THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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these two days also the Society for Horticultural Science 
will consider the problems of plant-breeding, college methods 
of teaching pomology and horticulture, and various other 
strictly scientific phases of the general subject of horticulture. 
Plans are in the making for an excursion to Baltimore to 
inspect the fruit exhibit of the Maryland State Society the 
morning of the 22d. For further information write the 
Secretary of the American Pomological Society, E. R. Lake, 
Washington, D. C., 2033 Park Road. 
UP-TO-DATE NUT GROVES 
The Sober-Paragon Chestnut Groves of C. K. Sober, 
Lewisburg,, Pa., cover upwards of 400 acres and contain at 
least 50,000 trees in bearing, ranging from six to fourteen 
years old. 
These seedlings are then grafted when two and three years 
old with scions from special trees of the true Sober-Paragon. 
The Sober-Paragon does not come true from seed so that 
grafted trees are the only ones that can be depended upon. 
PLANTING BARBERRY HEDGES IN THE FALL 
Fred Haxton, Nurseryman, 4717 Winthrop Ave., Chicago, 
writes: 
Of possible interest to you, as showing the comparative 
merits of fall and spring planting, is the result of an investiga¬ 
tion I have just completed among those who planted hedges 
of my Japanese barberry last fall. Every buyer except one 
reported that the hedges were in excellent condition, and that 
one, a resident of Huntington, W. Va., said the plants made a 
good growth early in the season, but that 96 out of 400 ngw 
AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD SOBER-PARAGON CHESTNUT TREE. 
This tree bore one bushel of nuts in 1912 . Buildings of C. K. Sober, Lewisburg, Pa., in the background. 
The groves are all laid out in sections loo feet wide with 
every seetion numbered. This greatly facilitates the case and 
harvesting of the nuts which is now Oct. i8th in full swing. 
The nuts are threshed out of the burrs in much the same way 
that grain is. Mr. Sober has invented his own machine for 
the purpose. Its record so far is one bushel of nuts in 54 
seconds but Mr. Sober thinks with everything favorable and 
good burrs to work on the machine is capable of turning out 
one bushel of clean nuts every 30 seconds. 
About 100 bushels a day are being harvested. 
In addition to the bearing groves there are 300,000 grafted 
Sober-Paragon trees ready for the market and about 1,000,000 
seedlings ranging from one to five years old. 
Only bearing trees are sent out and these are eapable of 
bearing the second year after planting. 
The stocks are all grown from Sober-Paragon seed. The 
nuts are buried in sand to keep them over the winter and as 
soon as they begin to sprout in the spring they are planted 
out in much the same manner as you would plant potatoes. 
appear to be dead as a result of drouth which was far more 
severe on shrubs planted last spring. 
The plant of the Spaulding Nursery & Orchards Co., 
Springfield, Ill., that was recently destroyed by fire is to be 
rebuilt at a cost of $1,500. 
Citizens of Eaton, 0 ., have offered $5,000 to Chas. Ernst 
to establish his nurseries there. He has decided to aecept as 
he suffered so much loss from the floods last spring at his 
present loca.tion at Moscow, O. 
INQUIRY FOR SIDE TREE PLOW 
To the Editor of the Nurseryman: 
Won’t you please tell me who sells the one side tree plow? 
I am in the market for one and would appreciate your helping 
me to find one. 
A. M. 
Will some reader please give this information ? Editor. 
