THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
295 
The National Nurseryman 
Established 1893 by C. L. YATES. Incorporated 1902 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBUSHING CO., Inc. 
Hatboro, Pa. 
Editor 
ERNEST HEMMING, Flourtown, Pa. 
The leading trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers In 
Nursery Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the 
United States, Canada and Europe. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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Hatboro, Pa., October 1918 
Subscribers to ** Nursery men's Fund for 
Market Development" 
The war is such an all peiTading thing 
THE END however niueh we would prefer to talk and 
OF write about other subjeets it is hopeless to 
THE WAR try and do so. Nothing under heaven mat¬ 
ters until it is won. 
Tliat it will he won, there has been no question since 
the United States threw her weight on the side of the 
Allies hut just how long it would take is still open to 
debate. Even if we take the military view namely until 
the U. S. ean exert her full force the end is not in the very 
distant future, and there is every possibility for a turn of 
events that will bring it to a close much sooner. 
Whenever the much to be desired consummation comes 
it is due here long before the nurseiymen can work up a 
stock that will supply the demand that will exist upon 
the country returning to peaceful enterprise. 
Our goods require from one to eight years or longer to 
produce and there are no means of shortening the pro¬ 
cess. It lakes two years to grow a two year tree. 
Those courageous nurserymen who liave gone the 
limit in propagation during the last four depressing years 
are due to reap their Jiarvest soon. 
In an address before a meeting of fanners called by 
the Federal Hoard of Farm Organization at Washington, 
1). C., Gilford Pinchot speaking of agriculture said:— 
“Is the most honorable and necessary of human industries to 
be left out in the reconstruction after the War? The farmers 
themselves must decide. If they elect to remain divided into 
little separate groups, if they prefer to perpetuate the disor¬ 
ganization and disunion which in the past has brought them 
nothing but weakness and neglect, it is within their power and 
th ...ir right. If they choose to see policies adopted, laws made, and 
great decisions imposed upon them by minorities, they have 
but to remain weak and divided and these things will be repeated 
in abundant measure. 
But if weakness and neglect are not good enough for the 
farmers of America, if in the new civilization which is dawning 
they want power in proportion to their numbers, a fairer share 
in the wealth they create, and the just recognition which indis¬ 
pensable services should properly command, then there is work 
to be done and to be done now.” 
Nurserymen will readily see how applicable this is to 
tlieir own industry. There is no time to be lost if our 
business is to be organized and standardized so that it 
can take its place where it belongs. As a fundamental 
developer of the resources of the country, to help to 
make the world more beautiful and heal the scars on the 
souls of men when peace is won. 
That reconstruction will come right after the war is 
without doubt or cavil and it is entirely up to the nur¬ 
serymen if they will be ignored or pushed aside or if 
they themselves will put their industry or profession in 
the place where it belongs right up alongside the most 
important industries of the country. 
I have read an interesting article in your paper for 
September on early fall planting. Am much interested 
in this subject as our seasons are very short here. Now 
do I understand that this September planting in the east 
is a success if stripping the leaves is done? We have felt 
that it was necessary to have the wood ripen up well 
before stock could be moved although we have seen some 
excellent results from early planting the wood slowly 
ripening up after planting. Any information will be 
highly appreciated. We expect to commence early this 
fall and of course are much interested. An early reply- 
will be highly appreciated. J. M. W. 
Ans.—You will find that early Fall, from September 
on until early frost is really one of the best possiblle sea¬ 
sons for transplanting deciduous trees and shrubs. 
The late Edward Meehan, who perhaps had as lon’g 
and as varied an experience in planting as any man in 
the United States, stated he considered it the very best 
season of the year. 
As all planters know, success does not depend so much 
upon the actual season as upon the conditions that exist 
at the time of the operation. If the weather is very dry in 
early September, as is sometimes the case, it is perhaps 
not advisible to attempt to dig and plant, unless water Is 
available, but if the ground conditions are at all moist 
there is practically no danger, and by planting in Sep- 
