THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Not only is the quantity shipped increasing rapidly but 
better prices are being obtained owing to the improvement 
in grading and packing and growing appreciation of the 
excellence of the flavor of the fruit. The growers are 
favored by the fact that their fruit is available for the 
European markets during the midwinter months and at a 
time when no fruit of a similar kind is procurable from else¬ 
where. The bulk of the fruit is sold at Covent Garden, 
London’s great fruit and vegetable center, and thence finds 
its way to almost every town in the United Kingdom. 
PROSPERITY IN THE UNITED STATES AS MEASURED 
BY IMPORTS OF LUXURIES 
That the year, 1910, must have been a reasonably prosperous one 
in the United States is indicated by the figures of importation of the 
class of articles usually termed “luxuries.” No more satisfactory 
barometer of general business conditions is found than the figures 
representing the importation of articles purely or chiefly luxuries, 
including diamonds and other precious stones, laces, art works, 
wines, tobacco and manufactures thereof, and other articles of this 
character. This is illustrated by a glance at the yearly record of 
imports as recorded by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department 
of Commerce and Labor. In years of marked depression, 1894 and 
1895, for example, the value of diamonds and other precious stones 
imported dropped—from 16 million dollars in 1893 to 5^^ million in 
1894, million in 1895, and about 6^ million in 1896; gradually 
moving upward again until 1899 and 1900 and reaching a total of 32 
million in 1903 and 42 million in 1907. In the fiscal )^ear, 1908, a 
year of business depression, the total fell to 16%^ million dollars, 
returning to 29 million in 1909, and 48 million in the fiscal year, 1910, 
while the figures of the calendar year will not materially differ from 
those of the fiscal year. 
The figures of diamond importations above cited are merely an 
example of the evidences of prosperity supplied by the figures of 
imports. In automobiles, art works, laces, feathers, furs, wines and 
liquors, tobacco, decorated chinaware, and numerous other articles 
named in the list of importations, the figures of 1910 are large, and 
the importation of articles ustially classed as “luxuries” will show a 
total of between 200 and 300 million dollars’ value. Of laces and 
embroideries alone the value imported during the year just ended 
approximated 45 million dollars, a very large proportion of which 
was of cotton. This class of importations also shows considerable 
fluctuations according to conditions of prosperity or otherwise, 
though the fluctuations are not as great as in the case of diamonds. 
The value of cotton laces, embroideries, etc., imported in the fiscal 
year, 1893, was 12 X rnillion dollars and dropped in 1894 to eight 
million dollars. Again in the 1907-8 period of depression, the value 
of importations of this class dropped from 39 X million dollars in the 
fiscal year, 1907, to 33 X million in 1908, returning to 34!^ million in 
1909 and 36X million in 1910. 
Among the other articles of importation in 1910, which are 
usually classed as luxuries are; Silk laces, 4X million dollars; 
laces of flax and other similar fibers, 4 million; tobacco, cigars, etc., 
33 million; furs and fur skins, 25 million; art works, 21 million; 
spirits, wines and liquors, 20 million; feathers and flowers, natural 
and artificial, ii million; toys, 8 million; mahogany, 3X million; 
jewelry, 2 million; manufactures of gold and silver, 2 million; 
and beads and ornaments, perfumeries, cosmetics, shells, orchids, 
pipes and smokers’ articles, and musical instruments in various sums 
between i million and 2 million dollars each. 
The principal sources from which these luxuries are drawn are, 
in the case of manufactures, Europe; in the case of tobacco, mahog¬ 
any, and other articles of this class, the tropical sections; while the 
25 million dollars’ worth of furs and fur skins originate largely, of 
course, in the frigid or semi-frigid sections of the world. Most of the 
imported laces, whether of cotton, flax, or silk, are made in Switzer¬ 
land, France, Germany, Belgium, England and Ireland; most of the 
tobacco and cigars come from Cuba; most of the art works, from 
various European countries, and most of the toys, from Germany. 
Business jVIovemcnts 
AN ATTRACTIVE CATALOGUE 
There has just come to our desk an inviting publication 
in the form of the catalogue of the Harrison’s Nurseries, of 
Berlin, Maryland. The peach on the cover looks good 
enough to eat. We refer to the one on the branch of the 
tree and not to the picker. The inside front cover shows a 
fine plate of the Yellow Transparent apple, while the inside 
back cover is devoted to the Klondike strawberry. The 
body of the catalogue is made up of attractive scenes in 
orchard and nursery, reproduced in half tone. This pro¬ 
gressive firm is among the prominent plant growers of the 
country. Their reputation is a synonym for quantity and 
quality. 
A NURSERY SPRAY RIG 
Fig. 325 represents a one horse traction power nursery stock 
sprayer, especially designed for large stock, planted in rows 3X f^et 
apart. The wheels track 7 feet and attached to the inner hub of 
each wheel is an eccentric which drives a pump on either side. 
The pumps operate independently of each other and generate 
sufficient power to supply 12 nozzles. The machine is constructed 
entirely of steel with a heavy arched axle, suitably braced, and 
carries a solution tank which holds 65 gallons. 
The illustration shows the rear view of this machine with the 
spray boom in position. The machine straddles two rows of trees 
and will operate successfully in trees 6 or 7 feet high. The trees 
pass under the arch and between the wheels and the solution tank. 
This machine has been tested and is recommended by users, 
notably Mr. D. S. Lake, of the Shenandoah Nurseries, Shenandoah, 
Iowa. 
Attention is called to the arrangement of the nozzles. They are 
so arranged and so placed as to be easily set in any position, and the 
I 2 nozzles thoroughly cover 3 rows of trees. It sprays complete the 
two rows that pass under the machine, and the inside of the two 
adjoining outside rows. 
The tank is made of cypress, the pumps and piping are of solid 
brass. The difficulty with a machine of this kind heretofore has 
been the heavy draft. While this machine will require a heavy 
horse, the manufacturers guarantee that one horse can operate it 
successfully. The above is made by the E. C. Brown Company 
of Rochester, N. Y. 
