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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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In pear trees the demand is not up to fonner years. 
The trees grade as good as usual. There will be a surplus 
of Kicffer and we shall make Kieffer and Seckel our leaders. 
The demand for plum trees will be good and the trees 
will be as good as usual. Our leaders will be Wild Goose, 
Burbank's and Damsons. 
The demand for cherry trees will be good and the stock 
heavy. We shall carry as a leader the variety Montmorency. 
The demand for peach trees will be fair and the trees will 
grade lighter than usual. The Elberta will be in surplus 
and we shall carry’' this and Carman, Heath Cl., Cham]Dion 
as our leaders. 
surplus but the sweet varieties will be short. Our leaders 
will be Early Richmond and Montmorency. 
In peaches the prospects for fall business are very good. 
The trees will be a splendid grade. Elberta, Bush, Smock 
and Crawford’s will be in surplus. 
Our sales are a little in advance of this date, 1912. 
Ornamental stock has made a satisfactory growth the 
past summer and there will be a good strong demand this 
fall for plants in large lots. There is a good demand in this 
locality for shade trees and shrubs. 
The ornamental trade appeared to be better than for 
the past few years. Very truly yours, 
Greenbrier, Tenn. The Greenbrier Nursery Co. 
Block of apple grafts on the nurseries of J. P. Skinner and Company, Topeka, Kansas, containing 200,000 in the 
following varieties: Rome Beauty, Grimes’ Golden Pippin, Jonathan, Stayman’s, Northern Spy, Fameu.se, 
Florence, Transcendent, King, Early Harvest, Wine Sap, Wealthy, Duchess, York Imperial. 
The stock of small fruits is not up to the standard of 
former years. The greatest demand will be for blackberries 
and gooseberries. 
Ornamental stock has made a fairly satisfactory growth 
the past summer. The prospects for fall business are good 
and there is a good demand in this locality. 
The demand for herbaceous stock is increasing in all 
varieties. 
Trade in ornamentals is increasing, particularly in heavy 
stock for immediate effect. Very truly yours, 
St. Louis, Mo. South St. Louis Nurseries. 
The prospects for fall business in apple trees are about 
as last year. On account of the drought the trees will run 
to the five-eighths to eleven-sixteenths, a good per cent will 
be eleven-sixteenths and up. No varieties will be in surplus 
but some will be short. Our leaders will be York Imperial, 
Grimes, Rome Beauty, Sta^mian’s. 
In pear trees we shall only have enough to fill our mail 
orders. We shall be short on plums. 
The prospects for fall business in cherries are good. 
The trees will grade good. There will be no varieties in 
Regarding the forecast on the fruit tree conditions here 
in the west, I candidly admit that I am a poor forecaster. 
In the first place my business is principally growing orna¬ 
mental stock and only in a limited way do I come in contact 
with the growers of fruit trees. In the extreme west, or I 
might say on the Pacific Coast we do not irrigate and are 
dependent upon moisture from up above. Think, however, 
the concensus of opinion is that stock has made a good growth 
and I know we will have a good supply, particularly in apples. 
Just east of us in what is known as the “East of the mount¬ 
ains” country, where irrigation is in practice, growers are 
not dependent upon rainfall and I know have had no serious 
setbacks and as a consequence stock should be good, and 
there is no doubt but what the supply will be adequate to 
all demands. I am afraid my advice along these lines can¬ 
not be considered authentic for the reason I mentioned that 
I am not in close enough touch with the growing end of the 
fruit business. 
Yours very truly, 
J. B. PiLKINGTON. 
Portland, Ore. 
