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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
The National Nurseryman 
Published monthly by 
THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN PUBLISHING CO., Inc. 
205 Cox Building, Rochester, N. Y. 
President,.THOMAS B. MEEHAN 
Vice-President and Editor,.JOHN CRAIG 
Secretary-Treasurer and Business Manager, . C. L. YATES 
The only trade journal issued for Growers and Dealers in Nur¬ 
sery Stock of all kinds. It circulates throughout the United 
States, Canada and Europe. 
Official Journal of American Association of Nurserymen. 
AWARDED THE GRAND PR.IZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1900. 
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 
One year, in advance,.$1.00 
Six months . .75 
Foreign Subscriptions, in advance,.1.50 
Six months,. 1.00 
Advertising rates will be sent upon application. Advertise¬ 
ments should reach this office by the 20th of the month previous 
to the date of issue. 
Payment in advance required for foreign advertisements. 
Drafts on New York or postal orders, instead of checks, are re¬ 
quested by the Business Manager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Correspondence from all points and articles of interest to 
nurserymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
Address Editor, Ithaca, N. Y. 
Entered in the Post Office at Rochester, as second-class mail matter. 
Rochester, N. Y., January, 1908. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; vice-president, C. M. 
Hobbs, Bridegport, Ind.; secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N. Y. 
Executive Committee—J. H. Dayton, Painesville, Ohio; E. M. Sherman, 
Charles City, la. ; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
Transportation—F. H. Stannard, Ottawa, Kansas. 
Tariff—Irving Rouse, Rochester, N. Y. 
Legislation—Wm. Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. 
National Inspection Law—Hon. Orlando Harrison, Berlin, Md. 
Co-operation with Entomologists—C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la. 
Program—R. C. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga. 
Publicity—J. M. Irvine, St. Joseph, Mo. 
Exhibits—Thomas B. Meehan, Dreshertown, Montg. Co., Pa. 
Arrangements—Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. 
Editing Report—J. Horace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa. 
Mutual Fire Insurance—Judge Eugene Stark, Louisiana, Mo.; Peter Young¬ 
ers, Geneva, Nebr.; Harry Simpson, Vincennes, Ind. 
STATE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS. 
American Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, R. C. Berckmans, 
Augusta, Ga.; vice-president, A. L. Brooke; secretary, Thomas B. Meehan, 
Dreshertown, Pa.; treasurer, Peter Youngers. Meets annually in June. 
Nurserymen’s Mutual Protective Association—President, N. H. Albaugh, 
Phoneton, O.; secretary, George C. Seager, Rochester, N. Y. Meets an¬ 
nually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles 
J. Brown, Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, Ill. 
Meets annually in June. 
Eastern Association of Nurserymen—President, W. C. Barry, Rochester, N. 
Y.; secretary-treasurer, William Pitkin, Rochester, N. Y. Meets annually 
in January. 
Western Association of Wholesale Nurserymen—President, A. Willis, Ottawa, 
Kansas; vice-president, George Marshall, Arlington, Neb.; secretary, E. 
J. Holman, Leavenworth, Kansas. 
Southern Nurserymen’s Association—President, Chas. T. Smith, Concord, Ga.; 
vice-president, C. M. Griffing, Jacksonville, Fla.; secretary-treasurer, A. I. 
Smith, Knoxville, Tenn. The next meeting will be held in Atlanta, Ga., 
August, 1908. 
Oklahoma Association of Nurserymen—President, J. A. Lopeman; vice- 
president, J. P. Taylor; secretary and treasurer, C. E. Garee. 
Texas Nurserymen’s Association—President, E. W. Kirkpatrick, McKinney, 
Texas; vice-president, B. L. Adams, Bonham, Texas; secretary-treasurer, 
John S. Kerr, Sherman, Texas. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, F. W. Power, Chico, 
Cal.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Thompson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annu¬ 
ally in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. H. Moon, Morris- 
ville, Pa.; secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual 
meeting at Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, William Pitkin, Roch¬ 
ester, N. Y.; secretary-treasurer. F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
We bid our readers a prosperous and happy new year! 
These good wishes come not only from the editor but from 
the entire management. May it be happy and may it be 
prosperous. We prefer to place happi¬ 
ness first, because it is not always con- 
THE NEW YEAR tingent upon prosperity, though the lat¬ 
ter is usually a necessary factor. The 
knowledge of having done a year’s 
business in a thoroughly square way will do much towards 
giving a man the right kind of peace of mind. The curtain 
has just been rung down on 1907. How has it fared with 
you, and you ? It may have been disappointing in weather, 
sales may have been slow, and collections unsatisfactory, 
but after all we are richer in the possession of the sum of 
the experience of the year. We are richer if we profit by 
this experience. Whether we make the most of this asset 
is a question that is up to each of us. 
The old year closed in a flurry of financial disquietude, 
things looked gloomy; but the nurseryman has reason to 
congratulate himself that the safety of land investments 
was and is not questioned, while on the other hand, corpora¬ 
tions and trust companies are too frequently regarded with 
an eye of suspicion. Unquestionably confidence will soon 
be restored, though luxuries are likely to be curtailed and 
a wholesale retrenchment will be the order of the day in 
many quarters. 
In wishing the nurseryman the best of the new year we 
believe that he can look forward with courage and confi¬ 
dence to a year when he will receive a fuller reward for his 
honest labors than any which preceded it. 
THE OLD 
NORTHWEST 
How the boundary of the old Northwest has been 
shifted and moved on with the pioneer into the new and 
comparatively unexplored country, and how the view point 
of the settler has been changed regard¬ 
ing the limit of cultivable territory! 
The old Northwest in the progress of 
the pioneer has been surrounded so 
that it is no longer on the borders, 
but almost in the heart of our great western civilization. 
It is only a short time since Minnesota and Wisconsin were 
“way out west.” It is only a few decades since fruit grow¬ 
ing was confined in that region to crabs and native plums, 
when the outlook for orcharding was unpromising indeed; 
and then followed the Russian apple period, when this was 
looked upon as the pomological salvation of the country. 
In the rapid evolution of fruit growing brought about 
by the enthusiasm and abundant faith of the people in pos¬ 
sibilities of the soil and climate of the Northwest, the whole 
face of Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota has been 
changed; and in these states we find thriving fruit indus¬ 
tries, energetic, enthusiastic horticultural societies, and 
hustling nurserymen. Is it not significant that Minnesota 
should have a horticultural society with a membership of 
over 2,000? It indicates that wherever difficulties abound 
men rise equal to the task of solving them. Minnesota is 
developing a pomology of her own, one suited to her con¬ 
ditions. 
