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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 
Sercetary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nursery 
Stocks of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United States, 
Canada and Europe. 
OflBcial Journal of American Association of Nurserymen 
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this office by the 20th of the month previous to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. Drafts on New York 
or postal orders, instead of checks, are requested by the Business Manager, Rochester, 
N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nurserymen and horti¬ 
culturists are cordially solicited. 
Address, Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, N. Y., as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., September, 1911. 
AWERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN 
President —J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; vice-president, W. H. Wyman, North 
Abington, Mass.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester, N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—E. M. Sherman, Charles City, la.; H. B. Chase, Hunts¬ 
ville, Ala.; J. M. Pitkin, Newark, N. Y.; J. H. Dayton, Ex-Officio, Painesville 
Ohio; John Hall, Ex-Officio, Sec’y, Rochester, N. Y. 
Chairmen of Committees. 
Transportation —D. S. Lake, Shenandoah, la,; Chas. M. Sizemore, Louisiana, 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 —L. A. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Program —C. J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y. 
Exhibits —A. E. Robinson, Bedford, Mass. 
Arrangements —^John Hall. Rochester, N. Y.; W. H. Wyman, North Abington, Mass.; 
H. P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass. 
Entertainment —J.Woodward Manning, North Wilmington, Mass. 
Publicity and Trade Opportunities— W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Jefferson 
Thomas, Harrisburg, Pa.; Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md.; C. M. Griffing, Jackson¬ 
ville, Fla.; G. C. Roeding, Fresno, Cal.; H. D. Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
Root-Gall —E. A. Smith, Lake City, Minn. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la,; 
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 iii 
June. 
Association of Oklahoma Nurserymen—President. J. A. Lopeman, Enid, Oklahoma; 
secretary, C. E. Garee, Noble, Oklahoma. 
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, E. S. Osborne, 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, P. A. Dix, Roy, Utah; secretary- 
treasurer, C. F. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa.; secretary, 
Earl Peters, Mt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. A. Easterly, Cleveland, Tenn.; 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith. KnoxviUe, 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, Geo. A. Marshall, Arlington, Nebr.; 
secretary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets annually second 
Wednesday in December. 
DEVELOP¬ 
MENT OF THE 
COAST 
REGIONS 
We hear much about the expansion of 
orchard regions on the Pacific Coast. 
We are wont to hear less of development 
in the antipodal section of the United 
States or Canada. Notwithstanding this, 
we should realize that progress is making steadily and 
rapidly in the extreme eastern Atlantic region. Nova 
Scotia exported 35,000 barrels of apples in 1893, 750,000 
in 1909. This promises to be only the beginning of what 
is to come. An enthusiastic orchardist of that region 
prophesies that in ten years the output will be doubled, and 
in twenty years Nova Scotia will send over two to three 
million .barrels of apples to the European market every year. 
Cooperation is developing among the fruit growers in 
that section. A fruit shipping company was incorporated 
some three years ago, and has been a success from the 
beginning. Last year it handled over 20,000 barrels, 
netting to the growers over $45,000. All this is the evidence 
of progress on the East Coast. 
The past decade has seen marvellous 
NUT CULTURE strides in the development of the nut 
IN THE UNITED industry of the United States. The 
STATES walnut and the almond have been grown 
with varying success upon the Pacific 
Coast for say thirty or forty years past; but thus far they do 
not represent great staple fruit industries. These two trees 
are of foreign extraction and they do not seem to have found 
that exact adaptation in the matter of soil and climate 
needed for their successful growth in this country, for it is 
only'the most exact fitting into the needs of a plant of soil 
and climatic conditions that makes for reliable production. 
Probably greater success is promised to walnut culture in 
the Northwest Pacific at the present time than ever before, 
because of the introduction of some French varieties which 
seem to have found a congenial home. This coupled with 
better methods of orchard management gives the future a 
more cheerful outlook. 
The greatest single movement of any orchard develop¬ 
ment feature in this country which has come under our notice 
in recent years is seen in the remarkable strides which pecan 
culture has made in the Gulf states. Years ago Mexico, 
Texas and Louisiana were known and noted for their output 
of seedling pecans. These were the regions which supplied 
the markets of the north. But gradually the pecan area has 
extended its borders and now these older sections are no 
longer the dominant regions. New regions have appeared 
as important rivals. The new era came with the selection 
and propagation of the best of the native seedlings, and not 
the least of the problems was the mastering of the art of 
propagating this nut. This has been done and trees have 
been made available in large quantities. But with the 
knowledge of the high qualities of the pecan nut and the 
possibilities of cultivating it in much of the cotton belt area 
has come an unprecedented demand for trees which is still 
in full swing. Texas and Louisiana are no longer the 
orchard homes of the pecan, for North Florida and South 
Georgia have sprung into prominence and great areas in 
those regions have been planted to this rich and nutritious 
