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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc- 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,. THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
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this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New 
York or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Mana¬ 
ger, Rochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all po.nts and articles of interest to nurserymen and 
horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., January, igti. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; vice president, E. S. Welch, Shenan 
doah, Iowa; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y; treasurer, C. L. Yate 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; E. M. Sherman, Charles 
City, la.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; Wm. P. Stark, Louisiana. 
Mo.; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec’y. Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen op Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la.; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louis¬ 
iana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N’ Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River —Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N.Y. 
Legislation West op Mississippi River —Peter Youngers, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-operation with Entomologists —J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la. 
Program —J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O. 
Publicity— Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Exhibits —J. W. Schuette, 5600 GravoisAve., St. Louis, Mo. 
Arrangements— John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Painesvule, O., 
F. A. Weber, Nursery, Mo. 
Editing Report —John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; Prof. John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entertainment —F. A. Weber, Nursery, Mo. 
Forestry—A. 1. Brown, Geneva, Nebr. 
Co-operation with Fruit Growers and Associations —J. M. Irvine, St. 
Joseph, Mo. 
Trade Opportunities —Jefferson Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Nurserymen’s Share in Civic Improvement—J. Horace McFarland, Harris¬ 
burg. Pa. 
Root-Knot —E. A. Smith, Lake City. Minn. 
Membership —John Watson, Newark, N. Y. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckman 
Augusta, Ga.; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Pa. Meets annually 
in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant. Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in' 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Okla. Terr.; 
secretary C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President—E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, C. W. Atwater, Collinsville, 
Conn. Secretary, John S. Barnes, Yalesville, Conn. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually iii 
January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
secretary, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N Y. 
National Nurserymen’s Association of Ohio—President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, O. 
secretary, W. B. Cole, Painesville, O. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, Geo. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; 
secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson. Tacoma. Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa., secre¬ 
tary, Earl Peters. Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—Pre.sident, R C Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—J. B. Baker, Ft. Worth, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman. Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—^President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kans. 
secectary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Karu Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
It is an exceedingly difficult thing at the 
ATTRACTIVE Present time to get out of the ordinary 
rut in the making of horticultural pro¬ 
grams. The Secretary of the Indiana 
Horticultural Society, however, seems to 
have succeeded in this respect the present year. He has pro¬ 
vided an exceedingly attractive little brochure of the semi¬ 
centennial meeting of the Indiana Horticultura .1 Society, 
held at the State House, Indianapolis, December 7 and 8. 
This is artistic in make-up, very suggestive in matter, and is 
embellished with a sufficient amount of spicy material aside 
from the matter-of-fact program material as to render it a 
very readable document. 
At this meeting, two cha,rter members of the Society 
were present. These were Mr. Abraham Trueblood of 
Anderson, Indiana, and Mr. E. Y. Teas, the well known 
nurseryman of Centerville, Indiana. The program an¬ 
nounces tha.t these “alone are left of those who were present 
at the birth of our Society, who watched over our infancy 
and gave of their strength to our youth a,nd by whose 
counsels we have profited through half a century of adver¬ 
sity and success.’’ 
This editorial is for the purpose of urgmg 
WILLIAM the re-appointment of William Pitkin as 
PITKIN, STATE commissioner in charge of fruit, flowers, 
FAIR COM- and farm produce at the New York State 
MISSIONER Fair. Mr. Pitkin has been in charge of 
this department for the last three years. 
Under his direction the exhibits have increased in quantity, 
in quality, and notably in educational value. In 1907, 
there were 25 exhibitors; in 1910, there were 142 exhibi¬ 
tors, or an increase of over four hundred and fifty per cent. 
In 1907, only three county or grange exhibits were staged; 
in 1910, there were eight of these district exhibits. In 
1907, there were only eight collections of fruit, while there 
were 44 in igio. As an instance of the growth of the ex¬ 
hibits of worthy single varieties, it may be noted that there 
were only two plates of McIntosh apples exhibited in 1907, 
while there were in 1910. This is the kind of educa¬ 
tional work the fair is expected to promote. 
Since Mr. Pitkin has taken charge of the department, 
these educational features have been constantly emphasized. 
The exhibits of the two state fruit growers’ associations 
have increased in size as well as educational and commer¬ 
cial value. 
The work of the department of fruit has been conducted 
on strictly business principles and as economically as pos¬ 
sible. The fruit men of the state who are interested in 
having a strong, well equipped, nationally conducted 
department of fruit, flowers, and vegetables at the State 
Fair should use their influence in seeing that Mr. Pitkin is 
continued in office. 
SELECTION 
VERSUS 
BREEDING 
“Progressive 
We have been much interested to note 
the growing interest of nurserymen in 
the matter of improving varieties by 
selecting favorable variations. An at¬ 
tractive pamphlet just received entitled 
Horticulture,’’ being the catalogue of the 
