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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ECHOES OF THE CONVENTION 
ROOT GALL OF THE APPLE 
This subject excited the most lively discussion indulged 
in at any time during the Convention. The state inspectors 
were badly “scotched” by some growers, while the sentiment 
that uninfested regions should be protected was defended by 
others. The experiments reported do not give much ground 
for basing the theory that the hard knot or hairy root of the 
apple seriously affect the vigor or productivity of the tree. 
C. S. Harrison and E. W. Kirkpatrick are strongly of the 
opinion that some of the inspectors are in dire need of 
inspection themselves. 
The Exhibits while smaller than usual, for reasons given 
by Mr. Bernardin, were very instructive. The tree displays 
of the J. G. Harrison’s Company of Berlin, Md., was com¬ 
prehensive and attractive. H. M. Simpson & Sons and 
W. C. Reed of Vincennes, 
Ind., showed their usual 
fine line of cherry stock, 
and they report that the 
promise of this spring is 
most heartening. The 
Benjamin Chase Co., of 
Derry, N. H., was on hand 
with its usual extensive 
display of labels, as were 
the Dayton Fruit Tree 
Label Co., of Ohio. The 
lithographing and printing 
firms added much to the 
attractiveness of the dis¬ 
play by their handsome 
catalog covers and fine 
photographs. 
EUROPEAN NURSERIES 
The illustrated lecture on European nurseries by Profes¬ 
sor Craig on Wednesday night interested a large audience, 
and was followed by moving pictures depicting fruit grow¬ 
ing and fighting frost in the orchards of the western slope of 
Colorado. 
Frank J. Weber and)j. W. Hill were the chief engineers of 
the meeting and proved their efficiency as directors of enter¬ 
tainment and program affairs. 
Among the veterans in attendance were: J. Van 
Lindley, Pomona, N. C.; C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la.; 
W. S. Coe, F. E. Atkinson, Wis.; Geo. S. Josselyn, Fredonia, 
N. Y.; John C. Chase, Derry, N. H.; Ilgenfritz Bros., 
Monroe, Mich. The faces of Messrs. Pitkin, Brown and 
Rouse were missed from the gathering. 
The exhibit of the McFarland organizations, Harrisburg, 
Pa., was principally devoted to a showing of the selling 
literature produced during the year by The McFarland 
Publicity Service. An interesting feature of this exhibit 
was a collection of letters from the firms for whom the 
material shown had been made, giving the results it had 
produced. 
The Moffat trip attracted two hundred passengers, who 
were united in claiming it to be the most wonderful scenic 
route of the world. This railroad has the distinction of 
going higher than any other standard guage line in the 
world. Then it is something to go skywards two miles and 
a half by any means. Thanks to the hosts were grace¬ 
fully returned by J. Horace McFarland. 
The all day trip around the “Horn,” including .stops at 
Loveland, Boulder, Greeley and the State Agricultural Col¬ 
lege at Ft. Collins, was taken by something over two hun¬ 
dred of the nurserymen 
and their friends. This 
tour gave easteners an ex¬ 
cellent notion of fruit and 
farm crops and methods 
employed in growing them 
in irrigated districts. 
That the men from the 
East, North and South are 
not inappreciative, of the 
generous hospitality of 
their Western brethren was 
evidenced by the hearty 
manner in which they sec¬ 
onded the movement to 
give tangible expression to 
their feelings by present¬ 
ing some form of testimonial to Frank Weber and the 
Western Association of Nurserymen. Certainly these men, 
assisted by the Denver Convention League and the Denver 
Immigration Association, deserve a large measure of praise 
and commendation. 
NURSERYMEN TRAVELLING 
Many of the eastern men who attended the Convention 
seized the opportunity to see something of the West before 
returning to their homes. Harlan P. Kelsey, Salem, Mass., 
Charles J. Maloy, Rochester, N. Y., Eddie Osborne, Roches¬ 
ter, N. Y., went to the coast, returning by northern routes. 
The western slope of the Colorado mountains attracted J. 
Me Hutchison, New York, who has orchard interests in that 
region; Geo. Hooker, Rochester, N. Y.; L. A. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; Messrs. Kelly, Maloney and John Morey of 
Dansville, N. Y.; Wickersham, Baltimore, and others 
intent on spying out this new land of apparently great 
horticultural promise. Among the veterans on the western 
jaunt was Mr. Abner Hoopes of Hoopes Bros. & Thomas, 
West Chester, Pa., who entered with all of the vim of a 
youngster into the activities of each day. 
