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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
some new varieties quite in line with the high standard set by 
our introductions of recent years. 
We shall appreciate the opportunity of reading your 
November issue. 
West Grove, Pa. The Conard & Jones Co. 
As a result of the excessively dry weather during June and 
July, the growing season in Delaware for 1911, I find, has 
been most unfavorable for the production of a number of sorts 
of nursery stock. The loss was heavy in newly set cuttings, 
as well as in fruit tree stocks set in the early spring. Condi¬ 
tions were more annoying to us this season, in this respect, 
than in any previous season in my twenty years’ experience 
in the business at Milford. 
Judging from the number of orders which we already have 
on our books for fall delivery, and from the number of 
inquiries for stock that conie daily to our office, especially 
inquiries for peach and apple trees, it would seem that peach 
and apple are the leaders for the present. Today, apple trees 
are much more in demand, locally, than peaches. Kieffer 
pears are still being planted to some extent, throughout our 
State and Peninsula. 
During the past two or three years we have had hardly 
enough stock of our own production, after taking care of our 
large retail trade, to offer stock to the wholesalers and 
dealers; but this year we have about doubled our usual 
plantings of peach and apple, and hope in future seasons to 
be in the game more extensively. 
Milford, Del. The Delaware Nurseries. 
GEORGIA 
The season has been hot and dry in the South, but in spite 
of this, trees have made a good growth where well cultivated 
and fertilized. The hot, dry September has hastened the 
maturity of stock, and it will be in good condition for early fall 
shipment. 
The demand for commercial orcharding is much reduced 
as compared to former years, but there is an increasing trade 
in retail lines which offsets it. There is considerable call for 
apples in the Piedmont seetion of the South. 
The tendency in prices is steadily upward, though the 
advance is not as rapid as we feel conditions should warrant. 
Trees have been sold too cheap these many years, but our 
Southern Nurserymen are coming to realize that they are 
entitled to better prices. 
Our larger nurseries are all making improvements in 
handling their stoek. Larger, better and more modem 
packing houses have recently been built by a number of our 
Southern concerns. Improvements are also being made in 
many lines of field work and in office organization and 
management. To live under existing conditions, our nursery¬ 
men find it necessary not only to grow good trees, but to grow 
them cheap. 
Smith Brothers have recently completed another large 
packing house, which gives them splendid facilities for 
handling their output. In connection with this work, they 
have put in a new water system to supply the packing houses, 
offices and homes, from which they get much pleasure these 
hot, dusty days. Smith Brothers have also found it neces¬ 
sary to build an addition of two rooms to their office to meet 
the growing business. 
This firm has recently added two hundred acres of land to 
their nursery plant, which makes a total of fourteen hundred 
acres. The lands are so located as to give the greatest variety 
of soil from light sandy, to heavy clay. 
Mr. J. H. Smith has just completed a handsome new resi¬ 
dence. Mr. C. T. Smith also has a new home under con¬ 
struction, which he hopes to have completed by spring. 
The location and character of these buildings would indi- 
eate that this firm is in business to stay. 
Concord, Ga. Smith Brothers. 
THE MIDDE SOUTH 
The past season was very unfavorable for the growing of 
nursery stock up until about August first. Since that time, 
we have had plenty of rainfall. 
Our apple grafts and cuttings planted last spring have 
very poor stands, in some blocks not half a stand, especially 
the grafts. Established stock, such as Dormate, made very 
good growth. One year budded apple have made an excel¬ 
lent growth during August and the fore part of this month. 
Trade conditions are equally as good, if not better than last 
season. There seems to be a very strong demand for one and 
two year apple, in such varieties as York Imperial, Jonathan, 
Grimes’ Golden and a few other varieties, including Stayman 
Winesap. We are of the opinion that the last named variety 
is going to be overdone. 
Peach are in good demand. Standard pear and some 
varieties of cherry do not seem to be in quite as mueh demand 
this season as last, however, the prospect for this fall’s and 
next spring’s business seems good. We are enlarging our 
planting considerably next season, in order to meet the 
increased demands for our stock. 
We would be very much pleased, if the management of the 
nursery business could be so conducted that there was more 
distinction of prices between the planters and the nursery¬ 
men. 
Westminster, Md. J. E. Stoner. 
We do not grow anything in the nursery line. We handle 
natural peach seed for the nursery trade. Would state that 
the crop is practically a failure this year and very few seeds 
are being offered. 
Hickory, N. C. Hickory Seed Co. 
Everything is looking good. Business or trade up to this 
time is double that of any other season. We have just 
bought and had our deed to a fine plantation, containing some 
fine bottom land near Bostic, which we will plant to nursery 
stock. 
We are preparing to erect on our grounds in Bostic a 
greenhouse in connection with the nursery business, to be 
used principally for rooting plants, cuttings, etc., for trans¬ 
planting to nursery. 
Our ornamental trade increases each year, and we are 
preparing to more than double our annual output. 
Bostic, N. C. Valdesian Nurseries. 
Although we had a very dry season, we got good growth by 
intense cultivation. A good deal of transplanted stock died. 
Trade conditions are good, with a general line of stock in 
demand. 
Pomona, N. C. J. Van Bindley Nursery Co. 
We had wet and cold weather early, then very dry through¬ 
out the season. 
Spring planting not average stand—heavy loss of ever¬ 
greens especially. Late growth at present of apple and peach 
Trade prices nearly as good as retail prices. 
Apple trees are much in demand. 
Our business increased somewhat this season, our territory 
embracing nearly every state east of the Mississippi. 
We think very many improvements can be made in pack¬ 
ing. Our experience along this line with stock shipped to us 
has been very unsatisfactory indeed, even some foreign goods 
reaching us in unsatisfactory condition. 
Lowry apple is promising. This is an old variety, but 
has only come into prominence the past few years. 
Lincoln Coreless and Early Harvest pears, we think, 
should be discarded. 
Richmond, Va. W. T. Hood & Co. 
