THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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THE ARCHWAY AT MONT EAC.LE. TENN. 
Mrs. E. Fred Rowe, Harrisburg, Pa., near the arch 
THE SOUTHERN NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION, 
HELD AT MONT EAGLE, TENNESSEE, AUGUST 
27th AND 28th 
There were ]n'esent at this meeting about seventy-five 
(75), of the representative nurserymen of the South. All in 
all, it was one of the most profitable meetings in the history 
of the Association. The discussions for the most part were 
infonnal and the nurserymen who were present entered into 
every discussion that came up, and many experiences incident 
to nursery work in general Avere brought out to the profit of all 
present. The next meeting of the association will be held at 
Chattanooga, Tennessee, 4th Wednesday and Thursday of 
August, 1914. Officers for the ensuing year are as follows: 
President, J. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; vice- 
president, Harvey M. Templeton, Winchester, Tennessee; 
secretary and treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tennessee. 
During the meeting the following matters of business were 
discussed and passed ujjon by the Association: 
(1) . Resolution was passed asking for favorable parcel 
post rates on nursery stock. 
(2) . Resolution was ordered cm])owering a committee to 
confer with the railroads of the South asking them to give 
better freight rates on crushed limestone in car load lots. A 
committee composed of Henry B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala¬ 
bama; A. J Fletcher, Cleveland, Tennessee, and J. C. Miller, 
Rome, Georgia, was appointed to take up this work and 
report at the 1914 meeting. 
(3) . The Southern Association endorsed a resolution 
passed by the National and Pacific Coast Associations, calling 
for uniform inspection laws throughout the United States. 
To aid in this work members of the Southern Association con¬ 
tributed $200.00 toward the expense account of the committee 
appointed by the National Association, some of whom had 
already subscribed to the fund raised by the National Associa¬ 
tion. 
On Friday, August 29th, a very pleasant trip was given 
those members of the Association who would go, visiting the 
different nurseries at Winchester, Tenn., Huntsville, Ala., 
and Chase, Ala. 
A. 1 . Smith, Sec. 
THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
The tentative program planned for the “Washington 
Fruit Week” is as follows: American Pomological Society, 
November 17, 18, 19; Eastern Fruit Growers’ Association, 
19, 20; Society for Horticultural Science, 20, 21. 
Dates for the Northern Nut Growers Association have not 
yet been indicated. Plans are being made to devote the 
evenings to picture talks. Some excellent material, both 
home and foreign, has been ])romised The 22nd is for a 
special feature not yet fully arranged. The S. H. vS. will 
hold two sessions each day of its convention period. The 
A. P. vS. and the E. F. G. A. will hold one or two joint meet¬ 
ings, with the A. P. S. covering part of the marketing dis" 
cussions. The 17th will be devoted to committee hearings 
and the placing of exhibits. 
That ought to make a full and very interesting and valu¬ 
able meeting. If you have any .suggestions to offer, please 
send them in early, so that the local committee can utilize 
them. 
A TRADE NAME ADOPTED FOR BEST GRADE OF 
APPLES 
Portland, Ore., Aug.—Leading fruit shipping organi¬ 
zations of the Pacific Northwest made history the other 
day when they announced that their various communities 
would shijj their best apples under one trade name. 
Perhaps if Teddy Roosevelt was asked to give his defini¬ 
tion of the term “Skookum,” the name selected, he would 
say “Bully.” Whether Skookum is really^bully^ or not 
