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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
his own value accordingly. This is a fact, whether his 
hearers appear to be in accord with his sentiments or not. 
Down in the bottom of their heart they decry his methods. 
Again, the habit of hitting the competitor is encouraged 
very frequently by reason of entire lack of acquaintance or 
of imperfect knowledge of the individual considered. As a 
person’s associations widen, as knowledge of his business 
competitors increases, the personal element becom s a 
factor, for frequently friendships have grown and the word 
idly spoken, founded on heresay or gossip, is withheld. For 
this reason, conventions have a very special value, not only 
in the political but the business world. For this and 
many other reasons we urged attendance at the Denver 
meeting, for there and at similar meetings that type of 
personal friendship are engendered which more than any¬ 
thing else tends to eliminate the habit of knocking the 
competitor. 
SAVING 
MOISTURE 
There are times during the season when 
we are not anxious to do this. In New 
York, we were anxious to lose moisture 
during the latter part of April and the 
first part of May, but the bung was 
driven tightly into the rain barrel early in June, and by the 
end of the month, we were very anxious to save moisture. 
An interesting article in the July 2d issue of the Rural 
New Yorker by Prof. F. H. King shows how moisture is lost 
and saved. The gist of his argument is that the earth 
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mulch is the cheapest and most efficient way of saving 
moisture. Another interesting point made in this discus¬ 
sion is that cultivation may be too frequent. In other 
words, if a mulch is established and of sufficiently fine 
physical make-up, there is no virtue or benefit in continuing 
cultivation. The only value of added tillings, rests in the 
fact that they may break up capillarity, which, when soil is 
unstirred, tends to establish itself. 
President Stark has appointed the 
THE chairmen of the important committees 
COMMITTEE- of the American Association of Nur- 
MEN serymen. Their names appear else¬ 
where. It will be noted that the com¬ 
mittee on Legislation has been divided, one to represent 
interests east of the Mississippi river; the other west of 
that river. Let us hope that they will pull together in 
the National affairs. The president has also formed three 
new committees, one on trade opportunities, another on 
civic improvements, and a third on membership. 
Reports from the famous apple region 
of Nova Scotia indicate that the crop 
will be light this year. Although Graven- 
steins promised heavily in the early part 
of the season, the set was poor, and there 
will be comparatively a light crop of this famous variety. 
NOVA SCOTIA 
APPLE CROP 
INCORPORATED 
jj^The Teas Nursery Co., of Houston, Texas, has been in¬ 
corporated with a capital of $20,000. The incorporators 
are A. J. Condit, Edw. Teas and C. S. Preston. 
Business JYIovements 
CURETON NURSERIES ENLARGE 
The Cureton Nurseries owned by James Cureton, Austell, 
Ga., have recently purchased another very fine tract of 
land long side of the famous Benscot Lithia Springs which 
they expect to plant mostly to flowers and ornamental trees 
and shrubs this fall and winter. This concern has also 
leased a very fine tract of forty acres out on the Lost 
Mountain ridge on which they have planted a commercial 
peach orchard that will come into bearing next season. As 
a sideline to their business Mr. Cureton for the last two 
years has been growing large quantities of garden plants for 
the retail trade and has met with unusual success, so much 
so until large blocks have been set aside for this purpose. 
He is a firm believer in sidelines with which to defray 
expenses during the growing season. This business was 
started eight years ago on a very moderate scale and now 
they have 106 acres in nursery and orchard. 
Petersburg, Va. —The Arrowfield Nursery Co. has 
been incorporated with a capital of $2500 to $25,000. W. N 
Roper is president; Edith M. Hutt, vice-president; W. N. 
Hutt, secretary and treasurer.— Florists' Exchange. 
Monrovia, Cal. —The business and good will of the 
Pioneer Nursery has been sold by R. H. Wilson to the 
Pioneer Nursery Co., A. Foster, president, Geo. H. Jackson, 
manager. The Pioneer Nursery is the oldest nursery in the 
county, having been established in 1876 by the retiring 
proprietor.— Florists' Exchange. 
There is no real surplus of high-grade ornamentals in 
the nurseries of Massachusetts, or in fact, New England. 
The Framingham Nurseries have a nice stock of shade trees 
and evergreens, while at the New England Nurseries, Bed¬ 
ford, herbaceous perennials, shrubbery and evergreens pre¬ 
dominate. The American Forestry Co. at South Framing¬ 
ham have several millions of seedling and transplanted 
evergreens and native shade trees, grown especially for 
forestry purposes. It is an exceedingly interesting planta¬ 
tion. 
J. Woodward Manning is moving his principal nursery 
from Reading to North Wilmington, where he already has 
a large plantation of ornamental stock. He will,, however, 
retain an office in Reading for the present. 
J. W. Adams & Co. at Springfield are enlarging their 
plant and have completed a fine new storage cellar and 
packing house built of stone and cement. 
MASSACHUSETTS NURSERYMEN ORGANIZE 
The Massachusetts Nurserymen’s Association was orga¬ 
nized in the city of Boston, May 23d, and June nth, 1910. 
The meetings were held at the State House and were 
attended by nearly all of the larger growers of nursery stock 
in the state. The State Board of Agriculture was repre¬ 
sented by Secretary Ellsworth and Dr. H. T. Fernald, the 
latter being chief inspector of nurseiies in Massachusetts. 
There are now one hundred and twenty-five nurseries in 
the state, ornamentals being the leading product. The 
following officers were elected: 
