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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
Prospects for fall trade very promising. At this date 
cannot say what line of stocks are likely to be in abundance, 
but there will be a shortage of apples, peaches, plums and 
pecans. 
The Georgia peach movement is now on in earnest, but 
the continuous rains for the past four weeks in some sections 
has caused Brown Rot, but orchards which have been 
thoroughly cultivated, sprayed the proper number of 
times with self-boiled lime-sulphur and arsenate of lead 
mixture, and where a fertilizer containing a large per¬ 
centage of phosphoric acid and potash and a small per¬ 
centage of nitrogen, has been used, show no signs of decay. 
The Georgia Fruit Exchange is handling the peach crop 
of Georgia to the satisfaction of all its members. The 
exchange by properly distributing the peaches has brought 
satisfactory returns to its members, and this has given a 
new impetus to commercial peach orcharding in this State. 
We look for heavy planting this fall. 
Augusta P. J. Berckmans Co. 
NORTH CAROLINA 
At this writing “the prospects look bully” for a fine line 
of stock and^a big trade for fall delivery. 
Weffiad^a few weeks of dry weather in April, but not 
enough^ to dnjure seriously, and since then we have been 
having a splendid season and one could not wish finer 
growth than we are getting on almost everything at the 
present time. 
It looks as though we will be far short of the demand on 
Amour River privet, as we will only have about half a 
million plants in surplus, and since the severe cold last 
winter freezing out many other kinds in the cold states of 
the North and Northwest we are having calls for this stock 
from all sections and had up to the first of July entered 
more orders than ever before up to September the first. 
The past season we shipped this stock to 34 states. 
From Illinois where we ship in lots of 10,000 at a time to 
nurserymen for their retail trade they write describing it: 
“The best variety in existence for hedge purposes, and 
leader in the class of deciduous hedges. It is recognized 
the world over as the ‘Ideal Hedge Plant’. A fast grower 
and a variety notable because of absolute hardiness even in 
cold, northern climates.” 
Bostic,N.C. Valdesian Nurseries, 
By Geo. W. Jones, Mgr. 
PENNSYLVANIA 
Up to this period we have had a most excellent growing 
season with ideal conditions, plenty of rain in the early part 
of the season when the freshly transplanted stock mostly 
required moisture, and later plenty of warm weather. 
Our young transplanted plants are in a better condition 
than we have ever had them before. We have had a very 
small percentage of loss, and while at this period the growth 
is not as large as usual, yet the foundation has been laid for 
a most excellent growth during the summer. 
We are happy to say that we are not “long” on any line of 
stock. We grow ornamental trees, shrubs and hardy 
perennial plants exclusively, but we have always been 
conservative in our planting, basing this on past sales, and 
planting sufficient each year to allow for a normal demand. 
In this way w r e rarely have a surplus, and if we happen to 
run short we can usually pick up what additional stock we 
require from some nurseryman who has planted more stock 
than his normal demand calls for. 
Of course no nurseryman can actually judge his require¬ 
ments,—in some things he is bound to have a little too 
much and in other things not sufficient. 
There seems to be a good outlook for cleaning up of 
pretty much all good salable ornamental nursery stock this 
fall and next spring and at good prices. We see no reason 
why a nurseryman should lose any sleep over the selling end 
of the business this year. 
Thomas Meehan & Sons, Inc., 
Dresher Thomas B. Meehan, Secretary. 
INDIANA 
Trade for spring w r as good considering the short period 
we had to deliver. The spring was very hot and dry which 
forced the buds so early that digging from the nursery row 
was out of the question after April 1. 
We have a splendid stand of cherry buds which now give 
promise of as fine trees as we ever grew. We have a good 
stand of apple grafts and peach seedlings as well as all 
seedlings planted this spring. The past month has been 
excellent growing weather and the stock is making up well. 
Our two year cherries are still growing and have a very long, 
heavy limb growth and promise to be nearly all No. 1. 
Apple and peach seem to be short. Cherries are fairly 
plentiful but the indications are that all will be cleaned up 
before the season is over. 
We have a good supply of pecan trees in our Florida 
nursery but the demand has been so great that we are 
already about sold out. 
Vincennes H. M. Simpson & Sons. 
OHIO 
We suppose the situation here is a good deal the same as 
it is all over the country. Warm weather in March starting 
stock early, while the cool weather in April and May held it 
back and frosts did considerable damage the last of April. 
We had good soaking rains in early June and are having 
nice rains again now, so that we are having a good growing 
season at present. 
It is, of course, too early to make close estimates or 
know what the demand is going to be for nursery stock, and 
longs and shorts depend a great deal on the demand. 
From what our correspondence would indicate at present 
we do not think there is anything in the fruit tree line that 
there is liable to be much surplus in. We believe the de¬ 
mand will clean up all stock there is on the market. We 
look for a shortage in peach, eastern varieties of apple and 
some varieties of plum. 
Painesville 
The Storrs & Harrison Co. 
