THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
725 
NURSERY CONDITIONS 
INDIANA 
Weather conditions have been very favorable the past 
two months with plenty of moisture, in fact a little more 
rain than we like. It interfered with the cultivating some¬ 
what the past month. 
Stock has made an excellent growth. Two year cherry 
are the best we have ever grown and will make up 90 per 
cent up. One year cherry are making their usual growth 
and foliage is splendid. 
Peach buds, of which we have a larger supply than usual, 
have made an unusual growth and will make up largely in 
the two first grades. In fact, we will have to let up on the 
cultivation. While our supply of peach is larger than 
usual, the sales have been very heavy and the supply 
promises to be exhausted before the season is over, even at 
advanced prices. 
Standard pear about usual supply and in very strong 
demand with quite a shortage in Kieffers. 
Plums, fair supply of Japans in one year, which seem to 
be scarce, owing to a poor stand of buds. 
Two year apple are very scarce and in strong demand, 
apple grafts very good stand and are making a splendid 
growth. 
I do not think there will be any stock that will show a 
surplus in this section by the time spring delivery is over. 
While the price of cherry is somewhat lower our sales are 
much heavier than usual at this time of the year. 
Budding stock has made a very good growth. We 
have 100,000 cherry buds set and find them working 
splendidly. We are setting about 16,000 to 20,000 per day. 
Have 300,000 peach to bud, and will commence in about 
10 days. Demand for peach buds seems to be very heavy. 
Retail sales through agents seem to be much better than 
usual. Even though prices have been advanced on almost 
I all kinds of stock, we think from the reports we have that the 
retail trade is at least 25 to 40 percent better than last 
season at this time. 
Vincennes. W. C. Reed. 
The season with us has been fairly good. Plenty of 
rains, in fact more than we needed. Indications are now 
that we will have a fine lot of stock for fall. Cherry trees 
seem to be rather plentiful while we are finding quite a 
demand for all classes of other stock, especially, apple, 
peach and plum. 
Bridgeport, C. M. Hobbs & Sons. 
KENTUCKY 
Our growing season has been very backward, and in 
fact some stock has made very little growth. We have had 
continuous rains for the past seven weeks, that has made 
it impossible to cultivate. As to the surplus and shortage 
of stock we are short on many ornamentals, and have a 
surplus of California Privet, Spirea Van Houtti, Snowballs 
and pecans, as we grow a very limited stock of fruit trees 
we have no surplus, excepting a few varieties of cherry. 
As to sales—our sales are behind last season at this time, 
but from the number of inquiries we are getting believe 
sales will be equal to last year before the season is over. 
Wishing you much success, I am, 
Sparta. J. F. Donaldson. 
IOWA 
On account of the dry weather we are having, much of 
our stock will be lighter than usual, but everything is in a 
healthy condition. Our stand of new transplanted stock is, 
perhaps, a little lighter than usual, but we do not anticipate 
any great shortage in any line. We are speaking only of 
our immediate locality, not having had the report of others 
on the conditions elsewhere at this earlyylate. 
F. W. Meneray, 
Crescent Nursery Co. 
MISSOURI 
Growth of trees—better than last season in spite of the 
check given by the freeze in the early spring. There has 
been a plenty of rain everywhere, and one year apple 
coming fast. 
Quantity—Largest planting we have ever made. 
Apple, plum, peach, will all be in good demand. Cherry, 
Concord grape, will be more than plentiful. 
Stark Bros. N. & 0 . Co. 
MARYLAND 
The rains we had in June and also recently have been 
beneficial to all kinds of nursery stock. 
Our peach trees especially have made a wonderful 
growth, and at this time are better than we have ever seen 
them before. The demand is good for both apple and 
peach. 
Cherries are a little slow, and the price is off. Peach 
and apple are holding up, and we think they should con¬ 
tinue, as prices have been entirely too low for many years. 
California Privet is growing nicely and we have a fine 
stock to offer again this season. 
Baltimore, Franklin Davis Nursery Co. 
Note and Comment 
CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING OF FRUIT IN WESTERN 
NEW YORK 
A movement which aims at the drawing together of the 
fruit growers of Western New York in the marketing of 
their products has been under way for some time. Last 
year a fruit grower’s exchange was established with head¬ 
quarters at Rochester. Fair progress was made and 
satisfactory returns were obtained for those who sold their 
fruit through this medium. This year much larger efforts 
are being put forth, with the object of interesting localities 
outside of Rochester in the organization of local branches 
which shall co-operate with the central clearing house. 
Meetings have been held in districts outside of Rochester, 
during the month of August, where the aspects of the co¬ 
operative selling methods have been freely discussed. 
