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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
218 Livingston Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,. THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor, .JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, ... C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900 
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quested by the Business Manager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to nur¬ 
serymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester , as second-class matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., February, 1910. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President—F. H. Stannard, President of F. H. Stannard & Co., Ottawa, Kas; vie, 
president, W. P. Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; secretary, John Hall, Rochester 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—J. H. Dayton, Painesville, O.; E. M Sherman, Charles City 
la ; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
Transportation—W. P. Stark Louisiana, Mo. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Cnas. J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Program—J. W. Hi 11 , Des Moines, Iowa 
Publicity—John Craig, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Exhibits—E. P. Bemardin, Parsons, Kans. 
Arrangements—John Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—John Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
Entertainment—Frank A. Weber, Nursery, Mo. 
Forestry"—C. M. Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind. 
National Council of Horticulture—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, Iowa. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans 
Augusta, Ga.; 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, Okla. Terr.; 
secretary C. E. Garee, Noble, Okla. Terr. 
Canadian Association of Nurserymen—President—E. D. Smith, Winona; secretary, 
C. C. R. Morden, Niagara Falls, Ont. 
Connecticut Nurserymen’s Association—President, John S. Barnes, Yaleville; 
secretary, Frank E. Conine, Stratford. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, W. C. Barry, Rochester. N. Y.; 
secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually in 
January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen —President, Wm. Pitkin, 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, C. Malmo, Seattle, Wasn.; 
secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa., secre¬ 
tary, Earl Peters, Alt. Holy Springs, Pa. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, R C Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
secretary-treasurer, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Tennessee Nurserymen’s Association—President, J. C. Hale, Winchester, Term.; 
secretary, G. M. Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President—J. B. Baker, Ft. Worth, Texas; 
secretary-treasurer, John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Western Association of Nurserymen—President, E. P. Bernardin, Parson, Kans. 
sececcary-treasurer. E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan. Meets in July and 
December at Kansas City. 
There are apparently all kinds of trusts, 
A SPRAY eitherYormed, or in the making. One of 
TRUST the latest we hear of is a spray trust, and 
the plaint comes from the Pacific Coast 
fruit growers that, owing to a combination 
of the county inspectors, the fruit growers are virtually in 
the hands of a spray trust. Such ■ a plaint would raise a 
pretty well defined suspicion that the growers were not keen 
on spraying. They claim that the inspectors force upon 
them a spray which they themselves compound, the formula 
of which is known only to them. This difficulty seems to 
have arisen in the Los Angeles region. 
The December issue of Better Fruit, our 
attractive contemporary from the Pacific 
PRUNING Coast, contains some excellent articles on 
pruning and orchard management. The 
articles on pruning illustrate the differen¬ 
ces in point of view on this essential and 
fundamental practice held by Western fruit growers as 
compared to that held and to some extent practiced by 
Eastern fruit growers. One notes that the same problems 
that have been pressing in the East here for a good many 
years are beginning to manifest themselves in the West. 
Prominent”' among these is the problem of thinning the j 
orchard. The trees in the West are approaching their 
mature size and as a consequence are beginning to crowd. 
This is exactly the condition which prevails in hundreds of 
orchards in New York and in New England. Many men 
are so shortsighted as to attempt to make each individual j 
tree smaller by pruning rather than cut out the tree entire. 
This number shows also some excellent systems of double 
planting and methods of establishing orchards after the 
present-day intensive methods. 
Does the public give the introducer of 
INTRODUCTION worthy varieties sufficient or even reason- 
OF WORTHY able credit? Are we not prone to think 
VARIETIES he is making shoals of money, and there¬ 
fore credit him with purely selfish aims? 
As a matter of fact the introducer rarely makes money and 
the originator of new fruits almost never. When we con- i 
sider the gifts which they give to man in such varieties, as 
for example, Concord and Delaware grapes, Baldwin and 
Spitzenberg apples, Crawford and Elberta peaches, Bartlett ; 
and Anjou pears, we are disposed, or should be disposed to 
place the introducer somewhat nearer the standing of the real 
philanthropist. This is as it should be, but as a matter of 
fact the dear public is more often inclined’to “knock.” 
True, there is a time to knock, and this is when worthless 
wonderberries and prehistoric spineless cacti are handed out 
to a public not satisfied with reasonable creations but desir¬ 
ing the magic and remarkable. On the other hand, the 
drawing of an occasional blank like these should not dis- 1 
courage but should rather incite a desire to investigate. 
The great question at this stage of horticultural progress 
is to find the variety better suited than all others to each 
fruit growing section. To the men who are studying these 
problems let us offer frequently criticism, but let us con- 1 
tinually temper this criticism with generous encouragement, i 
