THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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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 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES 
One year, in advance,.$1.00 
Six months,. .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance. 1.50 
Six months,. 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertise¬ 
ments should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous 
to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements 
Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are re¬ 
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., June, 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—Ciias. 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. Bernardin, Parsons, Kans. 
Arrangements—John Hall, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—John Hail, 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, Wasft.; 
secretary-treasurer, C. A. Tonneson. Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually in’ 
June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association —President, Samuel C. Moon, Pa., secre¬ 
tary, Earl Peters, Mt. 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, A. I. Smith, Knoxville, Tenn.; 
secretary, G. M Bentley, Knoxville, Tenn. 
Texas Nursery nen’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. 
sececiary-treasurer, E. J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kan, Meets in July and 
Dcee nber at Kansas City. 
One is reminded of difficulties of the 
TROUBLES OF English nurseryman of a kind quite 
ENGLISH unknown in this country, by a notice in 
NURSERYMEN the Horticultural Advertiser, one of the 
trade journals of England. This notice 
calls attention to the fact that nurserymen are obliged to 
take out licenses to do business. It further states that four 
agricultural firms were unable to secure renewal of license 
last year, and that this failure was due to the action of the 
councilmen. The appeal calls for strong opposition to the 
reelection of chemists as councilmen. The chemists are 
said to “dabble in the business of almost every trader and to 
be general busy-bodies.” It is probable that the fact that 
many druggists handle seeds is a reason why this class of 
business men should wish to restrict the number of horticul¬ 
tural firms. The situation is certainly a curious one, and 
decidedly unsatisfactory to the plantsmen. 
This Russian apple is a standard of earli- 
YELLOW ness. The fruit matures with or before 
TRANSPARENT the old and well known Early Harvest. 
APPLE Like Early Harvest, and as suggested by 
its name, it is devoid of high colors, when 
well grown being a strikingly waxy, light yellow fruit. It is 
of medium size, regular, roundish conical form, and uniform 
in size and shape. 
The tree is a vigorous, upright grower, remarkably pre¬ 
cocious as a bearer, very hardy in common with all the Rus¬ 
sian varieties, but like these, is subject to blight which is its 
worst enemy in the North where its hardiness makes it 
popular as a summer variety. The fruit is essentially a 
near-market and amateur variety. Like all yellow skinned 
apples the slightest bruise is apperent, and the thinness of its 
skin makes the most careful handling imperative. It should 
therefore be marketed as a fancy variety, in small packages. 
Handled in this way, and used as a filler for large growing, 
longer-lived varieties, Yellow Transparent is likely to be 
profitable where good summer market facilities obtain. 
The tree is not long lived, and on account of its early bearing 
habits is remarkably adapted for the purposes for which a 
filler is required. 
Publishers of periodicals and publishing 
PUBLISHERS houses in general are probably not all 
AND THE aware of the important modification of 
POST OFFICE the postal laws of the country which is 
DEPARTMENT pending in Congress at the present time. 
A contemporary points out that “the bill, 
though excellent in many respects and much needed, con¬ 
tains germs of the gravest peril to the liberty of the press.” 
The bill greatly enlarges the arbitrary power of the post¬ 
master general. It establishes the spy system in more effec¬ 
tive form than in the past, and permits inspectors to 
examine publishers’ offices, giving them authority to search 
for and remove books, papers and documents, without re¬ 
course. A trial by jury is denied to publishers, and the 
Post Office department is to have absolute power to deter¬ 
mine “which publishers may and which may not have access 
to the mails.” 
