THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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CENTRALIA, ILL. 
C. H. Webster of Centralia, Ill., has recently sold his 
nursery grounds at Centralia, Ill. and moved to The Dalles, 
Oregon, where he will take up the nursery business in the 
West. He will be pleased to be put on the mailing list of 
all nursery friends, at his new location. 
WEST VIRGINIA 
The following orchard companies have recently been 
incorporated in West Virginia: 
The Cherry Run Orchard Co., capital, $25,000, in¬ 
corporators, Charles Burdett Hart, Wheeling; Alex. 
Clohan and Ben J. Thompson, Martinsburg, and John L. 
Lehman, Fairmont. 
The McKown Orchard Co., incorporators, H. H. Mc- 
Kown, Innwood, Alex. Clohan, T. W. Martin, H. L. Alexan¬ 
der and Max Von Schlegell, Martinsburg. 
BAY STATE NURSERIES ENLARGE 
The nurseries of the late W. B. Whittier, Framingham, 
Mass., have been purchased by W. H. Wyman, of the Bay 
State Nurseries, North Abington, Mass. They will be 
operated under the old title, W. B. Whittier & Co., and 
independently of the North Abington nurseries. Mrs. 
Whittier has sold all her interest in the nurseries. This 
purchase will make Mr. Wyman’s nurseries the largest in 
New England and among the most extensive in the east.— 
Florists’ Review. 
Our Book Uable 
The Pecan and its Culture, by Prof. H. Harold Hume. 
Published by the author, 1910. Second edition. 
5>J x 7K- j 95 pages. $1.50. 
A second edition of this valuable book has appeared, 
dated 1910. In preparation for this publication, the first 
edition has been largely re-written, and new illustrations 
have been obtained; for in the four years that have passed, 
knowledge relative to pecans has increased very materially. 
There seems now to be no question that the time will come, 
and that not far in the future, when the general public will 
be purchasing pecans by varietal name, as is now the custom 
with so many other fruits. 
In this book the reader is reminded that, while the best 
known of our fruits, such as the orange, apple, and English 
walnut, are exotics, not only is the pecan a native, but 
even in the short period during which it has been cultivated, 
it has come to have a greater value than any other native 
fruit tree. 
In this day, when so much is being written on the nut 
as an article of food, this book will prove very interesting, 
even to persons who are not growers of the pecan. 
I herewith enclose check for $1.00 for renewal to your 
valuable paper. I enjoy reading the National Nursery¬ 
man, also looking at the pictures presented from time to 
time. Trust .that you will enlarge on the latter feature. 
Freeport, Ill. John M. W ise. 
fruit and plant Notes 
BURBANK’S NEW PEACHES AND PLUM 
Two new varieties of peaches and one of plums have recently 
been developed by Luther Burbank at Santa Rosa. The peaches 
are both of the Crawford and Muir strains, the one taking all the 
good qualities of the Crawford over to the Muir, and the other 
reversing the process. Thus, in one the juiciness and high color 
of the Crawford are combined with a pit of smaller size than that of 
the Crawford, while the other is an improvement on the Muir as to 
flavor and juiciness, and has a pit but little larger than that of the 
Muir. The new plum is a seedling of the Bartlett, and has a rich 
color and a small pit. 
DISTRIBUTION OF SPINELESS CACTUS 
Next spring the United States Department of Agriculture will 
distribute about ten tons of spineless prickly pear cuttings. This 
stock is grown mainly at Chico, Cal., and Brownsville, Tex. Eight 
or ten varieties are now being grown for distribution to those who 
wish to test them as an economic crop. These plants do not 
succeed where the temperature remains for any length of time be¬ 
low ‘ 20 °F. Applications should be made to Office of Farm Manage¬ 
ment, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., before 
the first of January, 1911 . 
Grape-Spraying Experiments in Michigan in 1909, Bureau 
of Plant Industry, Circular 65. 
Summary. “The work in 1909 has shown that black-rot can be 
controlled by proper methods of spraying and cultivation even in a 
season particularly favorable for the development of the disease 
and in a vineyard in which the fungus has become thoroughly 
established and very destructive, there being a difference of 86.4 
per cent between the amount of rot on the unsprayed check and the 
best sprayed plat. 
In Mr. Gidding’s vineyard, which had been thoroughly sprayed 
the previous year, there was practically no loss from black-rot on 
the portions sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, while the loss on the 
check was 39.8 per cent. 
The best fungicide used was Bordeaux mixture, and of the 
different formulas for this the 4 — 3-50 has always given good results. 
The 3 - 2-50 mixture gives promise of being a good fungicide, as 
about the same results were obtained with it as with the 4 - 3-50 
formula. It may prove as efficient as the 4 - 3-50 formula, but 
should be tested more thoroughly. 
Of the two nonstaining compounds used, neutral copper acetate 
and ammoniacal copper carbonate, the former was found to be the 
better fungicide. For comparison, see Plate III, figures 1 and 2 . 
It, however, injured the foliage badly when used throughout the 
season, but seemed to have no ill effect as a final application. 
The lime-sulphur compounds are not suitable fungicides for 
grapes, the self-boiled, because it does not control the rot, and the 
commercial lime-sulphur because it does not control the rot as well 
as the Bordeaux mixture and is very injurious to the vines. 
Of the adhesive compounds used, the results with resinfishoil 
soap were better than those with the iron sulphate. The addition 
of 2 pounds of soap to 50 gallons of the mixture used in the last 
application seems to do as much good as where it is added in all 
sprayings. 
The disease can be controlled with five applications of 4 - 3-50 
Bordeaux mixture thoroughly applied, soap being used in the last 
application. “Thoroughly applied’’ means that every portion of 
the vine, and especially the foliage and fruit, receives a coating of 
spray mixture.’’ 
Forest Service, Bulletin No. 66. This comprises a sketch of 
the forest belts and forest plantings of western Nebraska and 
Kansas. By illustration and text it convinces the settler of that 
region that forested conditions are not only possible, but secured 
with comparative ease, even in that supposed semi-arid district. 
