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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Doings of Societies 
WINE GROWERS 
The annual meeting of the American Wine Growers’ 
Association was held in New York City on Tuesday, Decem¬ 
ber 7th. A business meeting was held in the parlor of the 
Astor House in the afternoon and the annual dinner took 
place in the evening of the same day. President, W. E. 
Hildreth; secretary, L. J. Vance. 
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE AMERICAN CIVIC 
ASSOCIATION 
The annual meeting of these two important organizations 
will be held in Cincinnati, Nov. 15th to 18th. A very 
attractive program has been arranged and one of the most 
interesting meetings of the association is confidently 
looked forward to. Full information can be secured by 
writing Richard B. Watrous, Harrisburg, Pa. 
AMERICAN BREEDERS’ ASSOCIATION 
This national organization met as a guest of the National 
Corn Exposition, Omaha, Neb., December 8, 9 and 10, 1909. 
Seven sessions were held at which reports of committees and 
addresses by prominent plant breeders throughout the coun¬ 
try were given. Among the interesting features to fruit 
men were reports on the breeding of vines, hardy fruits, nut 
trees and vine fruits. The secretary of the Association is 
W. M. Hayes, Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D. C. 
NEW JERSEY HORTICULTURISTS 
The thirty fifth annual meeting of the New Jersey State 
Horticultural Society was held at the State House, Trenton, 
December 21, 22 and 23. To it came delegates from the 
farmers’ clubs, granges, agricultural and horticultural socie¬ 
ties of the state. In connection with the addresses and dis¬ 
cussions a question box was in continuous use for the recep¬ 
tion of questions on topics of vital interest to horticulturists. 
Premiums were awarded on fruits and flowers grown by the 
exhibitors. 
WEST VIRGINIA HORTICULTURAL MEETING 
The outline program prepared for the 14th annual meet¬ 
ing of the Virginia State Horticultural Society which was 
held in the Auditorium Hall, Winchester, Va., January 5th 
and 6th, was one of special interest from the practical stand¬ 
point of the Virginian fruit grower. The question box espec¬ 
ially proved of great service in throwing light on perplexing 
problems of the orchard. The premium list and schedule of 
classes for the fruit exhibit have been well and carefully 
directed and the exhibit proved to be one of the most 
instructive and stimulating features of the occasion. 
CONNECTICUT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
This Society elected the following officers on November 10, 
1909: President, John F. Huss, Hartford; secretary, George W. 
Smith, Melrose; treasurer, W. W. Hunt, Hartford; First vice-presi¬ 
dent, Thomas W. Fagan, New Britain; second vice-president, J. 
Vidbourne, Hartford; third vice-president, C. O. Purinton, Hart¬ 
ford; librarian, William T. Hall, Hartford; botanist and professor 
of Vegetable Physiology. George W. Smith; pomologist, C. H. Sier- 
man, Hartford; executive committee: J. M. Adams, J. A. Weber, 
C. A. Helfricht, Francis Roulier, of Hartford, and W. H. Shumway, 
of Berlin. 
THE NURSERYMAN AND PLANT DISEASES 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
Sir: 
A Department of Plant Pathology was established at this insti¬ 
tution in 1907. At that time there was no space available for 
properly housing the Department in the College of Agriculture and 
what little work was done had to be conducted in odds and ends of 
rooms about the campus. During the spring of 1908 quarters for 
the Department were finally completed. Since that our time has 
been very largely taken with teaching work and getting ourselves 
established in the new quarters. 
During all this period I have felt that we were not discharging 
our full duty toward .the agricultural papers of the State. We have 
been able to contribute little or nothing in the way of articles for 
publication in these papers. Our failure to discharge our duty in 
this direction has not been caused by indifference to the agricultural 
papers but has been entirely the result of the situation in which we 
have found ourselves. There has not been time to prepare such 
articles properly. 
Now that the work is well under way and a fairly large force of 
men engaged in the Department we feel that we can take up this 
additional work with some little hope of giving it proper attention. 
The plant disease problems of the State are many and of great im¬ 
portance. The Department of Plant Pathology at the College of 
Agriculture is doing its share so far as its appropriations allow 
toward the solution of these problems. During the past season we 
have gotten results along a number of lines which have been, I be¬ 
lieve, of value to the growers of the State. I desire, therefore, at 
this time, to place at your service the Department of Plant Pathology. 
We shall be glad to prepare short articles on important diseases or 
plant disease questions, so far as we are able at any time. We shall 
be glad to have you refer to us plant disease questions which you 
receive from your correspondents or subscribers at any time. 
These we shall give special attention and reply to them as promptly 
as we can and in such a shape that they may be used for publication. 
I should be very glad to have suggestions from you in regard to sub¬ 
jects that may be of interest to your readers as they occur to you 
from time to time. If there is any other way in which you think we 
can be of service to you I should be glad to have your suggestions. 
H. H. Whetzel. 
Note —In reply to this generous offer we think we can safely 
state that nothing in the field of plant diseases is giving the nursery¬ 
man more concern, more annoyance and trouble just now than the 
various root knot and root gall affections of fruit trees. A 
discussion of this subject would be profitable. Editor. 
THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY 
Secretary Hammond says: “The fame of the American Rose 
Society is spreading to the ends of the earth. The people in New 
Zealand have heard of the last Bulletin and write from Wellington in 
behalf of their parks for a copy. 
The Bulletin, giving the doings at the Buffalo Exhibition and 
transactions during the year will be ready for mailing about Christ¬ 
mas. We had an inquiry from one of the private gardeners at 
Madison, N. J., who promises to make an entry for the prize for pot 
grown roses. 
At the Chicago Exhibition The Vaughan’s Seed Store made a show 
on that class of plants which took the ladies’ prize for its general 
attractiveness. In the great city there are thousands of places 
where pot plants may be tended with much attention and made a 
thing of real beauty. In the Metropolis of America, there is no place 
for large or even small gardens, but there are tens of thousands of 
places where a pot rose or two may be placed and we want this fact 
known on behalf of the Horticultural Society of New York . 
