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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Another work with the same title is published by the 
Orange Judd Co and written by Fuller. Price, $i.oo. This 
is not quite as full on certain aspects of nursery work as the 
former volume. Nevertheless, it is an excellent reference. 
Plant Breeding, Bailey, The Macmillan Co., $1.25, dis¬ 
cusses the practical and theoretical phases of plant breeding 
in a satisfactory manner. It also describes the technicality 
of the operation. 
Plant Breeding, Hugo DeVries, Open Court Pub. Co., 
$1.50, covers practically the same ground, and is a worthy 
work. 
THE BEST WAY TO RIPEN PEACH AND APPLE 
STOCK IN NURSERY 
A correspondent wishes to know whether any nurseryman 
has discovered a means of hastening the ripening of peach and 
apple wood by the employment of any method other than the 
management of the soil. Can the growth be safely and 
properly checked by the use of copper salt sprays ? Will any 
nurseryman having experience in this give our correspondent 
the benefit of his practice? Who will answer? 
Obituary 
DEATH OF WM. H. MOON 
A well known figure in nursery circles passes away at his home 
in Morrisville, Pa., suddenly on November 18th. 
Buried on November 22nd. 
William H. Moon was born March 6th, 1849, himself, the 
son of Mahlon Moon, a pioneer Nurseryman of Pennsylvania. 
His early education was received at private and boarding 
schools, finishing with a course at business college, after which 
his desire ran to a banking career, but he was persuaded^from 
this by his father and he entered the nursery business in 
which he pushed forward from the first. 
In 1872, he engaged in business for himself, purchasing a 
farm'of 100 acres, using 20 acres for his nursery purposes and 
renting the remaining portion to a farmer. From the first 
as had been the case with his father, he devoted most of his 
attention to the growing of ornamental trees and was always 
a believer in the policy that it was better to produce carefully 
grown stock to be sold at a good price than inferior stock to 
sell at a low price. He was therefore, always an advocate of 
high prices for nursery stock, believing that the nurseryman 
was entitled to a good living and profit for his labors. 
He was one of the early extensive growers of Evergreens 
and at the time of his death was perhaps one of the largest 
growers of Evergreens in the country. 
In 1890, he incorporated his business taking in with him 
his brother James M. Moon. His business grew steadily from 
the first and at the time of his death the nursery had extended 
in area until it covered nearly or all of five farms approxima¬ 
ting 500 acres, all the land being located in one solid block. 
Mr. Moon was active in affairs outside of his business, both 
in his home community and in the National Association. He 
was the founder and an active member of the Pennsylvania 
Nurserymen’s Association; he was also a member of the 
National Nirrserymen’s Association, The Ornamental Grow¬ 
er’s Association, The American Academy of Political Science, 
and The American Geographical Association. He was the 
President and a very active member of one of the most flour¬ 
ishing Libraries in Eastern Pennsylvania and was also 
interested in the Pocono Manor Association which is develop¬ 
ing a large tract to form a summer colony in the Pocono 
Mountains in Pennsylvania where he had a summer home. 
At the time of his death he was a Director of the Yardley 
National Bank. 
Wm. H. Moon was the fourth descendent of the Moon 
family to be interested in Horticulture. His grandfather and 
WILLIAM H. MOON 
great grandfather were prominent in their home communities 
and deeply interested in growing and disposing of stock in a 
small way. There are books and receipts still held by the 
family of trees being sold as early as 1759. Several trees in 
one of these early orchards are still in good condition within 
seven miles of the present nurseries. 
Mr. Moon is survived by four children, two daughters and 
two*sons,[who have been associated withhim in his business and 
will carry on his work as before. Mrs. Moon died in July last. 
Mr. Moon was for many years well known and a highly 
appreciated member of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men. He was the personification of genial good nature. He 
was broad minded and progressive and the loss to his com¬ 
munity as well as to national nursery interests is great. It is 
most gratifying to know that the policies and traditions of 
the company will be continued by his sons and daughters. 
F. A. MILLER 
We are apprised, as the journal goes to press, of the death 
of F. A. Miller of Fmitvale, California, which occurred on 
November 18.^As in the case of Mr. Moon, it appears that 
death came very suddenly. Mr. Miller was a resident of San 
Francisco until a short time since, when he moved to Fruit- 
vale. He was one of the oldest dealers in tree seeds on the 
Pacific Coast, and was a man well recognized for his sterling 
honesty and uprightness of character. His sudden death will 
be greatly regretted by his many friends in the seed trade 
throughout the country. 
