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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
FIG CULTURE ON THE COAST 
The “Calimyrna” fig has been fully tried out in Cali¬ 
fornia, and the insect necessary for producing it has also 
been thoroughly established, and it is only a question of time 
when California, particularly the interior valleys, sections of 
Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico, will be producing suffi¬ 
cient figs, not only to supply the United States,but Australia, 
and it would not surprise me at all, if we finally shipped 
figs to Europe. If anything, the Calimyrna figs grown in 
California are very much sweeter than the imported figs, and 
the greater care with which they are handled is sure to create 
an active demand for them. 
Very truly yours. 
Geo. C. Roeding, 
President and Manager. 
OREGON NURSERY CONDITIONS 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
Your favor of Nov. 25th was duly received, and answer 
delayed, expecting to be able to get some of the information 
you desired from our growing department; but up to date 
we have not been able to get hold of this information on 
account of the busy digging and shipping season we are 
passing through. Later, we will try and send you informa¬ 
tion you request upon implements and labor saving 
machinery. 
We may say, however, in answer to your fourth question 
that tree strippers have not been found practical in our sec¬ 
tion of the country and we have not been able to get any 
service from them. So far as Pacific Coast conditions are 
concerned, we believe they are of no value to the nursery 
business. 
We cannot at this time name any new fruits of excep¬ 
tional merit that have been introduced just lately. We are 
testing out several new varieties ourselves, but at the 
present time do not care to say anything about them. 
Probably at some future date, we may be able to give you 
some information along this line. 
Referring to general nursery activities on the Pacific 
Coast, will say that there never has been a time in twenty 
years in which there was so great a demand for nursery stock 
and such a low supply of number one grades in the standard 
varieties as this year. At the present time, there are very 
few trees of number one grades in commercial sorts left 
unsold. This is largely due to shortage in growth amongst 
the growers of bench grafted trees in the irrigated sections. 
Apples are leading in demand again this year, as they have 
in the past two years, and it looks now as if the big boom in 
apple planting on the Pacific Coast would continue for at 
least another year, as preparations are being made now for 
extensive activities in this line for next season. Weather 
conditions on the Pacific Coast have been ideal for nursery 
and other outdoor work during this fall, and everything is 
in good shape at the present time. 
M. McDonald, 
Oregon Nursery Co. 
VALUABLE INFORMATION ON IMPLEMENTS 
The following implements are some of the best for 
nursery cultivation: 
Clark Cutaway Harrow; Drags of weather-board—2 in. 
lumber; Captain Kidd Cultivator, (Disc); Shovel Cultiva¬ 
tor for heavy work, (Avery Comet No. 6); Best all-round 
Shovel Cultivator, (Racine-Sattley); Surface Cultivator, 
3-row gang, (Stark Bros.). 
This last item is our own design; takes one team, a man 
and two boys to cover three rows. We use sub-soilers for 
fall plowing, and the Louisville for spring planting. The 
latter is manufactured by the Avery people of Louisville, 
Kentucky, and is more of a stirring sub-soiler than a dia¬ 
mond built plow, d he turtle-back sub-soiler is also good 
for stirring the ground in the spring. 
The tree stripper is a great labor-saving device, and is of 
great value in our work from the middle of the digging 
season until late fall digging. Of course it can not be used 
in the early part of the digging season or in the hot weather 
as satisfactorily as later on. It will strip from 50 to 100 
trees per minute, and Prof. Taylor, when he was here, kept 
tab on the men, and they handled as high as 260 a minute. 
The wrapping machine is another one of our Mr. Reed’s 
labor-saving implements, and is very satisfactory. It does 
good, smooth work, and does it fast. 
SPRAY OUTFIT 
We have a spraying outfit, adapted from the old Pierce- 
Loup type. We have a gasolene engine and the compressor 
in the middle of the wagon, with the barrels, etc., on the 
front end. Across the back end of the wagon, we have 
eight 26-gallon steel tanks which serve as a reservoir for the 
air. We have a one and two-horse cart which straddles the 
rows, each carrying a 50-gallon tank for compressed air, and 
a 50-gallon tank for spray liquid. 
Think you already know of the King Philip grape and 
Early Elberta peach; also, we have a red grape from Mr. 
Riehl, the Delicious, and are sending it for trial. 
Stark Nurseries and Orchards Co. W. H. Stark. 
DEVELOPMENT OF THE PECAN INDUSTRY 
As it comes to me from observation and contact with men 
interested in the development of land enterprises, I am forced to the 
conclusion that interest in pecan culture is spreading. As a basic 
natural industry, it is bound to enjoy large popularity. I do not 
close my eyes to the extreme probability that there will be occasional 
disappointments, born of misconceptions and perhaps misinforma¬ 
tion. The.se are incident to the development of all kinds of enter¬ 
prises, more particularly, however, of those which have soil and 
climate, f o' f led with n anagement as the controlling factors. In 
the case of the pecan, 1 believe that the industry, properly managed, 
is as sound for the intelligent grower as it is for the honest promoter. 
J.C. 
EASTERN NURSERYMEN’S PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION 
This association met in Rochester the week of the meet¬ 
ing of the Western New York Society, and elected officers 
for the coming year; the officers of the previous year were 
re-instated. Routine business was transacted. 
