Conn. The El.m City Nursery Co. 
The Pacific Northwest has had rather more than its usual 
quota of rains this summer, and c.ro])S generally, including 
fruits, are excellent. 
Business in the nursery line did not start off so early as 
usual, but as nearly all kinds of fruit, both green and cured 
are bringing good prices we expect a good trade before the 
season is over. 
Nursery stock is generally in good condition, with a 
prospect that it will be pretty well cleaned up except in Apple 
and Italian prune, of which there is likely to be some surplus. 
Very truly yours, 
Portland, Ore. Albert Brownell. 
The ornamental stock has made a good stocky growth 
the past summer and the prospects for fall business are good. 
There is a good demand in this locality for the plants, largely 
for evergreens. 
The demand for herbaceous plants is increasing. The 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
