THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Our Gxcbanges 
COST OF HARVESTING AN APPLE CROP 
E. H. Shepherd, a prominent fruit grower of Hood River Valley 
and the editor of the well known journal, Better Fruit, submits the 
following schedule of expenses as covering the cost of harvesting an 
apple crop. The items are based upon the western apple box, which 
is taken as the unit of measurement. 
Packing. $0.06 
Hauling. .03 
Box . .10 
Paper. 05 
Wiping and grading. .05 
Nailing . .01 
Orchard hauling. .01 
Picking . .07 
Help in packing house. .01 
Box making . .01 
To this might be added an approximate estimate of the cost of 
cultivating and pruning of about five cents per box, and the spraying 
will probably cost five cents per box per year, making the cost of 
production about fifty cents per box. 
PROTEST ON CUSTOM LEVY ON DUTY ON EVER¬ 
GREEN SEEDLINGS 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
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Sir: The Board of General Appraisers have handed 
down a decision in the matter of our protest. Our conten¬ 
tion was that seedlings were seedlings, regardless of age, or 
size, or whether transplanted or not; and that the Ways and 
Means Committee very evidently intended that they should 
come in free of duty. These contentions have all been 
upheld by the Board of General Appraisers, and those who 
have filed protests against payment of 25% ad valorem on 
evergreen seedlings will have the amount collected refunded 
to them. A copy of the decision is enclosed for your 
information. Jackson & Perkins Company, 
John Watson, Secretary. 
In the matter of protest 420,864 etc., of Jackson & Perkins Co. 
against the assessment of duty by the collector of customs at the port 
of Rochester, N. Y. 
Before Board No. 3 
Waite, General Appraiser; These protests relate to various 
kinds of plants, which were assessed under that part of paragraph 
264, tariff act of 1909, which reads as follows; 
264.. . .stocks, cuttings and seedlings of all fruit and ornamental 
trees, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and vines, and all trees, 
shrubs, plants, and vines commonly known as nursery or greenhouse 
stock, not specially provided for in this section, twenty-five per 
centum ad valorem. 
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Protestants claim they should be free of duty under paragraph 
668 as “evergreen seedlings.’’ 
Some testirnony was taken in the case and the witnesses agree 
that the items involved are evei greens and were without question 
produced from seed, as distinguished from plants propagated by a 
cutting, budding or grafting. It would seem, as nearly as we can 
judge from invoice descriptions, that some of the items involved are 
transplanted goods; whether these should be considered evergreen 
seedlings does not clearly appear from the records. We are unable 
to determine, from the testimony of the two witnesses in the case, 
that any well-recognized trade meaning attaches to the term “ever¬ 
green seedlings.’’ In fact, one of the witnesses states that some 
confusion exists in the trade as to the use of the term. It has been 
held that in order to give to an expression a special trade meaning 
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P. OUWERKERK, 
No. 216 Jane St., Weehawken Heights, Hoboken, N. J. 
Rhododendrons, Clematis, H. P. Roses, Hardy Azaleas, 
Paeonies, Magnolias, Box Trees, Fancy Conifers, Hydran¬ 
geas and Shrubs, our specialties at our HOLLAND NUR¬ 
SERIES. - Some of the goods on hand here during the 
packing season. 
BOX STRAPS 
WARD-DICKEY STEEL COMPANY 
Manufacturers of Planished Sheet Steel 
INDIANA HARBOR, IND. 
GRAPE VINES 
We offer for Fall and Spring delivery the largest and 
most complete stock of GRAPE VINES in strong grades for 
nurserymen and dealer’s trade. 
We also have an extra fine block of President Wilder cur¬ 
rants which have made a strong growth. 
SEND LIST OF YOUR WANTS FOR PRICES 
T. S. HUBBARD COMPANY 
Established 1866 FREDONIA. N. Y. 
WE issue to members a Credit List with quarterly sup¬ 
plements. The list now contains between 7000 and 
8000 names. Membership fee $10.00, including privilege of 
obtaining unlimited number of ratings at cost. We also 
collect accounts at standard rates. 
National Florists’ Board of Trade, 56 Pine St., New York. 
PeacSi Trees 
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all leading market sorts for Fall 1910 and Spring 1911 
MYERS & SOKfp BirM^@v5U©s D®Eo 
The Southwestern Nursery Co. 
of OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA 
will have for late Fall and early Spring an exceptionally fine lot of 
ONE YEAR APPLE, PEACH, PLUM and BUDDED ROSES; 
TWO YEAR CALIFORNIA PRIVET, CAROLINA 
POPLARS, and CATALPA SPECIOSA. 
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION. 
EASTERLY NURSERY CO. 
CLEVELAND, TENN. 
OFFER FOR FALL 1911 
One and two year Apple; One year and June Bud Peach; 
California Privet, in car-load lots. Also Magnolia, Grandi- 
flora, Arbor-Vitea, Norway Spruce, Md. Plantier, and Balti¬ 
more Bell Roses. Ask for prices. 
A BARGAIN 
IN STANDARD PEARS 
Extra size, 6 to 7 ft.; J 
inch and up 5 to 6 ft.; 3-4 and up. Mostly Bartlett. 
Can also furnish a few of the leading varieties. 
It will be worth while to get our prices before buying elsewhere 
Address, 
PIONEER NURSERIES COMPANY, 
Salt Lake City, Utah. 
