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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
“HOW WE CAN MAKE iqio THE BEST YEAR OF OUR 
RECORD” 
Extract of an Address Delivered before the Texas Nurserymen's Association at 
their Mid-Winter Meeting in Dallas, January i4, 1910, by Jno. S. Kerr. 
“Firstof all, let us remember that we be brethren, thatthere is a 
large element of prosperity which we share in common. We owe it 
as a common duty to uphold the dignity and high standard of the 
nursery business. The day of “wildcating” in nursery practice, 
while never permissible in the past or present, certainly has no place 
with us in the future. From the nurseryman and salesman to the 
grower, let our methods and dealings be set upon the high plane of 
integrity, probity and fairness. May we also be alert, watchful and 
progressive in everything tending to the uplifting and advancement 
of our calling. Let us continue to originate and introduce only the 
finest varieties. Let us grow better stock, do better grading, better 
packing and delivering, enforcing only the highest and best methods 
in our selling and in our delivering. Let the same high standards 
prevailing in the growing be enforced among our Salesmen. The 
day of the “Shyster” salesman has gone forever. None but the 
highest and best methods are permissible or successful. Charge 
good prices for improved up-to-date stock. Everything the nursery 
man uses has doubled in price of late years, therefore an advance in 
prices of his products is proper and right. 
Your customers will not object to paying a price that will insure 
a fair profit. In fact, the world despises “Cheap-John” stuff and 
appreciates and wants to pay well for the better article. 
Finally, let me say, “In union there is strength.” Every pro¬ 
gressive enterprise today must have organization. There are nearly 
three hundred nurseries to whom the Department of Agriculture 
has issued certificates of inspection. Of these, perhaps two hundred 
are nurserymen proper, the others only growing and selling a few 
trees on the side. The Texas Nurserymen’s Association is working 
for and is promoting the interests of the nursery business of Texas in 
general and should be supported by every nurseryman in the state. 
We should have two hundred members. The membership fee of two 
dollars annually, would give us a fund of four hundred dollars 
annually with which to work for our general interests, and we 
need it. Thousands of dollars are being saved to the nurserymen in 
freight rates alone as a result of efficient organized effort in the 
national association. There are many other things we can do to 
build up our business. Let every nurseryman in this and adjoining 
states line up and do his duty by becoming a member. Send $2.00 
to the secretary. 
I have great faith in the nurserymen of this country. There are 
progressive men. The prospects for the year are good. I believe 
we bid fair to have a very successful year in 1910. Quit you like 
men, and the goal is yours.” 
FRUIT GROWING IN ALABAMA 
Extract from President W. F. Heikes’ Address before the Alabama State Horti¬ 
cultural Society at its Seventh Annual Meeting, January 28th and 29th, at Bes¬ 
semer, Ala. 
Comparatively speaking, there are as yet not many very large 
horticultural enterprises in Alabama, but there seems no reason 
why with wisely selected fruit trees and plants, and well directed 
efforts in their planting and care, we should not have a steadily in¬ 
creasing number of large and profitable orchards, nut groves and 
farms growing small fruits. There is a constantly increasing de¬ 
mand for good fruit and the high prices it brings is a great induce¬ 
ment to the grower to enlarge his plantings. 
I would again emphasize that for the Southern States pecan cul¬ 
ture may be regarded as one of the most attractive and profitable of 
horticultural pursuits, and for the following reasons: The trees are 
long-lived, ornamental, highly profitable and little liable to injury 
from injurious insects and diseases. Then, too, the nut suffers much 
less from climatic changes during the period of ripening and gather¬ 
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no haste necessary in gathering the nuts and they can be kept for 
months without any pronounced deterioration, and shipped without 
danger of injury on the way to market. Furthermore, the pecan 
nut is now regarded as the most popular of all the nuts produced. 
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