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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
ELLWANGER & BARRY GET HIGHEST AWARD 
Ellwanger & Barry of Rochester were awarded the highest prize 
for “the largest and best collection of fruit trees, ready to plant, 
embracing apple, pear, plum, peach, cherry and quince’’ at the 
State Fair at Syracuse last week. They also received the highest 
award for the largest and best display of grape vines and bush fruit 
plants and for the largest and best display of strawberry plants. 
In addition they received over fifty prizes for their display of fruits. 
TREATMENT OF YOUNG TREES IN SUMMER 
The first summer after the young tree has been transplanted 
from the nursery to its permanent place in the orchard is a critical 
period in its existence, and it is hardly too much to say that on its 
growing during this period depends in a great measure the future 
value of the tree. If its growth is checked at this time, its full 
development will probably never be realized. Much of the first 
season’s success or failure will, of course, depend upon the care 
with which the transplanting was done in the spring, and yet atten¬ 
tion in the summer is necessary to bring the tree through in the best 
condition. 
The great danger the tree will encounter is the scalding effect of 
the midsummer sun and weakening of its vitality by the drying of 
the earth about its roots. The injury thus occasioned may be, 
very much lessened by keeping the soil about the roots fine and 
covered with a good thick mulch. The mulching should extend as 
far from the trunk as the roots run, and will be all the more beneficial 
if it extends beyond the ends of the roots, as a greater amount of 
the soil will be kept moist. 
The young tree also needs to be kept free from insects, as these 
pests are more capable of injuring the tender trees and the latter 
are less able to withstand their attacks. Newly set trees as well 
as those of medium size frequently require light pruning during 
the summer season to give them the proper form. Of course care 
must be taken not to remove enough to check the growth of the 
trees. A little attention given at frequent intervals during the 
summer will keep the young trees growing, will prevent much of their 
nutriment being expended in growing crooked or straggling branches 
and tufted masses of shoots, will check the depredations of insects 
and in other ways assist in the development of perfect trees. 
— Exchange. 
FRUIT GROWERS’ CREED 
Proposed by the Fruit School of the Extension Department of 
the West Virginia University. 
He who plants a fruit-tree professes his faith. It is as if he 
should say, I believe, 
I believe! 
I believe in God and in the orderliness of His Universe; 
I believe in the regular procession of the seasons—spring and 
summer and autumn and winter; 
I believe in the sure succession of youth and maturity; 
I believe in the unfailing order of blossom-time and fruit-time; 
I believe in the permanence of human needs; 
I believe in the perpetuity of human institutions; 
I believe in the steadfastness of Mother Earth, whose promise 
of food for her faithful children is a pledge that will not fail; 
I believe in work as a divine gift; 
I believe in myself; 
I believe! 
And in this abiding faith I work; 
In this faith I plant this tree; 
In this faith I will dig about its roots and nourish it; 
In this faith I will protect it from vermin and disease; 
In this faith I will wait for the early and the latter rain; 
In this faith I will guard the blossom and the green fruit; 
In this faith I will watch for the first blush of the ripening peach 
and the early tints of the maturing apple; 
In this faith I will gather the first-fruits with a thankful heart. 
Cnariol ^npnlue High Quality, Quick Action, Low Price. Inquire. 
iJlirpiUa 14,000 Carolina Poplar, 2 and 3 yr., 10 to 12 ft. 
r 1,000 Lombard Poplar, 2 and 3 yr., 10 to 12 ft. 2,000 Shades, general assortment, 
3 to 4 in. caliper. 15,000 Shrubs, Crape Myrtle, Spireas, Lilac, Deutzia, etc. 1000 
Meech Quince, 3-4 and 4-5 ft. O. K. NURSERIES, Wynnewood, Okla. 
JAPANESE YEW (Taxus cuspidata brevifolia) at wholesale 
and retail. The hardiest and most handsome of the 
Yew family. Stock all grown in New England. 
JAPAN MAPLE, ACER POLYMORPHUM and other types, 
grown from New England Seed. The best stock for gen¬ 
eral planting. 
Try a small order of each for spring shipment! 
JAS. H. BOWDITCH 
903 Tremont Bid., ... Boston, Mass. 
PEACH SEED 
We now have in stock VIRGINIA NATURAL PEACH SEED 
crop 1910, can fill any size order. 
VIRGINIA NATURAL PEACH SEED CO., 
4th Ave. & Clinton St., BALTIMORE, MD 
We grow in large quantities and offer 
surplus at greatly reduced prices: 
2-yr. old fieldgrown H. P. Roses: Baby Rambler; Dorothy 
Perkins; Crimson Ramblers; Tausendbeauty; New Blue 
Rambler, etc.,etc. Rhododendrons; Hardy Azaleas; Clematis; 
Tree-Hydrangeas; Magnolias; Fancy Conifers; Blue Spruce; 
Peonies; Shrubs; Ornamental Trees; Seedlings, etc. 
KALLEN & LUNNEMANN, Boskoop, Holland 
1909 and 1910 
Write for Sample and Prices. 
THOS. R* HAMAN, 1614 E. Oliver St., Baltimore, Md 
FRIT5CH*BEWER 
Seedmerchants 
6ross-tabarz GERMANY 
SPECIALISTS in 
Forest"Tree Seeds & 
Fruit Tree Seeds. 
N- Offers on application. 
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Large Stock of 
ELM SEEDLINGS 
in all grades 
CAN MAKE LOW PRICES NOW 
Write 11s 
PLUMFIELD NURSERIES 
G. L. WELCH & CO., Proprietors 
Fremont, Nebraska 
