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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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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., April, 1911. 
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. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee —J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; E. M. Sherman, Charles 
City, la.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala.; Wm. P. Stark, Ex-Offi.cio, Louisiana. 
Mo.; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec’y, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la.; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louis¬ 
iana, Mo. 
Tariff —Irving Rouse, Rochester, N‘ Y. 
Legislation East of Mississippi River—W m. Pitkin, Rochester, N.Y. 
Legislation West of 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 Gravois Ave., 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 in 
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—President, 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, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
A prominent member of the American 
ST. LOUIS Association of Nurserymen, writing the 
CONVENTION editorial office, dropped some excellent 
suggestions regarding the forthcoming 
convention at St. Louis, which we are glad to present to our 
readers for their consideration. 
The writer emphasizes the business side of the conven¬ 
tion; not merely the opportunity of the members to pro¬ 
mote personal business but mainly the opportunity for 
business of the co-operative type, that which will further 
the welfare of the nursery craft as a whole. He believes in 
the convention as a place where “hard, consecutive work for 
the good of the Association’’ should be performed. On this 
side of the question, much should be done towards securing 
satisfactory understandings in reference to prices of staple 
lines, and plans for extending trade should be thoroughly 
considered. These are all good points. 
On the social side, our correspondent recommends the 
appointment of a committee for the purpose of developing 
the fraternity spirit, by making nurserymen acquainted 
with each other through desirable types of entertainment. 
Particularly does he point out the important fact that 
relationships between the members of the different sections 
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of the Association, as the East and the West, the North and 
the South, should be strengthened in every way possible. 
This is to suggest that our members take a personal interest 
in the forthcoming convention, with a view of presenting 
notions as to its conduct before rather than after it has 
taken place. 
No one interested in fruit growing can fail 
to be tremendously impressed by the 
FUNGICIDES rapid progress made in recent years in 
combating the fungous pests of the 
orchard. It is less than a score of years since Bordeaux 
mixture was generally recognized in this country as a 
specific against parasitic forms of plant life. Its popularity 
grew rapidly. In the last five years, however, a return has 
been made to a really older type of fungicide, namely, the 
sulphur compounds. These have been used in one form or 
another for many years, and on the Pacific Coast they were 
employed for scale long before Bordeaux became popular 
in the East. ’’ The lime-sulphur mixtures, either home-made 
or in proprietary form, are now being widely employed. 
It is fair to say that much of the progress which has 
marked the introduction of the spraying methods is to be 
credited to the commercial manufacturer, as well as the 
experiment station investigator and practical orchardist. 
Prominent among the men who have worked energetically 
and intelligently for progress in spraying is the B. G. Pratt 
Company of New York. Mr. Pratt has studied the question 
from the standpoint of the chemist, as well as the orchardist. 
His insecticide, known as scalecide, is deservedly popular, 
and he has now contributed a sulphur mixture for the pre¬ 
vention of fungous diseases, under the name of sulfocide. 
The experiences of various orchardists who have been ex¬ 
perimenting with this sulphur compound are given in a little 
pamphlet which the B. G. Pratt Company is distributing. 
All persons interested in this newer type of fungicide should 
