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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 pomts 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., June, 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, £*-C>#cjo, 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 —Wm. 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 GravoisAve., St. Louis, Mo. 
Arrangements— John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Painesville, 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. ). 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 Retaii Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. Meets annually in 
June. 
Association of Okiahoma 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, S. P, Bernardin, Parson, Kans. 
secectary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
Decemb^ at Kansas City 
The time for the annual gathering of the 
THE ANNUAL clans has again arrived. When this 
CONVENTION paragraph reaches the eye of the reader, 
the St. Louis meeting will be less than 
two weeks distant. Are you planning to be there? The 
officers and chairmen of committees have been working hard 
for the usual exchange of fact and experience. As in the 
past, members may be assured of a profitable meeting from 
the standpoint of program subject matter. They may be 
certain also that entertainment adapted to the varying 
requirements of the company will be provided. Don’t 
imagine that St. Louis is going to be the coolest place in the 
United States at that time; neither will it be the hottest. 
On the other hand, count on all creature comforts available 
an5rwhere and come prepared to assist in making the meeting 
the most profitable and enjoyable up to date. Each gather¬ 
ing of the Association makes a new record. We have no 
doubt that such will be the case at St. Louis. 
Notwithstanding the gibes and ridicule 
TOP WORKING directed at the notorious variety, Kieffer, 
THE KIEFFER there are many places in the country 
pear where it can be still continued in favor 
because grown with profit. In our 
judgment this is simply an example of the law of adaptation. 
Those regions to which the variety is not naturally adapted 
will be eliminated from the contest. Those regions where it 
is productive and where the climatic conditions are such 
that its highest qualities are approximated will continue to 
grow KiefEers for the canning and cheaper consuming 
trades. 
One of the interesting questions to growers who are out¬ 
side of the Kieffer zone is, what to do with established 
orchards. In the early history of our experience with this 
variety the feeling was prevalent that when it became 
unprofitable it could be easily worked over to varieties 
which the market would handle. Later experience indi¬ 
cates that the problem is not as easy as it seemed and 
experience is filtering in from the rank and file of the fruit 
growers that there are few varieties, except those derived 
from the Oriental hybrids, which have a proper affinity for 
the Kieffer stock. 
One of the troubles is that blight seems to be encouraged 
where the Kieffer is used as a stock. Several instances of 
this kind are recorded. In the Canadian Niagara district 
the Anjou has been worked on Kieffer, but in almost every 
case, if not in every instance, the Anjou has blighted badly. 
At a recent meeting of the Ontario Fruit Growers’ Associa¬ 
tion one orchardist cited his experience in top working six¬ 
teen acres of Kieffer with Bose, with the result that his Bose 
blighted so badly as to practically destroy this block of trees. 
Again, that noted authority, J. 'R. Cornell of Newburg, goes 
on record as saying his experience leads him to believe that 
it is an undesirable and unsafe stock to use. On the whole, 
therefore, the outlook for the Kieffer as a stock is not 
promising. The National Nurseryman will be grateful 
for any items of experience on this general topic which 
our readers may care to send us. 
