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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
A NEW “STARK’S DELICIOUS” APPLE 
The Stark Nurseries and Orchards Company, Louisi- 
anna, Missouri, does not intend the proprietory rights of 
their famous “Delicious” apple shall get away from 
them. According to the press a branch of a “Delicious” 
apple tree growing in the vicinity of Woodbury, N. J. 
sported, producing highly colored fruit, distinct from the 
type. 
GETS $5000 FOR LIMB OF TREE 
THAT PRODUCED NEW APPLE 
Special to “The Record.” 
Woodbury, N. J., Oct. 28—A legal agreement of extraordinary 
character has been filed in the County Clerk’s office, through 
which the limb of an apple tree will bring the owner $5000, and 
possibly a small fortune later. 
Lewis Mood, a thrifty farmer at Ferrell, a few miles below 
this city, has an orchard that has yielded an immense crop of 
the “Stark Delicious” apple, a standard variety. Mood noticed 
a limb on one of the trees that produced a deep red apple, while 
on the other limbs the fruit is of a light color. Special attention 
was paid this limb, and a nursery firm in Missouri was notified. 
A representative of the firm came here, examined the limb 
and tree and reported to the firm, with the result that, accord¬ 
ing to the agreement, Mood is to receive $5000 for the “tree 
limb, the scions, buds and cuttings,” $1000 of which sum is to be 
paid in cash. A royalty will follow, and the balance of the $5000 
is guaranteed. An engineer has taken the measurements of the 
tree, with the exact location, and the agreement covers many 
typewritten pages in legal language. This freak, according to 
nurserymen, was probably caused by a blossom blown from 
some other variety of apple which lodged on the limb, took root 
and yielded the new fruit. 
It is not generally understood that new varieties are 
rarely produced by human agency, they seem to devel- 
ope spontaneously under laws which are but imperfectly 
understood, but as in the present instance credit is due 
to the enterprise, skill and science of those who recog¬ 
nize an improved variation and plan to perpetuate it by 
artificial propagation so that it will not be lost human¬ 
ity. 
OBTAINING THE OFFICIAL CATALOGUE OF 
STANDARDIZED PLANT NAMES 
As all the work involved in the preparation of this 
catalogue has been done and the publication details are 
being carried through by unpaid workers—save for a 
minimum of necessary clerical labor—ordinary commer¬ 
cial relations do not apply. 
Certain of the constituent organizations, including the 
American Association of Nurserymen, the Ornamental 
Growers’ Association, the Society of American Florists 
and American Horticulturists have made annual appro¬ 
priations for several years to cover the necessary clerical 
and assembling expenses. Two members of the Sub¬ 
committee have made guarantee subscriptions of large 
amount to assure the mechanical costs. 
Under these conditions, and in view of the total ab¬ 
sence of any profit-making feature, it is necessary to 
keep the publication mechanism as simple and inexpen¬ 
sive as possible. Bookkeeping cost is avoided by invari¬ 
ably requiring prepayment for copies of the catalogue. 
The Official Catalogue is substantially bound in cloth, 
in a fashion suitable for desk or library use. For field 
use, copies are provided in flexible binding, and those 
interested to make critical and corrective notes may ob¬ 
tain interleaved copies. 
Copies Standard Edition at $5.00.$— 
—Copies Flexibly Bound Edition at $6.50, $- 
Copies Interleaved Edition at $6.50... .$- 
THE OFFICIAL CATALOG OF STANDARDIZED 
PLANT NAMES 
The work on the Official Catalog of Standardized Plant 
Names is progressing now quite rapidly and copy is be¬ 
ing sent in to the printer continually. Proof-sheets are 
out and will soon be down to the letter “L.” 
Many subscribers wonder why they do not receive 
their copy, but no one who hasn’t been on the job will 
realize the enormous amount of work involved in cross 
indexing over and over again as names are changed or 
canceled. 
When it does come out sometime this winter, however, 
I am sure that every subscriber will feel that the wait¬ 
ing was well worth while on account of the far greater 
accuracy in the Catalog. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, 
Secretary. 
MICHIGAN NURSERYMEN GETTING TOGETHER 
Tlie meeting of the Michigan Association of Nursery¬ 
men will be held on December 7th and 8th at the Pant- 
lind Hotel, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 
Business Sessions, December 7th—10 to 12 A. M. 
Business Sessions, December 8th— 2 to 4 P. M. 
Business Sessions, December 8th—10 to 12 A. M. 
Meeting place—Pantlind Hotel Committee Room. 
All Michigan nurserymen are cordially invited to at¬ 
tend this meeting and join in forming an active state 
association. 
B. J. Man ah an. President. 
Michigan State Association of Nurserymen. 
CALIFORNIA PRIVET 
Lester C. Lovett, one of the largest growers of Cali¬ 
fornia Privet in the United States, reports a very great 
shortage of two-year-old privet with quite an abundance 
of one-year-old stock. 
Mr. Lovett is now shipping one and two carloads a 
day from his nursery at Milford, Delaware. He is greatly 
pleased with the quality his Milford nursery produces, 
which is recognized even by his competitors, as equal to 
any that can be raised anywhere. 
In order to supply the growing demand Mr. Lovett 
has just had to buy another farm of two hundred and 
fifty acres, which gives a little over four hundred acres 
at Milford. But in addition to privet on the new property 
he intends going in assortments of deciduous shrubs and 
climbing roses. 
