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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
'I'he Parma Nurseries, Parma, Idaho, are to be enlarged by the 
addition of over 100 acres purchased by the proprietors, the Hawkes 
Investment Co. The new lands are at Council. 
The Christopher Nurseries of Auburn, Wash., are shipping fruit 
t rees and loganberry bushes to Seoul, Korea. 
The Southeastern Nursery Co., of Beaumont, Texas, has been in¬ 
corporated with a capital stock of $6,000. E. McMickin, J. W., T. 
A., and A. S. Sporlock are the incorporators. 
Clarence J. Kirby of Monroe, Mich., field superintendent of the 
I. E. Ilgenfritz Nursery Co., fell from the top of a twenty foot ladder 
some weeks ago. His arm was fractured and his scalp torn. 
Mr. C. C. Mayhew, Treasurer and General Manager <f 
the Texas Nune-y Company has just returned from a trip 
North around Springfield, Ohio, and other nursery centers, 
largely interviewing . cse growers, and reports having had 
an enjoyable and profitable trip. 
The Kay County Fruit and Truck Growers’ Association, 
of Blackwell, Okla., was organized April ist. J. L. Vance, 
president and J. W. Tetiriek, secretary. Charter has been 
taken out, and the organization anticipates a good business 
this season. 
James M. Kennedy, of Dansville, N. Y., called at the 
business office of the National Nurseryman during the 
past month. 
Roy D. Underwood was elected mayor of Lake City, 
Minn., on April 7, 1908. He is one of the well-known and 
rising young men of Minnesota. He is the son of J. M. 
Underwood of the State fair board of managers, and as the 
secretary of the Jewell Nursery Company of this city is 
prominently identified with the horticultural interests of the 
State. When he assumes his oath of office he will bear the 
distinction of being the youngest citizen ever elected to this 
position. 
FRUIT PROSPECTS EXCELLENT. 
Fruit growers in the section of country around North Rose, New 
York, feel confident that a good fruit season is before them. 
They base their predictions on the way the trees have come 
through the winter. Conditions are said to be favorable for 
apples, pears and peaches. Little damage has been done by mice. 
Growers who have tested peach and apple buds, say that they are 
in prime condition, better in fact, than before in years. The out¬ 
look is also considered good for small fruits. For the strawberry 
beds the conditions have been exceptionally favorable. 
VALUE OF A WINDBREAK. 
A large stock farmer of the middle west recently stated that he 
valued his evergreen windbreak at $1,000 and that it had paid him 
dividends of from 20 per cent to 30 per cent per annum, for the past 
ten yeai's on this valuation. It did so by protecting his buildings 
and stock from the cold winter winds and saved him an immense 
amount of fuel and feed. 
That the above facts are true is iust beginning to be realized by 
many people. There will be thousands of evergreen windbreaks 
planted all over the country, during the next few years. Ever- j 
greens are as easily grown as any of our common forest trees if a few- 
simple rules are followed in planting and caring for them. 
Canadian 
A HORTICULTURAL CLUB. 
The students of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, who are 
most interested in horticulture, have organized a club through the 
efforts of Mr. A. McMeans, the Ontario Vegetable Growlers’ Associa¬ 
tion representative, and Mr. J. W. Crow, lecturer in the horticul¬ 
tural department. The aim of the club will be to encourage the 
study and the love of horticulture among the students, and to ad¬ 
vance horticultural interests at the college. A reading room to be 
accessible at all times, has been fitted up in the horticultural build¬ 
ing, and in it, all the leading fruit, vegetable and flower papers will 
be kept on file. New bulletins will be on hand, and a bulletin board 
will be used to announce new books, valuable articles in the papers, 
good bulletins, and so forth. A very large majority of the horti¬ 
cultural publications have, very kindly agreed to list the club free, 
and to them, the thanks of the members are heartily given. 
Meetings will be held every alternate Monday for the discussion of 
all matters relating to horticulture. The first regular one -was held 
Feb. 10, and to judge by the enthusiasm and optimism manifested, 
the club affords an opportunity for good work, and will be a valuable 
stimulus to the study of horticulture. Its possibilities for the en¬ 
couragement of the pursuit of horticulture are great, and Mr. 
McMeans was accorded liberal applause on a live address outliing. 
the place the club should, and could, occupy in the affairs of the college. 
The officers elected -were : President, A. McMeans ; vice-presi¬ 
dent, R. M. Winslow ; secretary-treasurer, J. W. Crow, B.S.A. A 
committee of students of the first, second and third years was elected 
to give adequate representation. The paid-up membership totals 
twenty-seven, and this will be increased considerably in a short time. 
The Canadian Horticulturalist. 
NAPANEE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
At the annual meeting of the Napanee Horticultural Society, the 
officers of the preceding year were re-elected. 
The meeting approved the action of the directors in offering to 
supply vines and decorative shrubs for any of the churches in town, 
adding the single condition that the church authorities undertake to 
take proper care of them. The Harvey Warner Park, which has 
been under the special care of the.Society, will receive some addi¬ 
tional attention during the coming year. 
The spring distribution of seeds will be a generous one and will in¬ 
clude the school children as well as the members. Prizes will again 
be awarded to the children producing the most satisfactory results. 
The event of the evening was an address prepared by Mrs. W. H. 
Wilkinson, the first president of the society, and forwarded to the 
president from Switzerland. The descriptive powers of the writer 
found ample scope for exercise in portraying her experiences during 
the last 30 months in England and upon the continent, with special 
reference to parks, horticultural gardens and rural drives she had 
visited. The address was intensely interesting and was greatly 
appreciated by the members. The address was followed by “a 
question drawer,” which proved attractive and instructive. 
Canadian Horticulturalist. 
COMPULSORY SPRAYING. 
In every state and in every farming community there is always 
one man at least who is behind the times, who neglects his trees and 
lets insect pests and fungous diseases run riot. His neighbors are 
progressive, up-to-date-orchard men or nurserymen. They culti¬ 
vate the ground, feed the trees and spray for insect pests and 
fungous diseases. 
The trees of the easy going farmer are infested with almost every 
kind of disease yet he won’t cultivate, he refuses to spray and he 
won’t cut his trees down. All that he will do is to grumble when his 
neighbors remonstrate with him. Now, in Oregon if a man fails to 
spray for San Jose scale, the authorities do it for him and tax him for 
the work. This is as it should be. How many other states have a 
similar law? How many are taking steps to secure the passage of 
such a law? 
