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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
we hope to be able to go ahead with our fall business; but the 
mud is very deep just at this time. 
Bloomington, ill. The Phoenix Nursery Co. 
With us the past season has been one of extremes. Our 
planting was delayed by excessive rainfall, and the month of 
May being very dry and hot, we suffered partial loss of the 
stock planted. While the growing season has been anything 
but ideal, our stock in general has made a very satisfactory 
growth. We made the greater part of our planting last spring 
at Seymour, Ind., at which place we shall, within a year or 
two, make our headquarters. 
Trade demands seem to be fully up to the average, while 
our retail business is very much better than usual. 
As a hint on nursery management, we believe that nur¬ 
serymen should exercise very much more care as to their bud 
and scion supply. There has- been in the past much written 
along the line of “selection,” but it has been our experience 
and observation that instead of “pedigree” and “bred for 
bearing” strains, we, in buying buds and scions from the 
average nurseryman, are just about as liable on an order for 
Grimes’ Golden to get Ben Davis or perhaps two or three 
varieties in mixture, as to get the kinds ordered. Mistakes at 
times are liable to occur, but there is no excuse for so much 
downright carelessness. There is so much similarity in 
appearance of some varieties in the nursery row, as for 
instance that of the Ben Davis and Gano, that mixtures can¬ 
not at all times be detected from the genuine. 
It seems to us that the only way that we can be absolutely 
sure of our varieties is to renew our supply of buds and scions 
every few years from bearing trees. 
Rising Sun, Ind. The Cunningham Nursery Co. 
On account of the extreme drought just after our planting 
season, extending until August 15th, with only about ^ inch 
rainfall from April 12th to the above date, our stock trans¬ 
planted last spring suffered considerable damage, but the 
stock that was established did fairly well and made a satis¬ 
factory growth. We will have about our usual stock to 
offer this fall and next spring, but next year we shall be short 
on many items. 
The demand seems to be strongest with us on first grade 
apple, peach shade trees and forest tree seedlings. 
Have purchased a deep tillage plow and are now breaking 
up our ground 18 to 20 inches deep for next spring’s planting. 
By this means we hope not only to conserve moisture for 
another dry season but, be enabled to get our stock out earlier 
in the spring. 
Believe the trouble with all of us as regards varieties is 
that we try to be able to fill any order which comes to us; if 
we could by means of publicity or otherwise confine ourselves 
to a few of the very best varieties, we have no doubt but it 
would be best for both the nurseryman and the planter. 
Greenfield, Ind. J. K. Henby & Son. 
I am 82 years old, feeble and worn out. I attend the 
meetings more to meet old friends than to try to push the 
thing along. 
My son has been helping me only two years, so we are 
really not in the swim. My son wishes us to confine ourselves 
to two or three specialties that we understand. Gladiolus, 
Hydrangea arborescens, grandiflora, etc. We have not a 
fruit or shade tree in the place, so you see our nursery inter¬ 
ests are small. 
Centerville, Ind. E. Y. Teas. 
We experienced a very dry season until about Sept(.mber 
I St, since which time we have had an abundance of rain, really 
more than was needed. The stock that was established and 
had one season’s growth has done well, but the young stock 
planted late this spring has suffered more or less. 
The demand for stock is good and we believe it will con¬ 
tinue. Apples especially are in great demand. We are 
selling quite heavily on one year buds, mostly for commercial 
plantings. 
We recently purchased, a farm of 134 acres adjoining us, 
and will make a heavier plant than usual in the spring. 
There seems to be a tendency among progressive nurserymen 
to grow a better grade of stock than was grown formerly. 
To do this requires new land or the building up of land already 
used. 
It is almost impossible for us to get new lands, but we have 
been successful in perfecting an arrangement whereby we get 
two or more cars (25 tons per car) of manure each week. 
Since September 15th, 1910, we have received more than 115 
cars of manure. 
We believe with our present facilities we will be able to 
grow stock equal to any in the United States. 
Bridgeport, Ind. C. M. Hobbs & Sons. 
The season has been a very unusual one. Early spring 
was very wet, which caused planting to be delayed about 
three weeks, followed by the hottest May we have ever 
known, which caused a poor stand of grafts and seedlings, as a 
whole—only about fifty per cent. This extreme hot weather 
in May was followed by a severe drouth which lasted until 
September ist. Since that date it has been raining a good 
portion of the time. For the month of September the Gov¬ 
ernment gauge shows 15 inches of rainfall. 
Growth of stock has been varied. Two year cherry made 
about normal growth. Pear and apple are about usual 
height, but have not filled in caliper as usual, owing to small 
amount of rain in August. Peach trees have made a very fair 
growth, not tall, but stocky. Grafts are much below normal, 
but are growing very fast since the rains, and will help some 
to make up if they do not grow too late. One year cherry are 
lighter than usual, and we shall not be able to dig more than 
half our usual number. 
Trade conditions about normal, except prices on cherry, 
which are a little too low. Other prices are very satisfactory. 
However, we think the demand will exceed the supply in 
most lines of stock. 
Apple seem to be in great demand, in fact, far beyond the 
supply. Peach are very firm, in good demand. 
Indiana seems to be waking up to her possibilities, and 
there are being more commercial orchards planted than for 
several years. 
Vincennes, Ind. W. C. Reed. 
The season here has been unusual and peculiar. May was 
very hot and the heat continued throughout the summer. In 
this immediate vicinity, we had ample rains until the fore part 
of June, but most of July and all of August was very, very 
dry. The effect of the weather is very materially shown by 
the growth of the stock. Our one year cherry have not made 
up to their usual standard and our two year apple are mostly 
in the smaller grades. During August, when oirr apple 
should have been growing the most, they practically stopped. 
Our two year eherry made a most excellent growth, and are as 
good as we ever had. Fortunately, we got our apple grafts 
planted early and had ample rains after planting. The season 
seems to have suited them exactly; for we have a most excel¬ 
lent stand and a very satisfactory growth. We had a small 
block of apple buds, also, which are as good as we ever saw 
anywhere, many of them being 5-6 feet high and a munber of 
them run 11-16 in. caliper. We, also, secured a good stand 
on stocks and have an excellent stand of buds. From the 
present outlook, we think business will be quite brisk this fall 
and that stock will be pretty well cleaned up in this immediate 
vicinity. We have had a very strong demand for cherry and 
apple. 
Vincennes, Ind. H. M. Simpson & Sons. 
