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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochesver, N. Y. 
President.. THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor.T.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. 
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Rochester, N. Y., November, 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 in 
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, Paul M. Hubbard, Bristol, Conn.; 
Secretary, C. H. Sierman, Hartford, 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. 1 . 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. R. Mayhew, Waxahachie, Texas; secre¬ 
tary-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. 
ANNUAL 
REPORT OF 
THE OFFICE 
OF EXPERI¬ 
MENT STA¬ 
TIONS 
This comprehensive volume contains 512 
pages, making it larger by nearly one 
hundred pages than the similar publication 
of the previous year, 1909. Taking these 
figures as an indication of the increase in 
the work of the experiment stations the 
country over, what an immense factor 
these institutions are becoming in the 
agricultural investigational work of our United States! Do 
we all realize to what an extent the results of the station work 
can help each one of us in our own work, if we are but willing 
to note what is being done, and willing to profit by the find¬ 
ings of those who are better equipped than the busy nursery¬ 
man^ carry out experiments, some of them covering a dozen 
years, with tree and plant growth? To be sure, the results 
found in one state are not necessarily applicable to conditions 
a thousand miles distant; but, at least, we should peruse with 
particular attention the bulletins bearing on our line of work 
that are issued by our own state experiment station. Besides 
these, not a week passes but bulletins of country-wide value 
are issued by the various bureaus of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture at Washington, which the up-to-date farmer, 
orchardist, and nurseryman cannot afford to overlook. Will 
anyone insist on clinging to the old method when the corn 
yield can be increased sixteen and one-half bushels per acre by 
adopting a system discovered by the experiment station, as 
was done in Missouri? The fruit-breeding experiments 
carried on so extensively in many states, for the purpose of 
obtaining hardy or drought-resistant varieties, are bound to 
be of vast importance to the man who deals in trees, be he 
orchardist or nurseryman. 
A glance through the Annual Report for 1910 will surprise 
one who has not kept informed of the work that is being done. 
First, the different lines of investigation are briefly con¬ 
sidered, and a review of the year is given. Then comes a 
careful account of the work of each station. It is interesting 
to note what lines of work are under study in many different 
states, and again to see what varied experiments are required 
by the differing conditions in widely separated states. Fol¬ 
lowing some forty pages of statistics of the colleges and sta¬ 
tions, come discussions and summaries of different lines of 
work. The volume is illustrated with a large number of 
views on experiment station grounds, and cuts showing the 
results of several experiments. 
The following remarks are not instigated 
VAGARIES by any desire on our part to take a fall out 
OF of the local tree inspector, but so many 
INSPECTORS instances of erratic and unjustifiable deci¬ 
sions have come to our attention recently 
that we are very much disposed to call attention to some 
peculiar decisions for the educational value of the record. 
In a recent Washington case, an overly active inspector 
refused a certificate of inspection because he was suspicious 
that the trees were not true to name. He suspected the 
presence of seedlings among those bearing the labels of named 
varieties. He threw out four boxes after making a cursory 
examination of one. This is certainly taking much for 
granted, and drawing a long bow. 
