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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 PRIZE AT PARIS EXPOSITION, igoo. 
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serymen and horticulturists are cordially solicited. 
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Rochester, N. Y., March, 1908. 
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN. 
President, J. W. Hill, Des Moines, la.; vice-president, C. M. 
Hobbs, Bridgeport, Ind.; secretary, Geo. C. Seager, Rochester, 
N. Y.; treasurer, C. L. Yates, Rochester, N, Y. 
Executive Committee—J. H. Dayton, Painesvilie Ohio; E. M. Sherman, Charles 
City, la.; H. B. Chase, Huntsville, Ala. 
Transportation—P. 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 Youngers, 
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 annually in June. 
American Retail Nurserymen’s Protective Association—President, Charles J. Brown, 
Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, Guy A. Bryant, Princeton, 111. 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. T. 
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, TTexas. 
Pacific Coast Association of Nurserymen—President, W. D. Ingall, North Yakima, 
Wash.; secretary-treasurer, C. A. Thompson, Tacoma, Wash. Meets annually 
in June. 
Pennsylvania Nurserymen’s Association—President, W. H. Moon, Morrisville, 
Pa.; _ secretary, Earl Peters, Mt. Holly Springs, Pa. Next annual meeting at 
Harrisburg, in January. 
National Association of Retail Nurserymen—President, William Pitkin, Rochester, 
N. Y.; secretary-treasurer, F. E. Grover, Rochester, N. Y. 
Perhaps the rush of the shipping sea- 
THE COMING son does not seem a desirable time to 
CONVENTION. remind our nursery friends of the coming 
convention; but the great extent of the 
country interested, and the varying con¬ 
ditions make it impossible to speak of time events of this 
sort just when they are a propos to all. 
The Association has elected to meet in the city of Mil¬ 
waukee. This means that there will be a large delegation 
of the fruit growers from the Middle and Northwest. It will 
be an opportunity for the nurserymen of the South to see 
this land of golden promise in the North. Let us hope that 
a large number are already making plans which will enable 
them to come to the convention, and come not alone, but 
attended by their wives and families. 
Each }mar finds the practice of spraying 
more and more firmly entrenched in the 
ON SPRAYING. program of the intelligent fruit grower 
and nurseryman. There is no winking 
at the fact that certain of our pests have 
become standard enemies, as it were, the country over. In 
our opinion the time is not very far distant when in those 
states in which San Jose scale breeds and spreads rapidly, 
there will be little use of maintaining anything like restric¬ 
tive measures against its admission. In other words, each 
grower in that state, in order to protect himself, will be 
obliged to spray, and it will be only a short time before the 
principal orchard regions will be so infested that it will 
make little difference whether the stock purchased has been 
fumigated or not. In other words, the grower must face 
the problem of spraying anyhow, and he may have in his 
orchard infested areas. To that man the necessity of pur¬ 
chasing stock free of San Jose scale is a comparatively unim¬ 
portant question. 
The necessity of spraying is one of the great restrictive 
agencies affecting fruit growing, and will have much to do 
with answering the question of whether there is likely to be 
over-production in the near future. Success in spraying 
depends on knowing the enemy, understanding the remedy, 
and applying it intelligently. This means that the fruit 
grower must study life histories of insects, must study their 
vulnerable ploints, the best means of controlling them, and . 
all the details which are associated with the remedies and 
the machines used in applying them. 
Since the advent of the miscible oils as 
DIPPING sprays and insecticides, some nursery- 
VERSUS men are inclined to recommend the 
FUMIGATING. dipping process as a substitute for fumi¬ 
gating for San Jose scale. Various 
experiments have shown that dipping in miscible oils or in 
lime and sulphur is a fairly effective method of ridding the 
stock of San Jose scale. It has also the additional advan¬ 
tage that the grower may be sure that his stock is treated, 
for the trees will carry the evidence of lime and sulphur or 
miscible oil. On the other hand it is unquestionably true 
that in fleeing from fumigation and taking refuge in dipping, 
the nurseryman is rejecting the easy method and accepting 
the difficult and expensive one. The dipping of a carload of 
