THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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Obituary. 
DEATH OF JACOB MOORE. 
Jacob Moore, aged 72 years, died Tuesday, Feb. 18th, in 
Canandaigua, N. Y. He was a son of the late Isaac and 
Amy Bloss Moore, who were early settlers in that town. 
Jacob Moore devoted his whole life to the crossing and 
originating of various fruits. Among his better known pro¬ 
ductions were the Hooker Seedling strawberry, the Brighton 
and Diana Hamburg, and Moore’s Diamond Grape; also 
many varieties of currants. At the time of his death some 
of his experiments were still incomplete. 
Many years of his life were spent in petitioning Congress 
to pass a law protecting originators of fruit. His own labors 
in fruit originating were not financially successful. It 
seems that any man who gives his life or time to the origi¬ 
nating of fruit must labor for humanity without reward. 
He was well known among nurserymen and horticulturists. 
He was the last of his father’s family, his brother Major 
Caleb Moore, 8th New York Cavalry, and sheriff of Monroe 
County, having died many years ago from exposure during 
his service in the Civil War. The funeral was held at the 
Brighton Cemetery. 
W. B. K. JOHNSON. 
W.B. K. Johnson, of Allentown, Pa., one of the leading 
nurserymen of Pennsylvania, died January 22, aged 70 
years. He made his fortune in the early 70’s, when he made 
trips to Cuba and South America importing shiploads of 
parrots to the United States and selling them at great profit. 
He was an authority on fruit growing, and was long on the 
staff of both the Pennsylvania and National Agricultural 
Departments. In his large nurseries near Allentown, he 
had more than a million trees. 
The Aurora Nursery Co., Aurora, Ill., has bought the 
tract of twenty acres on which the nursery is located and is 
remodeling the residence for the occupancy of J. A. Young, 
president of the company. 
Do you know that we are the originators and sole manufacturers 
of the only real rawhide, waterproof paper tree labels? The par¬ 
ticular kind of stock we use for the manufacture of these labels is 
especially prepared for our own use, being thoroughly waterproof, 
and especially adapted for outside use. We also make a specialty 
of furnishing the nurserymen with shipping tags from this same 
material. These tags and tree labels are superior to the wooden 
labels, as they will not break when crumpled and the names of the 
varieties will not wash off when subjected to damp weather. We 
would refer you to our advertisement carried in this paper. Write 
us for samples and prices for your requirements. 
The Denney Tag Mfg. Co., 
West Chester, Pa. 
Enid, Oklahoma, Jan. 25, 1908. 
The National Nurseryman: 
Since reading a number of letters from nurserymen of different 
parts of the country on the season of 1907, I have come to the con¬ 
clusion that I am not the only one who has been guessing. 
Going back to the early part of the season, will say that we had 
a very cool April and May here. Buds all started nicely but soon 
stopped growing, and for two long months it looked as though we 
would not have a decent peach, plum or apricot in the field. The 
foliage all looked like the rats had been using it. But when warm 
weather came, every thing moved off nicely, and when the first frost 
came I had the nicest, cleanest lot of stock that I have ever grown. 
Every thing ripened up nicely, and apparently in perfect condition. 
Sales were on the drag all summer, and about October 1st, it 
looked as though our fall packing would be light. Stock plentiful 
and sales light. But it did not stand that way long. It seemed 
that all my Agents made a special effort late in the season, and there 
was a pile of orders dropped in on us just at digging time. This 
together with increased demand in a wholesale way run our sales a 
little above the usual. All these late orders coming in a pile, and 
every fellow wanting his stock “at once” is what stared us in the face 
about October 20th. We had four good men and a boy who knew 
nursery work and could do something. The balance of the bunch 
from twenty to forty, didn’t know an Apple tree from a Gooseberry 
bush, and knew no more about grades than a hog knows about a 
side saddle. With just such help we went through the season, 
winding up about December 10th. Stock considerably reduced, 
money all gone to pay freights and other expenses, and remittances 
coming in very slow. Looked pretty blue for a few days. But little 
checks are like small sticks, bind enough of them together and it 
makes a mighty strong bundle. So one by one the good people 
smiled on me with their checks until now it appears that the final 
yield will give us at least a fair collection. And summing it all up. 
the year, 1907, has not been so bad. 
The demand was for a general line which did not break my 
assortment very badly, leaving me a pretty good line to begin with 
this spring. 
The out-look for spring trade is good, and we expect a pretty 
general clean up. 
Yours truly, 
J. A. Lopeman. 
Business JMovements. 
E. M. McMicken, of Woodville, Tex., is organizing a stock 
company to establish a nursery at Beaumont, Tex. 
The Sneed Nursery and Orchard Co., of Tyler, Tex., has 
been incorporated, with $43,000 authorized capital stock, 
by C. W. Wood, J. F. Sneed and Frank Brunton. 
At the J. G. Harrison & Sons nursery at Berlin, Md., 
there has been an outbreak of spinal meningitis among the 
herd of mules, five having died and fourteen being very sick, 
according to the last report. 
The bankrupt estate of Howard A. Chase, Philadelphia, 
late treasurer of the R. G. Chase Nursery Co., Geneva, N. Y., 
offers for sale 130 shares of stock in that company. The 
shares are now in the hands of Chester N. Farr, Jr., trustee, 
415 Real Estate Trust Building, Philadelphia. 
L. L. May & Co., St. Paul, are now occupying their new 
warehouse on Como Avenue. It gives them greatly enlarged 
facilities and they look forward to a banner business for 
1908. The season is just opening in the northwest. 
Fire that started in the boiler room of the Texas Nursery 
Co., Sherman, Tex., destroyed-a portion of the greenhouses 
entailing a loss of $1,000. No insurance. 
The nurserymen of Ohio organized at Columbus on 
January 15, with officers as follows: President, J. W. 
McNary; vice-president, Robert George; secretary, W. B. 
Cole, Painesville; treasurer, W. N. Scarff. 
NOTICE 
As we are now in no way connected with the branch of our nursery 
which was located on Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland, we will here¬ 
after be known as Ornamental Nurseries, Painesville, Ohio. Henry 
Kohankie & Son, Proprietors, formerly Euclid Ave. Nursery Co. 
Please make the change on your mailing list. 
