THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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REPORT OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
OHIO STATE NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION 
The fourth annual meeting of the Ohio Nurserymen’s 
Association met at Columbus, Jan. 10, 1911. The atten¬ 
dance was fully up to that of former meetings and interest 
in the society seemed in no way to wane. 
At the opening session, we had a fine address from Presi¬ 
dent J. W. McNary, also a paper by W. N. Scarff, on the 
value of barn yard manure in small fruit growing, on which 
we cannot do justice here, and trust we may arrange for their 
publication later. 
T. J. Dinsmore read a paper on “Root Gall or Hairy 
Knot,’’ giving a report of the action of the national associa¬ 
tion at their last meeting, and the efforts made to conduct 
experiments with trees affected with root-gall. The pre¬ 
vailing opinion among our nurserymen is that root-gall does 
not materially affect the health, longevity, or fruitfulness of 
the apple tree, and that the laws and the attitude of the 
inspectors are unnecessarily severe in dealing with this 
trouble. 
Sometime before the date of our meeting, the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture sent out a circular letter to the nursery¬ 
men of the state, stating that the department needed more 
funds to carry on the work of inspection, and suggesting a 
special tax on nurserymen and dealers for this purpose. 
Mr. A. P. Sandies, secretary of the State Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, was at the nurserymen’s meeting and presented the 
matter on the part of the State Board. The association 
strenuously opposed such a special tax, on the grounds that 
inspection is authorized by law, created by and for the 
public, and that the public ought to pay for it; that the loss 
from insect pests and the resulting need of inspection is 
largely due to the surroundings, which the inspection 
department is doing little, if anything, to remedy. With 
the improved methods of treating nursery stock by spray¬ 
ing and fumigating, the fruit grower has little reason to fear 
infestation from nursery stock, but the nurseryman has in 
many cases suffered severe loss by infestation from infested 
orchards. Any tax on nurserymen not'shared equally by 
the fruit grower would appear unfair and unjust. 
As it appeared probable that an attempt would be made 
to authorize by law a special tax or inspection fee on nur¬ 
serymen, a legislative committee was appointed to harmo¬ 
nize matters as far as possible and to correct some features 
in the old inspection law, not adapted to present conditions. 
A legislative committee was secured, consisting of three 
nurserymen appointed by the association, and three horti¬ 
culturists, appointed by the State Horticultural Society, to 
draft the changes proposed. The committee has had 
several meetings, and the proposed changes have been 
drafted with some prospect that they may be submitted 
to the present legislature for passage. 
At the evening session, the nurserymen and their friends 
were favored with an hour’s entertainment by a reader 
secured for the occasion, also by appropriate selections read 
by President J. W. McNary and by the son of John Sieben- 
thaler, who is attending the State University. 
The association feels that, at the passing of its fourth 
annual meeting with increased attendance and interest, the 
future of the association is assured. 
The officers of the association were re-elected as follows: 
President, J. W. McNary, Dayton, 0 .; secretary, W. B. 
Cole, Painesville, O.; treasurer, W. N. Scarff, New Carlisle, 
Ohio. 
W. B. Cole, Secretary. 
GRIFFING BROS. EXPAND 
Ed. National Nurseryman; 
We have increased our nursery business, taking on 
nurseries at Port Arthur and McAllen, Texas, also at Miami, 
Fla. It is our intention to grow one of the most complete 
lines of stock ever offered in the South, covering the entire 
South from extreme South Florida to the Rio Grande River. 
Our line of trees is peculiar to the South, and such as many 
nurseries doing some business in the South have occasion to 
need every season. We have built up a fine line of business 
in the wholesale way, furnishing trees to nurseries in the 
Central North and North West, to meet the requirement of 
their southern orders. 
The general sales office of the Company will remain at 
Jacksonville, Fla., but branch sales offices will be main¬ 
tained at McAllen and Port Arthur, Texas, also Miami, Fla. 
Jacksonville, Fla. The Gripping Bros. Co., 
C. M. Gripping, Sacy. 
GROWING OF SUMMER APPLES 
J. A. Arnold. 
On nearly every farm summer apples have had a place 
since very early days, and varieties have been developed 
extending the season of apple production over the entire 
summer, as well as autumn. While as a rule this fruit has 
been grown for family consumption, the surplus has found 
its way to market. The marked decline in the production 
of peaches within the past few years has brought about a 
considerable extension of the early-apple industry on a 
commercial scale, which extension has been most marked in 
the Middle Atlantic States, where especially advantageous 
transportation routes, both rail and water, and the proximity 
of large markets have stimulated the enterprise, which has 
its center in the truck-producing region near Philadelphia. 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, as a result of this 
extension, has made a study of the early-apple industry, 
with the Middle Atlantic States as a field, and published the 
information collected in a bulletin entitled Summer 
Apples in the Middle Atlantic States,’’ issued by the Bureau 
of Plant Industry. This bulletin is a compendium of in¬ 
formation covering all phases of the question of early-apple 
production, including soils, climate culture, picking, pack¬ 
ing, marketing, etc. Numerous varieties are.described, and 
seasons and other data conveniently presented in tabular 
form._ 
At the annual meeting of the Ga. State Horticultural Society at 
Thomasvile, Ga., R. C. Berckmans, son of the late P. J. Berckmans 
the only president the society has had since its organization in 
1876, was elected president of the organization. 
