THE NATINOAL NURSERYMAN 
393 
main roots are so dried as to make it hard for them to produce 
new fibrils. 
With these fundamentals in mind, when we think of how 
trees are often handled when out of the ground, is it any 
wonder they are failures or that trees take such a long time to 
recover after planting ? 
The readiness with which many of the soft-wooded trees 
make new roots, such as the Poplars, Willows, Peach, Apple, 
etc." has led to the abuse of trees when out of the ground. 
Trees with the roots dried out are little more than big cuttings 
that have to make an entirely new root system before they 
can grow. This they will often do if conditions are favorable. 
But take the hard-wooded trees, such as Oak, Beech, Dog¬ 
wood, Birch, and such as do not make new roots freely, and it 
means failure, often under the most favorable growing condi¬ 
tions after planting. 
The preservation of roots while the trees are out of the 
ground, be it on the nursery waiting to be loaded, in cellar, 
packing shed, or in box, bale or wagon going to the cus¬ 
tomer, is one of the very important problems that the nursery¬ 
man has not yet mastered or at least not to the extent that it 
should be. 
A tree properly handled should liot know that it has been 
moved and should make nearly as much growth as if it had 
])een left in the ground undisturbed. 
Every right thinking nurseryman will 
TRADE endorse the decision of the Missouri-Courts 
MARK recognizing the validity of Trade Marked 
varieties of fruits as made in favor of Stark 
Bros. Nurseries and Orchards Company. 
After a nurseryman has spent money, labor and brains to 
produce something new or improved over the old order of 
things and then money to advertise it, it seems quite right 
that he should be entitled to the harvest if there is any. 
Up to the present the horticultural world has been a free 
for all and a man’s life work could be taken away from him 
without so much as “by your leave.’’ 
'Horticulturists, like the physicians, have been grouped as 
human benefactors, the world has frowned on any attempt to 
restrict or reserve to themselves discoveries or inventions in 
their profes.sions. 
The National Nurseryman prints in 
THE FORE- this issue reports from nurserymen in all 
CAST OF FALL sections on trade prospects and the supply 
TRADE of stock for this year. These reports 
make an interesting and instructive study 
and are worthy of the deepest consideration by nursery¬ 
men. 
It is generally conceded that there is a large surplus of 
Apple, Peach and Keiffer Pear and unless there is a marked 
improvement in the demand for these, the “bonfires” next 
June will be even larger than they were this. 
When will nurserymen realize that it is suicidal to double 
their plantings just because the sales of one year exceeded 
those of the previous one? Better by far go short and have 
to buy a few trees to fill orders rather than to grow such 
excess quantities over the normal demand. 
The Society for Horticultural Science will hold its annual 
meeting in Washington, D. C., November 20-21, 1913. 
Fire recently destroyed the plant of the Spaulding 
Nursery & Orchard Company, at Sixth and Hickory streets, 
Springfield, Illinois. The damage is estimated at $1,500. 
QUESTIONS CONCERNING COPYRIGHT 
We note in National Nurseryman an article relating to 
certain names being copyrighted by the Stark Company Of 
Louisiana. We understand that the words “Stark Delicious” 
are the words that were copyrighted. That if they comply 
with the law in regard to the copyright, no one can use these 
two words and others which they have copyrighted, when 
applying to the name of an apple. But does this copyright 
extend to just the word “Delicious” itself, or to some other 
word used to precede' the word “^Delicious” like “Missouri 
Delicious” or “Minnesota Delicious,” etc. 
Further information -upon this subject should be of 
interest to.your readers. 
E. A. S. 
Perhaps Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Company 
will enlighten us on this interesting subject. 
Editor. 
We have found your journal valuable as an advertising 
medium. We are on the market with the nicest lot of 
thrifty, choice young ornamentals in this country. Have 
had a fine growing season and everything is on the jump 
here. 
Yours very truly, 
Atlantic Nursery Co., Inc., 
Per D. W. Babcock, Mgr. 
Chas. A. Ilgenfritz and wife of Monroe, Mich., visited 
Rochester and other New York nursery centers the latter 
part of this month. They were combining business with 
pleasure and seemed to be taking their full share of the 
latter. They have many friends in Western New York. 
“Rob” Chase, Huntsville, Ala., returned from his trip 
to Europe with “Ed” Welch of Shenandoah, Iowa, this 
month. “Rob” could not back into harness right away 
so incidentally spent some little time with the nurserymen 
in the Empire State. Evidently what “Rob” did not see 
in Europe was not worth wasting time on. 
The Niagara County Nurseries, Wilson, N. Y., are build¬ 
ing two houses and a bam on their nurseries at Wilson. 
